Numerical Simulation Analysis of Hydrogen Leakage and Diffusion in Tunnel

Abstract

In order to study the actual situation of accidental hydrogen leakage of fuel cell buses in tunnels, and to provide certain safety countermeasures when hydrogen leakage occurs in tunnels, a tunnel in Nanjing was taken as the research object by using the fluid simulation software Fluent, and the influence of external factors on hydrogen leakage and diffusion was explored from the angle of leakage rate. The simulation results show that after hydrogen leaks for a period of time, the distribution of hydrogen concentration will form an obvious layered structure with the increase of time. The higher the leakage rate, the higher the rate of hydrogen concentration rise in space, and the smaller the leakage rate, the smaller the area of explosion danger in space.