3rd IND EX Safety Congress Nuremberg, Germany April 24-25

 

Nuremberg Castle
Photo Credit: Vitold Muratov

Industrial explosion protection IND EX Safety Congress  in conjunction with POWTECH 2013 International Trade Fair for Mechanical Processing Technologies and Instrumentation.For instance, at  POWTECH 2011: 704 exhibitors from 73 countries, 15,498 trade visitors (including TechnoPharm)

Two days of explosion protection session topics which also includes live dust explosions (outdoors) at the Nürnberg Convention Center. IND EX, the German based Association of Experts for Explosion Safety, organizes this two day extravaganza. Keynote Speaker: Dr. Bert Reichert -Nürnberg Hospital for Burn Traumas- "Fatal consequences of insufficient safety concepts - burn and explosion traumas to the human body."

Sessions chaired by Dr.-Ing. Johannes Lottermann, Dipl.-Ing. Richard Siwek, and Stefan Penno

Presentation topics include:

• Dust explosion in a Fiber Board Factory

• Protection of Mixers and Blenders against explosions

• Combustion of Biomass - Influence of material specifications on explosion protection measures

• Are we sure that certified safety systems are really safe?

• Trends in norms, guidelines vs. old school approaches from the past

• The design of explosion proof Battery Rooms for solar driven boats and consequences for other applications in the field of renewable energy

• Modeling of Dust Explosions to determine optimum protection when EN standards and codes are not relevant or considered too conservative

• State of the art in explosion isolation

• Of using a belt as well as additional suspenders: Explosion safety repeated unnecessarily

• Explosion safety goes South America - about the ABNT + its standardization efforts in Brazil

• Simplified explosion protection of filters - explosion venting, explosion isolation + improved separation all in one

•  CFD simulations of the 20 liter explosion vessel

• Dispersion of two-phase jets from accidental releases in hydraulic pipes
• Hydrogen Hazards

 

 

Dust Collector Explosion Protection-Webinar

Tomorrow at 12:00 NOON (EST) Gary Johnson, an experienced industrial ventilation and process safety consultant will be presenting a two hour webinar on "Dust Collection: Dust Collector Explosion Protection/Prevention Options,"moderated by Robert Harkin, Associate Editor of Powder and Bulk Engineering.

After the webinar, attendees can e-mail questions and comments. Thats a great deal for $50. Especially since over 50% of combustible dust related fires and explosions in 2008, through media accounts, have occurred in the dust collector. Don't find out the hard way that the dust collector at your facility can possibly create some costly downtime without the proper preventative and mitigative fire/explosion control measures. This is a great way to start the new year out right.

In the meantime be sure to check out the multitude of educational resources that can be found online at Powder and Bulk Engineering. and Gary's website Workplace Exposure Solutions LLC

Resources
Gary Q. Johnson-Workplace Exposure Solutions LLC
Dust Collector Webinar
Webinar Registration $50
Fike -sponsor
Fenwal-sponsor
Powder and Bulk Engineering.-Host