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<p>Given the possibilities offered by PIV systems, it was considered appropriate to test them in the study of the formation of explosive atmospheres. In this sense, within the INCD INSEMEX Petroșani laboratories, a test stand was created subject to the conditions of applying PIV techniques. Thus, this stand was built of transparent materials, having the possibility to introduce, in the inner volume, the suspended particles and the combustible gas, being at the same time able to be sectioned by the light plane generated by a laser source and to provide the recording conditions using a CMOS camera. The physical experiments concerned both the situation of a normal atmosphere inside the test stand and the situations of the appearance of a fuel gas leak and an efficient source of initiation of the formed explosive atmosphere.</p>
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Given the possibilities offered by PIV systems, it was considered appropriate to test them in the study of the formation of explosive atmospheres. In this sense, within the INCD INSEMEX Petroșani laboratories, a test stand was created subject to the conditions of applying PIV techniques. Thus, this stand was built of transparent materials, having the possibility to introduce, in the inner volume, the suspended particles and the combustible gas, being at the same time able to be sectioned by the light plane generated by a laser source and to provide the recording conditions using a CMOS camera. The physical experiments concerned both the situation of a normal atmosphere inside the test stand and the situations of the appearance of a fuel gas leak and an efficient source of initiation of the formed explosive atmosphere.

Using the PIV Techniques in the Expertise of Gas Explosions

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Given the possibilities offered by PIV systems, it was considered appropriate to test them in the study of the formation of explosive atmospheres. In this...

Using the PIV Techniques in the Expertise of Gas Explosions

Published Online: Jul 15, 2021

Page range: 42 - 48

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/minrv-2021-0015

Keywords
explosive atmospheres, PIV, air-methane mixture, gas leaks, technical expertise

© 2021 Nicolae Ioan Vlasin et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Using the PIV Techniques in the Expertise of Gas Explosions

Published Online: Jul 15, 2021

Page range: 42 - 48

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/minrv-2021-0015

Keywordsexplosive atmospheres, PIV, air-methane mixture, gas leaks, technical expertise

© 2021 Nicolae Ioan Vlasin et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Keywords
explosive atmospheres, PIV, air-methane mixture, gas leaks, technical expertise