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<p>With an emphasis on the visual appearance of buildings, surface and internal gas pipelines are being built into structures and walls, which can affect system serviceability and occupant safety. When placing gas pipelines in a closed room (shafts, ducts, facade structures, etc.) there is a risk that in case of leakage, natural gas will accumulate in the room, which together with the ambient air, within the specified concentration limits, forms an explosive mixture. The present paper analyses the built-in internal gas pipeline systems, their installation norms, operation and maintenance problems in different types of buildings. It is shown that requirements do not cover all possible gas pipeline installation options. The analysis of the gas supply system operator shows that non-compliance with the applicable norms has been identified in every third of the 400,000 gas consumers in Latvia in the surface and internal gas pipeline system. To improve and develop safety requirements, it is planned to perform an experiment that is described in detail in this paper. Pre-experimental calculations are made to set reference points in the study and find the main influencing parameters on gas leakage process.</p>
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With an emphasis on the visual appearance of buildings, surface and internal gas pipelines are being built into structures and walls, which can affect system serviceability and occupant safety. When placing gas pipelines in a closed room (shafts, ducts, facade structures, etc.) there is a risk that in case of leakage, natural gas will accumulate in the room, which together with the ambient air, within the specified concentration limits, forms an explosive mixture. The present paper analyses the built-in internal gas pipeline systems, their installation norms, operation and maintenance problems in different types of buildings. It is shown that requirements do not cover all possible gas pipeline installation options. The analysis of the gas supply system operator shows that non-compliance with the applicable norms has been identified in every third of the 400,000 gas consumers in Latvia in the surface and internal gas pipeline system. To improve and develop safety requirements, it is planned to perform an experiment that is described in detail in this paper. Pre-experimental calculations are made to set reference points in the study and find the main influencing parameters on gas leakage process.

Influence of Internal Gas Pipelines Built into the Structure on the Safety of Residents and Energy Eficiency Factors of the Building

Department of Heat Engineering and Technology

Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences

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With an emphasis on the visual appearance of buildings, surface and internal gas pipelines are being built into structures and walls, which can affect system...

Influence of Internal Gas Pipelines Built into the Structure on the Safety of Residents and Energy Eficiency Factors of the Building

Published Online: Oct 13, 2022

Page range: 33 - 45

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2022-0039

Keywords
Building, explosion hazard, gas pipeline system, installation, installation of structures, internal system, natural gas, operation, safety

© 2022 A. Romanovs et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Influence of Internal Gas Pipelines Built into the Structure on the Safety of Residents and Energy Eficiency Factors of the Building

Published Online: Oct 13, 2022

Page range: 33 - 45

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2022-0039

KeywordsBuilding, explosion hazard, gas pipeline system, installation, installation of structures, internal system, natural gas, operation, safety

© 2022 A. Romanovs et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Building, explosion hazard, gas pipeline system, installation, installation of structures, internal system, natural gas, operation, safety