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

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 resp...

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Autores principales: Sanchez, Erica Yanina, Colman Lerner, Jorge Esteban, Porta, Atilio Andrés, Jacovkis, Pablo Miguel
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: 2013
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Química
Emergency management planning
Hazardous materials
Acute exposure
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/117176
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topic Química
Emergency management planning
Hazardous materials
Acute exposure
spellingShingle Química
Emergency management planning
Hazardous materials
Acute exposure
Sanchez, Erica Yanina
Colman Lerner, Jorge Esteban
Porta, Atilio Andrés
Jacovkis, Pablo Miguel
Accidental release of chlorine in Chicago: Coupling of an exposure model with a Computational Fluid Dynamics model
topic_facet Química
Emergency management planning
Hazardous materials
Acute exposure
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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author Sanchez, Erica Yanina
Colman Lerner, Jorge Esteban
Porta, Atilio Andrés
Jacovkis, Pablo Miguel
author_facet Sanchez, Erica Yanina
Colman Lerner, Jorge Esteban
Porta, Atilio Andrés
Jacovkis, Pablo Miguel
author_sort Sanchez, Erica Yanina
title Accidental release of chlorine in Chicago: Coupling of an exposure model with a Computational Fluid Dynamics model
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
publishDate 2013
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/117176
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