Journal of Southwest Petroleum University(Science & Technology Edition) ›› 2022, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (5): 159-165.DOI: 10.11885/j.issn.1674-5086.2022.03.04.02

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Uncertainty Analysis on Failure Consequence of Oil Pipeline Pool Fire

XU Jingyuan1,2, CHEN Jingdong1, WANG Qianru3, CHEN Huayan4   

  1. 1. Gathering & Transportation Engineering Technology Institute, Southwest Oil & Gas Field Company, PetroChina, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610500, China;
    3. School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 611730, China;
    4. School of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610065, China
  • Received:2022-03-04 Published:2022-10-28

Abstract: The occurrence of pool fire in oil pipeline is sudden and random. For this purpose, The uncertainty analysis model of oil pipeline pool fire accident was established by taking the three factors that have great influence on the heat radiation flux of the pool as the uncertainty parameters. The three factors were the diameter of the pool, the combustion rate and the wind speed. The value range of each uncertainty parameter was determined based on an engineering example and 30~000 random combination samples were obtained by Latin hypercube sampling method. and then, monte carlo method was used to analyze the distribution characteristics of heat radiation flux in the pool fire, and the statistical law of pool fire fatality rate at different locations away from the accident point was obtained. The results show that the mean thermal radiation flux and fatality rate decrease with the increase of distance from the accident site. The distribution of lethal areas can provide a basis for the classification of risk areas around the pipeline.

Key words: oil pipeline, pool fire, Latin hypercube sampling, Monte Carlo method, fatality rate, uncertainty analysis

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