CERTEC - Centre d'Estudis del Risc Tecnològic
El CERTEC duu a terme recerca sobre el risc associat a activitats industrials i al transport de mercaderies perilloses i sobre el risc ambiental que suposa l'activitat humana. Les principals línies en les que es treballa són:
--Fiabilitat de processos: predicció de la probabilitat/freqüència dels accidents
--Modelització matemàtica dels accidents greus (incendis, explosions, fuites tòxiques). Avaluació dels seus efectes i de les seves conseqüències sobre persones, equipament i entorn.
--Modelització d'incendis forestals: comportament i característiques del foc, efecte dels productes retardants, simulacions CFD.
--Optimització d'instal·lacions: reducció del risc.
--Avaluació del risc ambiental: impacte ambiental en ports, risc ambiental de les substàncies químiques.
A més dels estudis teòrics, el CERTEC duu a terme experimentació a escala real (incendis de vessaments d'hidrocarburs, dolls de foc, núvols de gas, incendis forestals)i reduïda (taula de combustió per incendis forestals).
The objective of the Centre for Technological Risk Studies (CERTEC) is to carry out research in the fields of technological risk and environmental impact (mathematical modelling of major accidents, fires, explosions, toxic releases, transportation of hazardous materials, environmental impact, etc.)
The main research lines are the study of hydrocarbon pool-fires; the mathematical modelling of major accidents; risk analysis in the transportation of hazardous materials; the assessment of the environmental state of sea ports; and the study of wildfires.
The objective of the Centre for Technological Risk Studies (CERTEC) is to carry out research in the fields of technological risk and environmental impact (mathematical modelling of major accidents, fires, explosions, toxic releases, transportation of hazardous materials, environmental impact, etc.)
The main research lines are the study of hydrocarbon pool-fires; the mathematical modelling of major accidents; risk analysis in the transportation of hazardous materials; the assessment of the environmental state of sea ports; and the study of wildfires.
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Methodology for the analysis of structural vulnerability of WUI settlements
(2023-10-01)
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Open AccessAs WUI fires have become a global concern, there is a growing need for engineering methodologies that lead to proactive fire management not only at the landscape level, but at all WUI scales. This paper presents a quantitative ... -
Fires at the wildland-industrial interface. Is there an emerging problem?
(2023-12-01)
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Open AccessOver the past years, wildfires have raged with unprecedented intensity across the world, becoming a growing problem, as weather conditions conductive to wildfire ignition and spread will increase in frequency and severity ... -
Evaluating wildfire vulnerability of Mediterranean dwellings using fuzzy logic applied to expert judgement
(2023)
Article
Open AccessBackground. Wildland–urban interface (WUI) fires pose great challenges to firefighting services and there is a growing need for self-protection and the creation of fire-adapted communities. Aim. A tool that can aid homeowners ... -
Variability of methane fluxes at the Ebro Delta due to rice field: comparison between inventories and Radon Tracer Method based results.
(2023)
Conference report
Open AccessThe Ebro River Delta, in the northwestern Mediterranean basin, has an extension of 320 km2 and is mainly covered by rice fields. Rice fields are known to be one of the main sources of anthropogenic methane emissions, and ... -
Using fuzzy logic to evaluate fire vulnerability of dwellings located at the wildland-urban interface
(2022)
Conference report
Open AccessWUI fires are posing great challenges to firefighting services, which are overwhelmed by the need to not only suppress the fire, but also protect the community. The need for self-protection is therefore growing, as is the ... -
Vulnerability analysis to wildland- urban interface fires in metropolitan areas: an integrated approach
(2022)
Conference lecture
Open AccessWildfires pose a growing threat to populated areas around the world and especially in the Mediterranean Basin. Numerous Mediterranean cities have typically developed neighbourhoods that expand into forest land in which ... -
Experimental study of horizontally lifted high-speed nonpremixed flame jets
(2023-01-01)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyThis paper presents an experimental study on horizontally jet flames with rather high velocities (58 m/s-167 m/s, Reynolds number up to 3.0 × 105), which mainly fall in the momentum-controlled region. Both high-speed ... -
Gestión integral de incendios de interfaz urbano-forestal: el caso de estudio de los municipios de Riba-roja del Túria y Paterna
(Sociedad Española de Ciencias Forestales (SECF), 2022)
Conference lecture
Restricted access - publisher's policyEuropa se encuentra en un nuevo contexto de incendios forestales, principalmente debido al cambio climático, con un riesgo creciente de ocurrencia de eventos extremos con consecuencias fatales en la interfaz urbano-forestal. ... -
Experimental large-scale jet flames’ geometrical features extraction for risk management using infrared images and deep learning segmentation methods
(2022-12-01)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyJet fires are relatively small and have the least severe effects among the diverse fire accidents that can occur in industrial plants; however, they are usually involved in a process known as the domino effect, that leads ... -
Fire performance of residential shipping containers designed with a shaft wall system
(2022)
Conference report
Open Accessseven story building made of shipping containers is planned to be built in Barcelona, Spain. This study mainly aimed to evaluate the fire performance of one of these residential shipping containers whose walls and ceiling ... -
High resolution fire behavior monitoring and plume simulation in the context of experimental fire
Conference report
Open AccessCoupled fire-atmosphere systems are currently developed to respond to the need of operational system in air quality and fire attack management. This work participates to this effort by proposing a simulation strategy where ... -
Infrared imagery on wildfire research. Some examples of sound capabilities and applications
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012)
Conference report
Open AccessWildfire infrared monitoring is nowadays applied to different problems related to fire prevention, fire suppression and fire behaviour analysis. In terms of research, infrared thermography offers unique capabilities although ...
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