TY - CONF A1 - Askar, Enis T1 - Safety in Energy Gases "Explosion Protection" N2 - The legal framework and standards for explosion protection are presented briefly and than the three basic principles of explosion protection are shown one by one: Avoiding Explosive Mixtures, Avoiding Ignition Sources and Mitigation of Consequences. For each of these the relevant safety characteristics and methods of implementation are shown. Finally references for Safety characteristic data and literature sources are shown and the safety characteristics of different fuel gases are summarized and compared. T2 - European Metrology Network for Energy Gases Training Session CY - Online meeting DA - 25.02.2026 KW - Safety characteristics KW - Energy carrier KW - Ignition KW - Safety PY - 2026 AN - OPUS4-65582 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Askar, Enis T1 - HICON Experimental Campaign 3 - Ignition of Hydrogen due to Single Impact N2 - The experimental campaigns within HICON aim to obtain quantitative and qualitative data through experiments for statistics and understanding of ignition probabilities. Based on that hydrogen ignition models are developed transfering the risk-based models from the natural gas applications. Within the presented experimental campaign the focus was on impacts with gravel and with contaminated surfaces. It was found that the ignition probabilty of hydrogen atmospheres by mechanical impacts can be highly increased when gravel is involved and when surfaces are contaminated with oil or with fine sand (sandblasted surfaces), while natural gas atmospheres cannot be ignited under similar conditions. T2 - FABIG Fire and Blast Information Group 111th UK Technical Meeting CY - London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland DA - 24.03.2026 KW - Explosion protection KW - Ignition sources KW - Mechanical sparks KW - Natural gas KW - Safety KW - Risk assessment PY - 2026 AN - OPUS4-65783 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -