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Detection of Hydrogen Released in a Full-scale Residential Garage
Thomas Cleary & Erik Johnsson
Fire Research DivisionEngineering Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and TechnologyGaithersburg, MD
ICHS 2011September 12-14, 2011
San Francisco, California-USA
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Objective
To assess whether or not a low-level leak of hydrogen gas can be detected in a residential garage space and if detectable, whether or not hydrogen concentration is uniform across the selected sensor placement locations (ceiling and wall).
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NIST Indoor Air Quality House
Garage
• Volume ~ 93 m3
• Ceiling 2.44 m high
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Experimental
• A non-combustible gas mixture of nominally 5% hydrogen and 95 % nitrogen was released in a residential garage (forming gas)
• Gas mixture was released through a dispersion box located on the garage floor at a rate of 350 L/min (standard conditions) for about ¾ hour
• Hydrogen sensors mounted on ceiling locations and a wall location recorded concentrations during and after the gas release
• Tests were conducted with and without a car over the dispersion box
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Idealized Case
Assuming injected gas displaces garage air, then injecting 3 cylinders of forming gas would yield a well mixed hydrogen concentration of 0.8%, and the oxygen concentration would be reduced from 21% to 17%.
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Dispersion Box
• Dispersion Box was a 30 cm by 30 cm sand burner
• Centrally located on garage floor
• Average gas exit velocity was 6.5 cm/s
• Low momentum plume
30 cm
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Sensors
• Catalytic bead type hydrogen sensors– range 0 % to 2.5 %
– typical 90 % response time (T-90) of 2 s
– relative uncertainty ± 3 % of reading (two standard deviations)
– Reliable output in reduced oxygen environment (20% reduction possible due to nitrogen flow)
• MOS sensors experienced calibration shift
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Sensor Locations
CCeil
WCeil
SCeil
EWall
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No Car Over Dispersion Box (Test 4)
Initial Response
• CCeil – 19 s
• WCeil – 29 s
• SCeil – 40 s
• EWall – 49s
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CCeil-H2EWallH-H1SCeil-H3WCeil-H4
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Car Over Dispersion Box (Test 2)
Initial Response
• CCeil – 57 s
• SCeil – 70 s
• EWall – 84 s
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Car Over Dispersion Box (Test 3)
Initial Response
• CCeil – 58 s
• EWall – 80 s
• SCeil – 85 s
• WCeil – 90 s
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Central Ceiling Location
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Test 2 - CarTest 3 - CarTest 4 - No Car
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South Ceiling Location
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Test 2 - CarTest 3 - CarTest 4 - No Car
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West Ceiling Location
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Test 2 - CarTest 3 - CarTest 4 - No Car
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East Wall Location
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Test 2 - CarTest 3 - CarTest 4 - No Car
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Time to Reach 0.4% Hydrogen
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Experiment
Car Car No Car
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Ceiling Air Speed
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Test 2 - CarTest 3 - CarTest 4 - No Car
Air
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Time, s
57 point smooth applied(1 pt/s data rate)
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Hydrogen Concentration Decay Experiment 2
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CCeil-H2EWallH-H1SCeil-H3WCeil-H4
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Time, s
5 h 10 h
Average air exchange rate = 0.37/hr
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Conclusions
• The low level hydrogen leak was easily detected in the unventilated garage space
• A car placed over the dispersion box:– reduced peak concentration by 25% compared to the
no-car case
– took considerably more time to reach a threshold of 0.4 % hydrogen compared to the no-car case
• No clear advantage locating sensor in any of the investigated locations