Toward a high-fidelity model for the identification of underground gas flow regimes resulting from buried pipeline releases

<p dir="ltr">The quantitative characterization of underground transport phenomena remains challenging due to the complex behavior of the gas movement in soil. Conversely, this inhibits the accurate prediction of the risk arising from the underground transport of hazardous materials....

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Main Author: Ola Srour (17346841) (author)
Other Authors: Konstantinos E. Kakosimos (9863975) (author), Luc N. Vechot (17346844) (author)
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Environmental engineering
Geomatic engineering
Resources engineering and extractive metallurgy
Leak
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Computational fluid dynamics
Eulerian model
Risk assessment
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description <p dir="ltr">The quantitative characterization of underground transport phenomena remains challenging due to the complex behavior of the gas movement in soil. Conversely, this inhibits the accurate prediction of the risk arising from the underground transport of hazardous materials. This work proposed and qualitatively evaluated a computational model that spans a wide range of underground gas flow regimes, ranging from gas migration, to ground uplift, and crater formation, depending on the release characteristics. The model followed the multiphase Eulerian approach and adopted the standard k-ω turbulence model and the kinetic theory of granular flow for the ground description with the Syamlal-O’Brien granular viscosity expression. The model's optimum configuration was checked against experimental data using a new mechanistic approach to link the qualitative observations with quantitative model outputs. The effect of pipeline pressure, burial depth, and release orientation on the regime was studied and the outcomes were utilized to enhance a literature nomograph for the flow regime identification. Emphasis was given to fill in the literature gaps and improve the delineation of the boundaries between the regimes rather than deriving specific quantities. The resulted nomograph is a cost-effective screening tool to identify the regime and select among the available strategies of risk assessment.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering<br>License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2022.104832" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2022.104832</a></p>
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spelling Toward a high-fidelity model for the identification of underground gas flow regimes resulting from buried pipeline releasesOla Srour (17346841)Konstantinos E. Kakosimos (9863975)Luc N. Vechot (17346844)EngineeringEnvironmental engineeringGeomatic engineeringResources engineering and extractive metallurgyLeakBuried pipelineComputational fluid dynamicsEulerian modelRisk assessment<p dir="ltr">The quantitative characterization of underground transport phenomena remains challenging due to the complex behavior of the gas movement in soil. Conversely, this inhibits the accurate prediction of the risk arising from the underground transport of hazardous materials. This work proposed and qualitatively evaluated a computational model that spans a wide range of underground gas flow regimes, ranging from gas migration, to ground uplift, and crater formation, depending on the release characteristics. The model followed the multiphase Eulerian approach and adopted the standard k-ω turbulence model and the kinetic theory of granular flow for the ground description with the Syamlal-O’Brien granular viscosity expression. The model's optimum configuration was checked against experimental data using a new mechanistic approach to link the qualitative observations with quantitative model outputs. The effect of pipeline pressure, burial depth, and release orientation on the regime was studied and the outcomes were utilized to enhance a literature nomograph for the flow regime identification. Emphasis was given to fill in the literature gaps and improve the delineation of the boundaries between the regimes rather than deriving specific quantities. The resulted nomograph is a cost-effective screening tool to identify the regime and select among the available strategies of risk assessment.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering<br>License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2022.104832" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2022.104832</a></p>2022-12-01T21:00:00ZTextJournal contributioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontextcontribution to journal10.1016/j.jngse.2022.104832https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Toward_a_high-fidelity_model_for_the_identification_of_underground_gas_flow_regimes_resulting_from_buried_pipeline_releases/24516415CC BY 4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:figshare.com:article/245164152022-12-01T21:00:00Z
spellingShingle Toward a high-fidelity model for the identification of underground gas flow regimes resulting from buried pipeline releases
Ola Srour (17346841)
Engineering
Environmental engineering
Geomatic engineering
Resources engineering and extractive metallurgy
Leak
Buried pipeline
Computational fluid dynamics
Eulerian model
Risk assessment
status_str publishedVersion
title Toward a high-fidelity model for the identification of underground gas flow regimes resulting from buried pipeline releases
title_full Toward a high-fidelity model for the identification of underground gas flow regimes resulting from buried pipeline releases
title_fullStr Toward a high-fidelity model for the identification of underground gas flow regimes resulting from buried pipeline releases
title_full_unstemmed Toward a high-fidelity model for the identification of underground gas flow regimes resulting from buried pipeline releases
title_short Toward a high-fidelity model for the identification of underground gas flow regimes resulting from buried pipeline releases
title_sort Toward a high-fidelity model for the identification of underground gas flow regimes resulting from buried pipeline releases
topic Engineering
Environmental engineering
Geomatic engineering
Resources engineering and extractive metallurgy
Leak
Buried pipeline
Computational fluid dynamics
Eulerian model
Risk assessment