Numerical simulation of carbon dioxide dispersion from vertical vent release

Heidari, Ali, Xu, Baopeng, Jie, Hongen and Wen, Jennifer (2012) Numerical simulation of carbon dioxide dispersion from vertical vent release. In: Third International Forum on Transportation of CO2 by Pipeline; 20-21 June 2012, Newcastle, U.K..

Abstract

Numerical simulation of carbon dioxide (CO2) dispersion from two vertical vent release tests, i.e. test 7 and test 11, recently commissioned by National Grid is studied. For Test 7, the vent pipe is 3 m high with 1 inch diameter while Test 11 is 3 m high and 2 inch in diameter. The flow is subjected to a transient wind condition where both the wind direction and magnitude are changing with time. The far field computations started from a source condition derived from curve fitting the near-field simulations conducted by Leeds University. For test 7 the output at one hundred and sixty eight-diameter (168-D) distance from the pipe exit was used whereas in test 11 the output at 255 vent exit diameters (255-D) downstream from the vent exit is used, at this point all the solid particles are vaporised and the mixture is in pure-gas phase. The CO2 release continues at a steady condition. For test 7 the maximum release velocity is about 80 m/s at 168-D distance and for case 11 the maximum release velocity is roughly 45 m/s at the vent centre line at 255-D distance from the vent exit.

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