TY - CONF A1 - Askar, Enis A1 - Schröder, Volkmar T1 - The influence of strong ignition sources on the explosion and decomposition limits of gases N2 - Explosion and decomposition limits of flammable and chemically unstable gases were determined experimentally in a dosed autoclave with varying ignition energy up to 1000 J. The ignition source was a lightning arc caused by an exploding wire igniter as described in EN 1839 B .. In case of methane only the upper explosion limit was influenced significantly by the ignition energy, whereas the lower explosion limit was constant. In case of R32 however. it was the lower explosion limit that was influenced significantly by the ignition energy and not the upper explosion limit. A particularly strong dependency from the ignition energy was found for the decomposition limits of the chemically unstable gases in nitrogen. T2 - 16th International Symposium on Loss Prevention and Safety Promotion in the Process Industries CY - Delft, The Netherlands DA - 16.06.2019 KW - Explosionsgrenzen KW - Zündenergie KW - Chemisch instabile Gase KW - Kältemittel KW - Zündquellen PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-48993 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Askar, Enis A1 - Schröder, Volkmar T1 - The influence of strong ignition sources on the explosion and decomposition limits of gases N2 - Explosion and decomposition limits of flammable and chemically unstable gases were determined experimentally in a closed autoclave with an ignition energy higher than the standard 10 J a 20 J. The ignition source was a lightning arc caused by an exploding wire igniter as described in EN 1839 B. With a newly developed ignition system a graded ignition energy between 3 J and 1000 J was generated. Different types of gases were studied with this ignition system: methane as a typical fuel gas and reference gas for some standards for explosion limit determination, the refrigerant R32 (difluoromethane) as a mildly flammable gas with low burning velocity and high minimum ignition energy compared with methane as well as the chemical unstable gases acetylene, nitrous oxide and ethylene oxide, which can decompose explosively in the absence of air or other oxidizers. It was found that the influence of strong ignition sources on explosion and decomposition limits can be very different for different systems. In case of methane only the upper explosion limit was influenced significantly by the ignition energy, whereas the lower explosion limit was constant. In a standard test vessel with an inner volume of 14 dm3 it was difficult to quantify the upper explosion limit of methane exactly with the strong ignition source, because the explosion pressure did not increase abruptly near the explosion limit, but steadily over a large concentration range. Probably a larger explosion vessel is more appropriate in this case. In case of R32 however, it was the lower explosion limit that was influenced significantly by the ignition energy and not the upper explosion limit. A particularly strong dependency from the ignition energy was found for the decomposition limits of the chemically unstable gases in nitrogen. Here special regard is necessary in practical applications, if uncommonly strong ignition sources cannot be excluded. KW - Explosionsgrenzen KW - Zündenergie KW - Zündquellen KW - Chemisch instabile Gase KW - Kältemittel PY - 2019 SN - 978-88-95608-74-7 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3303/CET1977022 SN - 2283-9216 VL - 77 SP - 127 EP - 132 PB - AIDIC - The Italian Association of Chemical Engineering CY - Milano, Italy AN - OPUS4-49936 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -