TY - CONF A1 - Lohrer, Christian T1 - Topics concerning pyrotechnic articles – news from the notified bodies N2 - Presentation of latest develeopements regarding conformity assessments of pyrotechnic articles within the forum of notified bodies according to article 37 of the EU Directive 2013/29/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 12 June 2013 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of pyrotechnic articles (recast). T2 - 14th Meeting of the AdCo Pyrotechnic Articles CY - Rotterdam, The Netherlands DA - 27.02.2019 KW - Pyrotechnics KW - Notified bodies KW - Market surveillance PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-47469 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - 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 - TY - CONF A1 - Zakel, S. A1 - Schröder, Volkmar A1 - Gabel, D. A1 - Hirsch, W. A1 - Kleinert, J. A1 - Krause, U. A1 - Krietsch, Arne A1 - Meistes, J. A1 - Sachtleben, A. A1 - Schmidt, Martin A1 - Askar, Enis T1 - Safety characteristics of hybrid mixtures for explosion protection N2 - In this joint project, standardized measurement methods for hybrid mixtures are developed, which serve to determine safety characteristics for explosion protection. A hybrid mixture is a multi-phase System consisting of fuel gas or vapor, as well as air and flammable dust. This combination can occur for instance in drying processes or during heterogenous reaction processes. T2 - 27th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems (ICDERS) CY - Beijing, VR China DA - 28.07.2019 KW - Explosionsschutz KW - Gas-Staub-Gemische KW - Hybride Gemische KW - Sicherheitstechnische Kenngrößen PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-48992 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Lohrer, Christian T1 - Report from the Forum of Notified Bodies for Pyrotechnic Articles N2 - Aktuelle Themen aus dem Forum der benannten Stellen für Pyrotechnik bei der EU-KOM werden vorgestellt, unter anderem zu den Themen Kennzeichnung, Round Robin Test, Konformitätserklärungen, Sicherheitsabstände N2 - Current topics and challenges in the forum of notified bodies for pyrotechnics at the EU-COM will be presented: labelling, round robin tests, declarations of conformity, safety distances. T2 - Meeting of the group of experts on pyrotechnic articles CY - Brussels, Belgium DA - 17.06.2019 KW - Konformitätserklärung KW - Pyrotechnik KW - Kennzeichnung KW - RRT KW - Round robin tests KW - Labelling KW - Declarations of conformity KW - Pyrotechnics PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-48227 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schröder, Volkmar A1 - Zakel, S. A1 - Brandes, E. T1 - Reliable safety characteristics of flammable gases and liquids - The database CHEMSAFE N2 - The safety characteristics of flammable gases and liquids are required when identifying potentially explosive mixtures and taking appropriate actions concerning explosion protection. Examples are given here of the safe handling and evaluation of hazards during the processing, storage, transport, and disposal of flammable liquids and gases. The CHEMSAFE database is presented as a reliable source of safety characteristic data, and its new open-access version is introduced. CHEMSAFE currently contains assessed properties for about 3000 liquids, gases and mixtures. The lack of a broad experimental foundation in the extensive field of non-atmospheric conditions shows the need for further investigation and standardization. This article summarizes experimental evidence and estimation methods for safety characteristic data under non-atmospheric conditions pointing out current limitations. Suggestions for pre-normative research on safety data under non-atmospheric conditions are given. KW - Explosion protection KW - Safety characteristics KW - Classification KW - Flammable Gas KW - Flammable Liquid PY - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlp.2019.07.002 SN - 0950-4230 VL - 62 SP - 103914 PB - Elsevier Ltd. CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-48547 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Knorr, Annett A1 - Fayet, G. A1 - Rotureau, P. A1 - Wehrstedt, Klaus-Dieter T1 - Predictive Methods for Determining the Thermal Decomposition Properties of Hazardous Substances N2 - Due to the fast development and availability of computers, predictive approaches are increasingly used in the evaluation process of hazardous substances complementary to experiments. Their use was recommended as alternative to experimental testing by the REACH regulation to complete the lack of knowledge on properties for existing substances that must be registered before 2018 (upon quantities). Among the proposed predictive approaches, Quantitative Structure Property Relationships (QSPR) are powerful methods to predict macroscopic properties from the only molecular structure of substances. In that context, the HAZPRED project (2015-2018, founded by the SAF€RA consortium) aims to develop theoretical models (e.g. QSPR) and small-scale tests to predict complex physico-chemical properties (e.g. thermal stability, explosivity) of hazardous substances to complete the lack of knowledge on these hazardous substances quickly or to understand their decomposition behaviour better. In particular, this contribution will present the work done in this project on the physical hazards of organic peroxides and self-reactive substances: gathering of existing experimental data, new experimental campaigns, review of existing models and proposition of new estimation methods. KW - QSPR KW - HAZPRED KW - Organic peroxides KW - Self-reactive substances PY - 2019 UR - https://www.aidic.it/ U6 - https://doi.org/10.3303/CET1977057 SN - 2283-9216 VL - 77 SP - 337 EP - 342 PB - AIDIC CY - Milano AN - OPUS4-51282 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Fayet, G. A1 - Rotureau, P. A1 - Wehrstedt, Klaus-Dieter A1 - Knorr, Annett T1 - Predictive Methods for Determining the Thermal Decomposition Properties of Hazardous Substances N2 - Due to the fast development and availability of computers, predictive approaches are increasingly used in the evaluation process of hazardous substances complementary to experiments. Their use was recommended as alternative to experimental testing by the REACH regulation to complete the lack of knowledge on properties for existing substances that must be registered before 2018 (upon quantities). Among the proposed predictive approaches, Quantitative Structure Property Relationships (QSPR) are powerful methods to predict macroscopic properties from the only molecular structure of substances. In that context, the HAZPRED project (2015-2018, founded by the SAF€RA consortium) aims to develop theoretical models (e.g. QSPR) and small-scale tests to predict complex physico-chemical properties (e.g. thermal stability, explosivity) of hazardous substances to complete the lack of knowledge on these hazardous substances quickly or to understand their decomposition behaviour better. In particular, this contribution will present the work done in this project on the physical hazards of organic peroxides and self-reactive substances: gathering of existing experimental data, new experimental campaigns, review of existing models and proposition of new estimation methods. T2 - 16th International Symposium on Loss Prevention and Safety Promotion in the Process Industries CY - Delft, The Netherlands DA - 16.06.2019 KW - Self-reactive substances KW - QSPR KW - HAZPRED KW - Organic peroxides PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49509 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - von Oertzen, Alexander T1 - Permitted Explosives in Germany and Europe N2 - Permitted explosives have a tradition of many decades in Germany and had been designed to the needs of the underground coal mining in the Ruhr. In neighboring countries of Germany similar provisions were made to prevent hazards from fire damp and coal dust explosions in underground coal mines. Due to the termination of coal mining in Germany and most other European countries, also the testing facilities are disappearing. This presentation outlines the current situation of testing regimes and facilities. T2 - 25th EPP Working Group of IGUS and 19th International Conference of Chief Inspectors of Explosives CY - Swakopmund, Namibia DA - 11.03.2019 KW - Permitted explosives KW - Fire damp KW - Coal dust PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-47721 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - von Oertzen, Alexander T1 - New Standardisation Tasks under the European Explosives Directive: Electronic Detonators, On-site Mixed Explosives N2 - Several decades have passed since the initial drafting of the European standards for explosives subject to European Directive 2014/28/EU, and this field as experienced some substantial technical innovations. While at the turn of the millenium the concept of electronic detonators had just been conceived, and it is mentioned in a Technical Specification, today electronic detonators exist in many variants, also regarding communication means between shotfirer and the detonating cap. Questions regarding safe functioning and prevention of inadvertent ignition have to be asked in a quite different way, where delicate electronic circuits are used, and where information is transmitted by radio waves. In addition, the safety of functioning is partly found in software components and the corresponding standards need to be reviewed thoroughly on these grounds. A different but in recent times more and more popular technology, is the on-site production of explosives, being mostly emulsion explosives, ANFO, or combined products. Also here software in the machinery is starting to play an important role. The on-site produced explosive must fulfil safety requirements and has to be, in addition, quality controlled. This cannot solely be left to the hopefully proper design of the software and machinery, but needs to be made accessible to verification. Since this area seems broader in approach, it is not going to be addressed by a new standard. The state of the art technology shall be described in a Technical Specification with a perspective from requirements of the above mentioned European Directive. T2 - EFEE 10th anniversary World Conference on Explosives and Blasting CY - Helsiniki, Finland DA - 15.09.2019 KW - Standardisation KW - Harmonised Standards KW - Technical Specification KW - Electronic Detonators KW - On-site mixed Explosives PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49106 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -