METHANE EXPLOSION

Input Data:
Gas generated ft3 per year
Gas generated m3 per year
Specific volume m3/kg
Total mass kg 10 min
Methane 504 kg 10 min
Heat of Combustion 890.36 kJ/mol
RMM 16 kg/kmol
Heat of Combustion 55647.5 kJ/kg
Equivalent TNT 4886 kJ/kg
Distance, R 10 m
Explosion Efficiency 0.05

Calculation
MTNT 287.00716332 kg

Ze 1.5160112399 m/kg^1/3
P1 1799.4092231
P2 230.06645958
Ps 7.821258372
Po 792293.47309 Pa

PROBIT ANALYSIS
Probit analysis Y= k1 +k2lnV Death from lung
k1 -77.1
k2 6.91
R V Y Y-5 Mag(Y-5) Y-5/Mag(Y-5)
10 792293 16.75636 11.756364073 11.75636 1
20 160844 5.738394 0.7383944902 0.738394 1
25 100000 2.454315 -2.545685037 2.545685 -1
140000 4.779338 -0.220661882 0.220662 -1
120000 3.714157 -1.28584308 1.285843 -1
110000 3.112908 -1.887091695 1.887092 -1
2467 -23.12766 -28.12766141 28.12766 -1
2218 -23.86286 -28.86286433 28.86286 -1
 Mag(y-5)/Sq2 ERF Percentage
8.313004758449 1 100.0000000
0.522123751246 0.539725 76.9862619
1.800071152467 0.989094 0.5453177
0.156031513114 0.174644 41.2677857
0.909228361134 0.801502 9.9248916
1.334375333978 0.940852 2.9573997
19.88926012531 1 0.0000000
20.40912709203 1 0.0000000
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Distance R % Damage
5 100 100.00

damages
lung damages
50 99.4
75 0.1 80.00
85 0.3

from lung
60.00
100 0.03

Death from
150 0.03 40.00
200 0.04

%Death
250 0 20.00

%
300 0
0.00
400 0 0 100 200 300 4
500 0
Distance from the source (m)

Distance, R Overpressure 25000

5 22450
50 222
20000
75 92
Overpressure (kPa)

85 72
15000
100 53
150 27.842
10000
200 18.754
250 14.208
300 11.478 5000
400 8.338
500 6.57 0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
Distance from the source (m)
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tance from the source (m)

150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500

Distance from the source (m)