Virtual FLUG Meeting 2021: FLUG Week
Chris Coffey, our Global FLACS Product Manager, and his team led FLUG Week from September 27th to October 1st 2021 to talk about the latest software update and exciting plans for the future.
The FLACS User Group (FLUG) is a high-profile discussion forum for engineers, safety experts and industry scholars.
FLUG meets to discuss new software developments and safety-related topics. Its work has played an integral role in the development of Gexcon’s industry-leading software, which represents more than 40 years of extensive and unrivalled modelling and validation work.
Members of FLUG also deliver presentations during the event to share their experiences and knowledge.
Agenda
Monday 27th September
11:00 CEST | Chris Coffey, FLACS Product Manager @ Gexcon
The direction of FLACS
Learn about the roadmap for FLACS development.
14:00 CEST | Djurre Siccama, Senior Manager @ Gexcon
Beyond boxes and cylinders – the challenges and opportunities for using mesh geometries in FLACS
An overview of the work that has been done so far on supporting mesh object geometries in future versions of FLACS, including some initial validation.
16:00 CEST | Shona Mackie, Senior Research Engineer @ Gexcon
FLACS Validation and Sensitivities
A dive into the importance and challenges of validating FLACS to ensure its accuracy and reliability for simulating the consequences of Loss of Containment scenarios.
Tuesday 28th September
11:00 CEST | Deiveegan Muthusamy, Principal Research Engineer @ Gexcon
FLACS-Fire recent developments, validation and future plans
The highlight of the recent developments, validation, and future plan for FLACS-Fire, a CFD fire consequence modelling tool.
14:00 CEST | Francesco Chillè, Independent Consultant @ FCSolutionS
Using FLACS-Fire on real cases: a user experience
The presentation highlights some of the aspects which have a significant impact on the effectiveness and efficiency of an analysis process using FLACS-Fire.
16:00 CEST | Sai Mahith Thummaluru, Safety Engineer @ BASF
Investigations on pool evaporation and vapour cloud explosions in Industrial environments.
The presentation deals with sensitivity studies of parameters such as grid, surface roughness, stability class and their influence on pool evaporation. An overview of pool evaporation and vapour cloud explosions modelling in industrial environments using FLACS.
Wednesday 29th September
11:00 CEST | Olav Roald Hansen, CEO and founder @ HYEX Safety AS
FLACS used for hydrogen and hydrogen fuels
Understand the typical calculations performed for hydrogen applications and the challenges when modelling relevant scenarios with compressed hydrogen, LH2, as well as hydrogen fuels like ammonia and methanol.
14:00 CEST | Graham Morrison, UK Director of Consulting & Shell Software Product Manager @ Gexcon
The use of CFD for the design of hydrogen bulk storage areas
Investigation of the discrepancies between the currently available guidelines for safe distances with the results from Gexcon’s case study.
16:00 CEST | FENG Yuxiang, Process Engineer @ China Classification Society (CCS)
Safety analysis and risk control of shore-based bunkering operations for a hydrogen-powered ship
In order to ensure the safety of shore-based hydrogen bunkering operations, this study takes a 2000-tonne bulk hydrogen-powered ship as an example.
Thursday 30th September
11:00 CEST | Lorenzo Mauri, Principal Research Engineer @ Gexcon
Recent research activity at Gexcon
This presentation discusses the recent research activity in Gexcon including achievements and challenges of selected research projects.
14:00 CEST | Prankul Middha, Principal Consultant and Director @ Abercus
Uncertainties in probabilistic explosion risk analysis
Get insights into the uncertainties when conducting probabilistic explosion risk analysis.
16:00 CEST | Jihui Geng, Senior Principal Scientist @ BakerRisk
DDT Evaluation with FLACS
In the presentation, Gexcon’s recommendation of DpDx for DDT occurrence along with BakerRisk’s identification of DDT- and deflagration-regime as a function of flame Mach No. and normalized flame travel distance, would be used to evaluate DDT in elongated vapor clouds.
Friday 1st October
11:00 CEST | Jake Connor, Graduate Engineer @ Gexcon
Advanced dispersion modelling of hydrogen cyanide in a closed environment
An overview of the use of CFD to simulate the release of Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN) gas from plating tanks during normal operating conditions.
14:00 CEST | Gokul Mahajan, Technical Team Lead – Projects @ Gexcon
Consequence Modelling of Hazardous Chemicals in Polymer Industries
The presentation consists of toxic and flammable dispersion, jet fire, and explosion scenarios for hazardous chemicals used in the polymer industries.
