FLACS-CFD News

Gexcon’s latest release, FLACS 24.1, marks a key advancement in the realms of geometry handling and fire safety simulation.  

MES enters into a multi-year contract to expand its capability in the area of advanced risk and consequence modelling using FLACS-CFD.

Gexcon is pleased to be presenting at this year’s Chemeca 2023, taking place 01 – 03 October 2023 at Hilton, Auckland, New Zealand. Gexcon Australia Process Safety Engineer Julian Annett Chee, will discuss how using advanced software simulation such as FLACS-CFD and

Gexcon working in partnership with EDF R&D is thrilled to invite you to the long-awaited return of the in-person FLUG Meeting which will be held on 10-11 October 2023 at EDF Lab Paris-Saclay in France.

Gexcon is pleased to announce that we will be presenting at this year’s Gastech Exhibition & Conference taking place from September 05-08 at the Singapore Expo, Singapore.

We are pleased to be participating at this year’s International Conference on Hydrogen Safety taking place September 19th – 21st at the Québec City Convention Centre, Canada.

Gexcon is pleased to announce that we are presenting at this year’s Center for Hydrogen Safety Europe Conference 2023. Presented by the Center for Hydrogen Safety (CHS), this conference will bring together academics, industry, and government representatives to create a space for…

Gexcon is pleased to announce that we will be presenting, sponsoring and exhibiting at this year’s World Hydrogen Summit 2023. The event which takes place on May 09 -11 at the Rotterdam Ahoy, Netherlands will see industry experts and policymakers come together

This course covers the standard modules in FLACS-CFD, such as geometry import and generation, gas dispersion, explosion, and fire, as well as liquid pool spread. It also comprises presentations on validations, explosion mitigation, QA, and probabilistic risk analysis (Including a FLACS-Risk demonstration).

This course covers the standard modules in FLACS-CFD, such as geometry import and generation, gas dispersion, explosion, and fire, as well as liquid pool spread. It also comprises presentations on validations, explosion mitigation, QA, and probabilistic risk analysis (Including a FLACS-Risk demonstration).

This course covers the standard modules in FLACS-CFD, such as geometry import and generation, gas dispersion, explosion, and fire, as well as liquid pool spread. It also comprises presentations on validations, explosion mitigation, QA, and probabilistic risk analysis (Including a FLACS-Risk demonstration).

This course covers the standard modules in FLACS-CFD, such as geometry import and generation, gas dispersion, explosion, and fire, as well as liquid pool spread. It also comprises presentations on validations, explosion mitigation, QA, and probabilistic risk analysis (Including a FLACS-Risk demonstration).

This course covers the standard modules in FLACS-CFD, such as geometry import and generation, gas dispersion, explosion, and fire, as well as liquid pool spread. It also comprises presentations on validations, explosion mitigation, QA, and probabilistic risk analysis (Including a FLACS-Risk demonstration).

This course covers the standard modules in FLACS-CFD, such as geometry import and generation, gas dispersion, explosion, and fire, as well as liquid pool spread. It also comprises presentations on validations, explosion mitigation, QA, and probabilistic risk analysis (Including a FLACS-Risk demonstration).

This course covers the standard modules in FLACS-CFD, such as geometry import and generation, gas dispersion, explosion, and fire, as well as liquid pool spread. It also comprises presentations on validations, explosion mitigation, QA, and probabilistic risk analysis (Including a FLACS-Risk demonstration).

Este curso é uma introdução à teoria e aplicações do software de modelagem de consequências tridimensional FLACS-CFD.

This course covers the standard modules in FLACS-CFD, such as geometry import and generation, gas dispersion, explosion, and fire, as well as liquid pool spread. It also comprises presentations on validations, explosion mitigation, QA, and probabilistic risk analysis (Including a FLACS-Risk demonstration).

This course covers the standard modules in FLACS-CFD, such as geometry import and generation, gas dispersion, explosion, and fire, as well as liquid pool spread. It also comprises presentations on validations, explosion mitigation, QA, and probabilistic risk analysis (Including a FLACS-Risk demonstration).

Gexcon presents the improvements we are working on to reduce conservatism in hydrogen combustion modelling. 

You will be presented with how CFD advanced modelling can help understand the hazards from liquefied hydrogen (LH2) release scenarios while refuelling an aircraft.

In this study, the Flame Acceleration Simulator (FLACS-CFD) software was utilized to evaluate the behaviour of hydrogen release, dispersion, and flame propagation in the presence of multiple HFCVs in an outdoor parking space through the activation of thermally activated pressure relief devices (TPRDs).

You will be presented with the summary of recent work conducted by Aker Solutions on the topic of CO2 dispersion modelling.

  This presentation is part of the 2022 FLUG Meeting.   Presentation recording request Fill in the form below to access the presentation recording. About the presentation Title: Numerical study on helium dispersion and ventilation in a semi-enclosed channel with FLACS-Hydrogen) Hydrogen, as an energy source or as energy storage, is a key pathway for achieving net-zero targets. However, to…

Model Evaluation Protocol (MEP) was developed in 2007 to allow computational tools for vapor dispersion modeling to be reviewed. However, the 2007 MEP is very limited in scope as it only addresses vapor dispersion modeling from atmospheric dispersion, which means that there are currently no established protocols to evaluate models to simulate hazards such as the flammable or toxic dispersion of a vapor cloud from a pressurized release, etc….

You will be presented with the work from the Jack Rabbit III project on modelling ammonia dispersions.

This presentation shows the influence of the size of the gas cloud on the severity of the explosion and the effect of different ventilation arrangements. It also presents possible mitigation strategies to enable the safe deployment of hydrogen in applications that require close proximity to the public.

FLACS-CFD is used to model and analyze multi-scenario consequence simulations for different ventilation layouts, leakage locations, and the number of leakage points.

You will be presented with the new detonation modelling in FLACS-CFD based on HYEX Safety’s experience and Gexcon’s implementation.

Gexcon presents the work that has been done so far on the new mesh geometry handling in FLACS-CFD.

A session where Gexcon and Creative Navy presented the work we have done so far in designing new UX for FLACS-CFD.

Gexcon shares its vision and roadmap for FLACS-CFD, providing insights into exciting new features in the pipeline.

The registration for the 2022 FLACS-CFD User Group (FLUG) Meeting, which will take place virtually on 31 October – 3 November, is now open!

We are pleased to announce that Gexcon will attend this year’s Hazards32 as exhibitors, which takes place between the 18 -20 October at the Harrogate Convention Centre, Harrogate, UK.

Gexcon is pleased to participate in this year’s Mary Kay O’Connor Safety & Risk Conference, which will be held on October 5-7 in the Texas A&M Hotel and Conference Center, College Station, TX, US. 

Este curso é uma introdução à teoria e aplicações do software de modelagem de consequências tridimensional FLACS-CFD.

We are pleased to announce that Gexcon will attend this year’s Gastech exhibition and conference, which takes place from 5th – 8th of September in Milan, Italy.

We are pleased to announce that Gexcon will be attending the 3rd International Hydrogen Aviation Conference (IHAC), which will be held as a hybrid event on the 1st of September 2022, with the live session located in Glasgow, Scotland.

This course covers the standard modules in FLACS-CFD, such as geometry import and generation, gas dispersion, explosion, and fire, as well as liquid pool spread. It also comprises presentations on validations, explosion mitigation, QA, and probabilistic risk analysis (Including a FLACS-Risk demonstration).

Gexcon is pleased to participate in the 14th International Symposium on Hazards, Prevention and Mitigation of Industrial Explosions which will be held in Braunschweig, Germany from 11 – 15 July 2022.

Learn how to identify common issues of ammonia in energy applications and how advanced consequence analysis can help optimise safe facility design, evaluate mitigation measures’ effectiveness, and support the demonstration of ALARP to comply with regulations.

Gexcon and HYEX Safety are working in partnership to support the continued development of FLACS-CFD for hydrogen applications.

This online course covers the standard modules in FLACS-CFD, such as geometry import and generation, gas dispersion, explosion, and fire, as well as liquid pool spread. It also comprises presentations on validations, explosion mitigation, QA, and probabilistic risk analysis (Including a FLACS-Risk demonstration).

This online course covers the standard modules in FLACS-CFD, such as geometry import and generation, gas dispersion, explosion, and fire, as well as liquid pool spread. It also comprises presentations on validations, explosion mitigation, QA, and probabilistic risk analysis (Including a FLACS-Risk demonstration).

Gexcon India team secured the 1st place and Best Presentation Topic award at the EPAE 2021 held at The Silesian University of Technology, Poland.

This course covers the standard modules in FLACS-CFD, such as geometry import and generation, gas dispersion, explosion, and fire, as well as liquid pool spread. It also comprises presentations on validations, explosion mitigation, QA, and probabilistic risk analysis (Including a FLACS-Risk demonstration).

This course covers the standard modules in FLACS-CFD, such as geometry import and generation, gas dispersion, explosion, and fire, as well as liquid pool spread. It also comprises presentations on validations, explosion mitigation, QA, and probabilistic risk analysis (Including a FLACS-Risk demonstration).

This course covers the standard modules in FLACS-CFD, such as geometry import and generation, gas dispersion, explosion, and fire, as well as liquid pool spread. It also comprises presentations on validations, explosion mitigation, QA, and probabilistic risk analysis (Including a FLACS-Risk demonstration).

Gexcon shares its vision and roadmap for FLACS-CFD, providing insights into exciting new features in the pipeline.

Djurre presents the work that has been done so far on supporting mesh object geometries in future versions of FLACS-CFD, including some initial validation.

The presentation discusses the importance and challenges of the validation of FLACS-CFD as well as sensitivity assessments.

This presentation highlights the recent developments, validation, and future plan for FLACS-Fire, a 3D fire consequence modelling tool.

The aim of the presentation is to highlight some of the aspects which have a significant impact on the effectiveness and the efficiency of an analysis process using FLACS-Fire.

The presentation deals with sensitivity studies of parameters such as grid, surface roughness, stability class and their influence in pool evaporation.

The presentation gives some insight into typical calculations performed for this industry and illustrates challenges when modelling relevant scenarios.

This presentation aims to investigate the discrepancies between the currently available guidance with the results from our case study.

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.

This presentation discusses the recent research activity in Gexcon including achievements and challenges of selected research projects.

Steve Howell, the Technical Director of Abercus, discusses the uncertainties in probabilistic explosion risk analysis.

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.

Previous simplistic modelling carried out by the client estimated a situation that would be intolerable for the personnel in the area considering the high toxicity of HCN at low concentrations. A detailed ventilation and dispersion modelling study was conducted for the area in order to provide a more realistic release and dispersion conditions.

The presentation consists of toxic and flammable dispersion, jet fire, and explosion scenarios for hazardous chemicals eg styrene, acrylonitrile, butadiene, propylene, and vinyl chloride Monomer (VCM) used in the polymer industries.

We are pleased to invite you to join industry experts for a week of online seminars and insights about FLACS-CFD at the FLUG Week 2021.

We are pleased to invite you to join industry experts for a week of online seminars and insights about FLACS-CFD at the FLUG Week event.

FLACS-CFD 20.2 is now live – a minor software update to improve the user experience. The update does not include any critical changes and includes a number of bug fixes in response to customer feedback. A major update to Gexcon’s flagship computational

Learn about an alternative method that includes a greater level of detail to generate additional value when performing siting studies.

This webinar introduces the updated software and gave an overview of the following key features: 1) improved CAD import; 2) access to the DIPPR database – access to 2,000 new chemicals; 3) new steady-state solver; and 4) improved visualization in Flowvis.

Gexcon is set to launch a major update to its flagship consequence modelling software later this year to offer users greater flexibility, digitalisation and integration capabilities. FLACS-CFD 20 will replace FLACS 10.9 from this autumn and represents a significant software upgrade, building

The results of FLACS simulation showed that after the spontaneous combustion of pulverized coal, the fire quickly developed into an explosion accident.

This year’s FLACS User Group Meeting will be held in Bergen Norway, May 22-23, 2018. Join other FLACS users for two days of learning and discussions. The FLACS User Group (FLUG) Meeting is a top-level meeting in the field of modelling dispersion,…