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IGUS : 2009 EOS meeting

 

 

Agenda

1
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4

2

3
3.1
3.2

4
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
4.7

5
5.0
5.1
5.1.1
5.1.2
5.1.3
5.1.4
5.2
5.2.1
5.2.2
5.3
5.3.1
5.3.2
5.3.3
5.3.4
5.4
5.5
5.5.1
5.5.2

6
6.1
6.1.1
6.1.2
6.1.3
6.1.4
6.1.5
6.1.6
6.2

7
7.1

8
8.1
8.2
8.2.1
8.2.2
8.2.3
8.2.4
8.2.5
8.2.6
8.3
8.4
8.4.1

9

10
10.1

11
11.1
11.2
11.3

12
12.1
12.2

OPENING
Welcome by the chairman
Welcome on behalf of the ISTC
Informal welcome and local arrangements
Apologies

AGENDA

PREVIOUS MEETING
Minutes
Actions, EOS Work Plan, Ad-hoc Working Groups

ORGANIC PEROXIDES
Comparison of storage group assignments for organic peroxides using UK, German and Dutch systems
Small scale burning test of peroxide formulations that not burn completely
Short update on Dutch storage regulations
Exempted organic peroxides: transport and storage issues
Redefinition of organic peroxides in TDG and GHS
Comments to some publications regarding hazard ratings for organic peroxides
Pool flames of organic peroxides: experimental and CFD studies

TEST METHODS
Center for quality assurance for testing of dangerous goods and hazardous substances
Small-scale tests
Calorimetry applied to risk assessment
Use of DSC measurements as screening tool for deflagration behaviour
Classification of the mini-autoclave regarding the 97/23/EC Directive
A new provider of primed cambric for the time/pressure test
Koenen test
Koenen test Round Robin: progress report
Calibration apparatus for the Koenen test
SADT/thermal stability
UN TDG June 2009 proposal/information on UN criteria for temperature control
Some features of evaluating SADT and critical conditions of thermal explosion for reactive liquids
UN test H.1: some new experimental results
Increasing the SADT of a package by dividing its mass in separate parts?
Burning
Fire engulfment and vent sizing
Vent sizing of an organic peroxide using several model tanks
Round Robin testing program under way for emergency pressure relief venting

OXIDIZERS
Solid oxidizers
Classifying chemical oxidizers for storage: tests and criteria
Publication of the final report of the 2005/2006 solid oxidizer Round Robin test with sodium perborate monohydrate
Activities of the solid oxidizer working group
Difficulties in testing reactive chemicals in the UN O.1 test
Method for the assessment of the explosive yield of solid oxidizers for land use planning applications
Oxidizing properties of solar salt
Liquid oxidizers

AMMONIUM NITRATE, FERTILIZERS
Combined use of DSC and trough test for determining ability of a fertilizer to self-sustaining decomposition

CLASSIFICATION
Self-reactive substances
Other class 3 and 4 issues
Considerations on the classification criteria of self-heating substances
Testing and classification of Mancozeb and its formulations
The physics of fire: presentation of a DVD
Tests with aerosols and other products as presented for retail sale
Biofuels
Scrap metal fire and lithium batteries
Others
Class 1
Modified Dutch pressure vessel test

UN SUB-COMMITTEES (TDG and GHS)

INCIDENTS
Recent oxidizer related fires at hazardous waste treatment facilities

ANY OTHER BUSINESS
The ISTC projects in the area of global safety
Datatop
Upcoming symposia

NEXT MEETING/VALEDICTORY
Next meeting
Valedictory

 

 

List of participants

Experts from the following organisations and companies participated in the meeting:

Akzo Nobel Polymer Chemicals
Arch Chemicals
Arkema
BAM
Canadian Explosives Research Laboratory
Certification Association Russian Register
Cheminform St. Petersburg (CISP)
Currenta
GmbH & Co. OHG
Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning (DSB)
Fire and Materials Research Laboratory LLC
Hong Kong Government Laboratory
HSE
HSL
INERIS
International Science and Technology Center (ISTC)
Kemira Kemi AB
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
NFPA
Russian Scientific Center Applied Chemistry
Siemens AG
Solvay Chemicals GmbH
Swedish Fire Protection Association
Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB)
Swiss Safety Institute
Syngenta
TNO Defence, Security and Safety
United
Initiators GmbH & Co. KG
University of Tokyo
Yara International ASA
The Netherlands
USA
France
Germany
Canada
Russia
Russia
Germany
Norway
USA
Hong Kong SAR
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
France
Russia
Sweden
Japan
USA
Russia
Germany
Germany
Sweden
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
The Netherlands
Germany
Japan
Norway