Study on the Influence of Vent Shape and Blockage Ratio on the Premixed Gas Explosion in the Chamber with a Small Aspect Ratio.

Given the current situation of deflagration caused by gas leakage for domestic use and the study of the single shape of the vent, the differential change law of vent parameters on the small aspect ratio of the chamber explosion flame evolution and explosion overpressure and other effects were experimentally investigated. Based on the theory of geometric similarity, the experimental platform of a small length-diameter ratio explosion chamber was designed and built, and the premixed gas explosion experiment was carried out by changing the shape (square and rectangle) and blockage ratio (0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, and 0.9). The explosion flame structure, flame front position, flame propagation speed, explosion pressure waveform, overpressure peak value, and so on were tested and analyzed. The results showed that the blockage ratio had the most significant effect on flame propagation and explosion flame evolution. With the increase of blockage ratio, the stretching degree of the flame became more and more obvious, the flame front became sharper and sharper, and the sharp flame changed from the lower part to the upper part. The position of the flame front increased rapidly, and the steepness and peak value of explosion overpressure became larger. The oscillation of the flame propagation velocity was more violent after the turn, and the speed of propagation to the outside of the chamber gradually accelerated. In the same blockage ratio, there was a difference in the time point at which the flame propagation velocity turned under the rectangular and square shape of the vent. In blockage ratios of 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, and 0.9, the peak overpressure reduction under the shape of the blast square relative to the rectangle was 41.3, 47.9, 1.03, and 27.6%. This indicated that the explosion relief effect of the square was better than that of a rectangle. The research results can provide a reference and basis for the reasonable deployment of explosion venting and explosion decompression work.