Accidental release of chlorine in Chicago: Coupling of an exposure model with a Computational Fluid Dynamics model

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Sanchez, Erica Yanina; Colman Lerner, Jorge Esteban; Porta, Atilio Andres; Jacovkis, Pablo Miguel
Año de publicación
2013
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The adverse health effects of the release of hazardous substances into the atmosphere continue being a matter of concern, especially in densely populated urban regions. Emergency responders need to have estimates of these adverse health effects in the local population to aid planning, emergency response, and recovery efforts. For this purpose, models that predict the transport and dispersion of hazardous materials are as necessary as those that estimate the adverse health effects in the population. In this paper, we present the results obtained by coupling a Computational Fluid Dynamics model, FLACS (FLame ACceleration Simulator), with an exposure model, DDC (Damage Differential Coupling). This coupled model system is applied to a scenario of hypothetical release of chlorine with obstacles, such as buildings, and the results show how it is capable of predicting the atmospheric dispersion of hazardous chemicals, and the adverse health effects in the exposed population, to support decision makers both in charge of emergency planning and in charge of real-time response. The results obtained show how knowing the influence of obstacles in the trajectory of the toxic cloud and in the diffusion of the pollutants transported, and obtaining dynamic information of the potentially affected population and of associated symptoms, contribute to improve the planning of the protection and response measures.
Fil: Sanchez, Erica Yanina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Departamento de Química. Centro de Investigaciones del Medio Ambiente; Argentina
Fil: Colman Lerner, Jorge Esteban. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico La Plata. Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ciencias Aplicadas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Departamento de Química. Centro de Investigaciones del Medio Ambiente; Argentina
Fil: Porta, Atilio Andres. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Departamento de Química. Centro de Investigaciones del Medio Ambiente; Argentina
Fil: Jacovkis, Pablo Miguel. Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Computación; Argentina
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Exposure Model
Computational Fluid Dinamics
Polutants Release
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spelling Accidental release of chlorine in Chicago: Coupling of an exposure model with a Computational Fluid Dynamics modelSanchez, Erica YaninaColman Lerner, Jorge EstebanPorta, Atilio AndresJacovkis, Pablo MiguelExposure ModelComputational Fluid DinamicsPolutants Releasehttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3The adverse health effects of the release of hazardous substances into the atmosphere continue being a matter of concern, especially in densely populated urban regions. Emergency responders need to have estimates of these adverse health effects in the local population to aid planning, emergency response, and recovery efforts. For this purpose, models that predict the transport and dispersion of hazardous materials are as necessary as those that estimate the adverse health effects in the population. In this paper, we present the results obtained by coupling a Computational Fluid Dynamics model, FLACS (FLame ACceleration Simulator), with an exposure model, DDC (Damage Differential Coupling). This coupled model system is applied to a scenario of hypothetical release of chlorine with obstacles, such as buildings, and the results show how it is capable of predicting the atmospheric dispersion of hazardous chemicals, and the adverse health effects in the exposed population, to support decision makers both in charge of emergency planning and in charge of real-time response. The results obtained show how knowing the influence of obstacles in the trajectory of the toxic cloud and in the diffusion of the pollutants transported, and obtaining dynamic information of the potentially affected population and of associated symptoms, contribute to improve the planning of the protection and response measures.Fil: Sanchez, Erica Yanina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Departamento de Química. Centro de Investigaciones del Medio Ambiente; ArgentinaFil: Colman Lerner, Jorge Esteban. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico La Plata. Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ciencias Aplicadas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Departamento de Química. Centro de Investigaciones del Medio Ambiente; ArgentinaFil: Porta, Atilio Andres. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Departamento de Química. Centro de Investigaciones del Medio Ambiente; ArgentinaFil: Jacovkis, Pablo Miguel. Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Computación; ArgentinaElsevier2013-05info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/3063Sanchez, Erica Yanina; Colman Lerner, Jorge Esteban; Porta, Atilio Andres; Jacovkis, Pablo Miguel; Accidental release of chlorine in Chicago: Coupling of an exposure model with a Computational Fluid Dynamics model; Elsevier; Atmospheric Environment; 64; 5-2013; 47-551352-2310enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1352-2310info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1352231012009089info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.09.037info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:56:11Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/3063instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:56:12.246CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Accidental release of chlorine in Chicago: Coupling of an exposure model with a Computational Fluid Dynamics model
title Accidental release of chlorine in Chicago: Coupling of an exposure model with a Computational Fluid Dynamics model
spellingShingle Accidental release of chlorine in Chicago: Coupling of an exposure model with a Computational Fluid Dynamics model
Sanchez, Erica Yanina
Exposure Model
Computational Fluid Dinamics
Polutants Release
title_short Accidental release of chlorine in Chicago: Coupling of an exposure model with a Computational Fluid Dynamics model
title_full Accidental release of chlorine in Chicago: Coupling of an exposure model with a Computational Fluid Dynamics model
title_fullStr Accidental release of chlorine in Chicago: Coupling of an exposure model with a Computational Fluid Dynamics model
title_full_unstemmed Accidental release of chlorine in Chicago: Coupling of an exposure model with a Computational Fluid Dynamics model
title_sort Accidental release of chlorine in Chicago: Coupling of an exposure model with a Computational Fluid Dynamics model
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Sanchez, Erica Yanina
Colman Lerner, Jorge Esteban
Porta, Atilio Andres
Jacovkis, Pablo Miguel
author Sanchez, Erica Yanina
author_facet Sanchez, Erica Yanina
Colman Lerner, Jorge Esteban
Porta, Atilio Andres
Jacovkis, Pablo Miguel
author_role author
author2 Colman Lerner, Jorge Esteban
Porta, Atilio Andres
Jacovkis, Pablo Miguel
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Exposure Model
Computational Fluid Dinamics
Polutants Release
topic Exposure Model
Computational Fluid Dinamics
Polutants Release
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The adverse health effects of the release of hazardous substances into the atmosphere continue being a matter of concern, especially in densely populated urban regions. Emergency responders need to have estimates of these adverse health effects in the local population to aid planning, emergency response, and recovery efforts. For this purpose, models that predict the transport and dispersion of hazardous materials are as necessary as those that estimate the adverse health effects in the population. In this paper, we present the results obtained by coupling a Computational Fluid Dynamics model, FLACS (FLame ACceleration Simulator), with an exposure model, DDC (Damage Differential Coupling). This coupled model system is applied to a scenario of hypothetical release of chlorine with obstacles, such as buildings, and the results show how it is capable of predicting the atmospheric dispersion of hazardous chemicals, and the adverse health effects in the exposed population, to support decision makers both in charge of emergency planning and in charge of real-time response. The results obtained show how knowing the influence of obstacles in the trajectory of the toxic cloud and in the diffusion of the pollutants transported, and obtaining dynamic information of the potentially affected population and of associated symptoms, contribute to improve the planning of the protection and response measures.
Fil: Sanchez, Erica Yanina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Departamento de Química. Centro de Investigaciones del Medio Ambiente; Argentina
Fil: Colman Lerner, Jorge Esteban. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico La Plata. Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ciencias Aplicadas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Departamento de Química. Centro de Investigaciones del Medio Ambiente; Argentina
Fil: Porta, Atilio Andres. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Departamento de Química. Centro de Investigaciones del Medio Ambiente; Argentina
Fil: Jacovkis, Pablo Miguel. Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Computación; Argentina
description The adverse health effects of the release of hazardous substances into the atmosphere continue being a matter of concern, especially in densely populated urban regions. Emergency responders need to have estimates of these adverse health effects in the local population to aid planning, emergency response, and recovery efforts. For this purpose, models that predict the transport and dispersion of hazardous materials are as necessary as those that estimate the adverse health effects in the population. In this paper, we present the results obtained by coupling a Computational Fluid Dynamics model, FLACS (FLame ACceleration Simulator), with an exposure model, DDC (Damage Differential Coupling). This coupled model system is applied to a scenario of hypothetical release of chlorine with obstacles, such as buildings, and the results show how it is capable of predicting the atmospheric dispersion of hazardous chemicals, and the adverse health effects in the exposed population, to support decision makers both in charge of emergency planning and in charge of real-time response. The results obtained show how knowing the influence of obstacles in the trajectory of the toxic cloud and in the diffusion of the pollutants transported, and obtaining dynamic information of the potentially affected population and of associated symptoms, contribute to improve the planning of the protection and response measures.
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