JOURNAL OF SHANDONG UNIVERSITY (ENGINEERING SCIENCE) ›› 2008, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (6): 1-6.

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Possibility analysis on chemical explosion of material causing urea  reactor cylinder fracture

  

  1. LI Meng-li, WANG Wei-qiang, XU Shu-gen, SONG Ming-da:School of Mechanical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China;
    LI Meng-li, WANG Wei-qiang, XU Shu-gen, SONG Ming-da: Engineering and Technology Research Center for Special Equipment Safety of Shandong Province, Jinan 250061, China;
    LI Meng-li, WANG Wei-qiang, XU Shu-gen, SONG Ming-da: Research Center of Safety Guarantee and Assessment to Special Equipment, Shandong University, Jinan  250061, China;
    WANG Gong:First Chemical Fertilizer Co. Ltd. of Zibo Qilu, Zibo  255436, China;
    MIAO Guangtong: Shandong Mingshui Chemical Engineering Co. Ltd., Jinan  250200, China
  • Received:2008-03-15 Online:2008-12-16 Published:2008-12-16

Abstract:

Two urea reactor cylinders  seriously fractured in 1995 and 2005 in China. The possibility analysis of chemical explosion in the reactor and some concrete calculation were given, and then compared with the damage of the actual failure. It indicated that the energy generated from the chemical explosion of material in the reactor could not cause a serious fracture of the two urea reactors and great damage to the surroundings. Therefore, the cause of the urea reactor fracture was not a chemical explosion but boiling liquid expanding to vapor explosion.

Key words: urea reactor; chemical explosion; gas-phase space; explosion energy

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