Industrial Hazards

  • Experimental and testing services
    • gas, vapor, dust, and solid material properties
    • ignition sensitivity and explosion severity
    • explosion prevention, mitigation, and detection
    • system/component scale-model design, fabrication, and testing
  • Facilities and instrumentation
    • outdoor test sites and indoor test laboratories
    • high speed instrumentation for signal conditioning, data recording, and data reduction and plotting
    • calorimetry, spectroscopy, NMR, chromatography, and complete thermal analysis instruments
    • detectors and analyzers for gas, vapor, and dust
    • dust explosion characterization systems
    • explosion characterization testing systems
  • Analytical, numerical, and predictive services
    • mathematical models for hazardous events
    • accident investigation
    • emergency and relief system designs and specifications
    • numerical/computational methods
    • hazard/safety and vulnerability analysis
    • operations analysis (HAZOP)

This map shows an example of blast pressure and debris contours for quantity-distance siting at an industrial facility.

A vapor recovery system detonation flame arrester is tested to USCG regulations.

The explosive decomposition behavior of hydrocarbon-based compounds at high pressure and temperature is evaluated.

For more information on materials and structures, contact Dr. Ben H. Thacker, Mechanical Engineering Division, Southwest Research Institute, P.O. Drawer 28510, San Antonio, Texas 78228-0510, Phone (210) 522-3896, Fax (210) 522-6965.

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