TY - JOUR A1 - Semenova, Aleksandra A1 - Spitzer Sra, Stefan H. A1 - Dvorakova, Barbora A1 - Askar, Enis A1 - Funnemann, Patrick A1 - Hermanns, Roy T.E. A1 - Jankuj, Vojtech A1 - Vignes, Alexis A1 - Kuracina, Richard A1 - Szabova, Zuzana A1 - Norman, Frederik A1 - Gabel, Dieter A1 - Danzi, Enrico A1 - Makarova, Ekaterina A1 - Lorenzon, Ivan A1 - Toman, Adrian A1 - Adamus, Wojciech A1 - Hessels, Conrad T1 - Towards standardized safety protocols for iron-based energy carriers: International alignment through round robin testing on safety characteristics N2 - Background Iron powder appears to be a promising solution for long-term energy storage and (inter-) continental transport, as it is safe to store and does not require energy to maintain its state, unlike, for instance, liquefied hydrogen. However, while the fundamental research is well underway, large-scale implementation is still in its early stages, with a growing number of promising demonstrators emerging. Methods This article contributes to the large-scale implementation of iron as an energy carrier by presenting a round-robin test of four iron powders currently used in research and larger-scale demonstrators. These powders were tested on their safety characteristics in the standard 20 L apparatus across eight European countries. Results The resulting data are intended to support future standardization efforts using different iron samples as standardized fuel. All tested powders were classified either as non-explosible or as belonging to the category of marginally explosible dusts (Class 1). This provides a clear picture of the level of explosion protection measures that need to be considered for the safe use of iron powders in energy carrier applications. Conclusions Along with that, the study detected variations in the results and pointed to shortcomings in the current standards that may cause such discrepancies. These findings emphasize the importance of improving testing procedures to support standardization and ensure the safe use of iron powder as an energy carrier using an a-priori-approach rather than subsequent testing. KW - Explosion protection KW - Energy carrier KW - Safety characteristics PY - 2026 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-655761 DO - https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.22839.1 SN - 2732-5121 VL - 6 SP - 1 EP - 20 PB - F1000 Research Ltd AN - OPUS4-65576 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jankuj, Vojtech A1 - Skrinsky, Jan A1 - Krietsch, Arne A1 - Schmidt, Martin A1 - Krause, Ulrich A1 - Kuracina, Richard A1 - Szabová, Zuzana A1 - Spitzer, Stefan T1 - Simplifying standards, opening restrictions Part I: The influence of the test vessel volume on the maximum explosion pressure of dusts N2 - Explosion characteristics are widely used in the process industries to determine the potential hazard of the used substances. In the American and European standards for determination of the maximum explosion pressure of dusts, the measured pressure is corrected if the tests are conducted in the 20L-sphere. This correction formula increases the measured values if they are above 5.5 bar g. It also causes, that the only two volumes for testing that are used are the standard 1m³ and the 20L-sphere because it is unclear whether corrections are necessary and, if so, what correction should be applied at other volumes. In this article explosion tests were performed with four different dusts, lycopodium, lignite, aluminum, and nitrocellulose, in four different vessel sizes: 20 L, 250 L, 365 L, and 1000 L to investigate the influence of the vessel size. KW - Explosion protection KW - Dusts KW - Pressure rise KW - Ignition PY - 2025 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlp.2025.105556 VL - 94 SP - 1 EP - 7 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-62522 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kosár, László A1 - Szabová, Zuzana A1 - Kuracina, Richard A1 - Spitzer, Stefan A1 - Mynarz, Miroslav A1 - Filipi, Bohdan T1 - Study of the Safety Characteristics of Different Types of Pepper Powder (Capsicum L.) N2 - This research was aimed at comparing the fire characteristics of different types of pepper in the context of explosion prevention. The following characteristics were studied: explosion pressure Pmax and Kst at selected concentrations, ignition temperature of the deposited dust layer from the hot surface, and minimum ignition energy. The comparison of the chemical properties of the used types of pepper was performed using TG/DSC. The results of the measurements suggest that different types of peppers exhibit different explosion characteristics. Each sample reached the maximum value of the explosion pressure and rate of pressure rise at different concentrations. The volume of the explosion chamber used also influenced the explosion characteristics. It is a consequence of the fact that the explosion characteristics strongly depend on the mechanism of action of a particular igniter. The minimum effect on the safety characteristics was observed when measuring the minimum ignition energy and the minimum ignition temperature of the dust layer from the hot surface. The results of the measurements suggest that different types of peppers exhibit different explosion characteristics. This information should then be considered in explosion prevention. KW - Dust explosions KW - Pepper samples KW - Explosion characteristics KW - Explosion protection PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-605965 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/fire7070229 VL - 7 IS - 7 SP - 1 EP - 14 PB - MDPI AG AN - OPUS4-60596 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -