The Coupling and Evolutionary Driving Mechanism of Complex Disasters in Industrial Processes

Dear Colleagues,

With the advancement of the world's industrial economy, advanced industrial processes have dominated human development. The fire and explosion hazards that cannot be ignored in industrial processes have become significant obstacles restricting the development of industrial processes. Especially in some industries, flammable and explosive substances are indispensable, such as hydrogen energy which is relied upon for carbon reduction in energy resource utilization, and alloy dust involved in advanced manufacturing processes, etc. In addition to commonly used hazardous materials, some specific scenarios have also been given special attention, such as connecting pipelines in the chemical industry, and confined space scenarios in the cutting-edge research of deep space, deep sea and deep earth. At the same time, fires and explosions are also exploited in industrial processes, which are also the sources of some out-of-control hazards, such as high-temperature smelting, boilers, engines, etc. Interestingly, among such a wide variety of scenarios, the forms of combustion and explosion also present astonishing complexity and diversity. Considerable work has been done on some single-phase combustion and explosion cases. However, some combustion and explosion cases under complex conditions exhibit characteristics such as multiple phases, multiple evolution sequences, and multiple occurrence spaces. One example is that the evolution of coal spontaneous combustion disasters in coal mining can lead to gas explosions. The occurrence and development of such multi-disaster chains result in more complex research approaches. Meanwhile, a solution that synchronously combines multiple experimental devices and analytical models has become a very powerful solution for such disasters.

This Special Issue on "The Coupling and Evolutionary Driving Mechanism of Complex Disasters in Industrial Processes" will summarize the latest developments in research. These studies are expected to adopt a variety of methods to collaboratively address some complex industrial disasters, especially fires and explosions, including but not limited to the use of multiple testing systems, numerical simulations, and theoretical analyses, etc.

Dr. Xueqiang Shi
Guest Editor

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• process safety
• fire dynamics
• spontaneous combustion
• smoldering and ignition
• multiphase explosion
• confined space
• leakage of hazardous substances