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Acta Armamentarii ›› 2018, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (8): 1639-1647.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-1093.2018.08.022

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Experimental Investigation into the Damage Effect of Methane Explosion Shock Wave on Animals in Enclosed Pipeline

WANG Hai-bin1, ZHAO Ying-hu2, GAO Li1, TAN Ying-xin2, WANG Lin-bian1, YANG Liu1   

  1. (1.School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, Shanxi, China;2.School of Environment and Safety Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, Shanxi, China)
  • Received:2017-12-12 Revised:2017-12-12 Online:2018-09-21

Abstract: The pathological features and specific causes of lung, liver and spleen injury of rats induced by methane explosion in a pipeline are analyzed to provide evidences for the clinical treatment of injury caused by gas explosion. The damage effects of shock wave on the rats in different positions in the pipeline are observed by using the model of methane-air premixed gas explosion shock wave impacting on rats. The damage effect of shock wave on lung,liver and spleen and its mechanism are studied from the histopathology. The results show that the severity of injury of rat in the front end of pipeline is more serious than that in the rear end after the explosion of methane. However, the injury of its lung tissue at the rear end of pipeline is damaged by shock wave more significantly than that of rats in the front end. The alveolar collapse is obvious, and the connection between type Ⅰ lung cells and type Ⅱ lung cells is broken and disappeared. One of 5 rats died at the front end of pipeline, and 5 rats all died in the rear end of pipeline. The damage of liver tissue is mainly vacuolar degeneration of liver cells, blood sinus congestion, and significant hemorrhage. Some varying degrees of congestion, bleeding, inflammatory cell infiltration, and necrosis and abscission of bile duct epithelial cells appear in portal area. It is found that the neutrophils of survival animals were infiltrated. The injuries of lung, liver and spleen can be observed in methane explosion model. The lung injury is obvious and fatal. Microstructure and ultra-structure of lung indicate that lung is the most sensitive organ, which is the primary target organ impacted by shock wave. Key

Key words: methane, explosion, shockwave, rat, lung

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