Contents - Spring 2009

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Fire & Explosion Detection & Suppression

• Process Infrastructure PSM - Applying Consequence Analysis and Facility Siting Methodologies to Process Infrastructure Facilities

• Case Study of a Hydrogen Explosion in an Electrical Panel

• Chemical Safety Database - Application for Flammability Limits of Biogases

• Concepts of Protection Methods

• Industrial Dust Explosion Risks 

• A Graphical Approach for Representing Hazard Scenarios

    Military

• Sustainable Fire Protection for Military Vehicle and Aircraft Applications 

• Improvements in Fire Protection for Armored and Tactical Vehicles

• Explosion Protection of an Armoured Vehicle Crew Compartment with Water Mist 

Process Infrastructure PSM - Applying Consequence Analysis and Facility Siting Methodologies to Process Infrastructure Facilities

By Douglas J. Ferguson, Consultant, Safety and Process Risk Analysis, DuPont 

This article presents a proposed methodology for conducting consequence analysis and facility siting activities related to the design and installation of process infrastructure facilities.

Case Study of a Hydrogen Explosion in an Electrical Panel

By Timothy J. Myers and Alfonso Ibarreta, Ph.D., Exponent 

This article explores an incident where an accidental release of hydrogen caused a small explosion in an electrical panel at a chemical facility.

Chemical Safety Database - Application for Flammability Limits of Biogases

By Dr. Maria Molnarne and Dr. Volkmar Schroder, Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing 

The article addresses safety characteristics of hazardous substances, particularly biogas plants that require specific safety measures.

Concepts of Protection Methods

By Dr. Saman Afkhami, Senior Automation Engineer, WorleyParsons Canada Services Ltd. 

An overview of the methods currently used for preventing and mitigating dust explosions in the process industries.

Industrial Dust Explosion Risks 

By Michael Ward, Principal Consultant, Industrial Process Safety, BRE Global 

An industrial dust explosion has the potential to cause substantial damage to plant equipment and buildings, as well as serious injury to factory personnel.

A Graphical Approach for Representing Hazard Scenarios

By Rafael Batres, Toyohashi University of Technology, Yukiyasu Shimada, NIOSH and Tetsuo Fuchino, Tokyo Institute of Technology 

This article describes "hazard scenario graph" or HSG which is a visual representation technique as an aid to hazard identification.

Military

Sustainable Fire Protection for Military Vehicle and Aircraft Applications 

By Gary Holland, Jennifer McCormick, Aerojet, and Paul Rivers, 3M Company 

Hybrid fire extinguishers have been demonstrated to be at least as effective as gaseous systems with a more volatile agent such as HFC-227ea.

Improvements in Fire Protection for Armored and Tactical Vehicles

By Douglas Kulick and Estee Jacobson, Spectrex Inc. 

Novel environment friendly fire extinguishing agents and new methods of dispersion are considered for the modern AFES.

Explosion Protection of an Armoured Vehicle Crew Compartment with Water Mist 

By Dr. Andrew Kim and George Crampton, Fire Research Program, National Research Council of Canada 

In all experiments with water mist systems, initial extinguishment of explosion in the compartment was achieved, however, re-ignition of the explosion was a problem.

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