ENSIC site of the LRGP – Rue Grandville / Nancy
Perseval: Processes for the Environment, Safety and Resource Development
Explosion
Ignition
Thermal runaway
Industrial risks
Safety
Industrial accidents, such as those involving Lubrizol or AZF, show the need to study the risks associated with fires, explosions or thermal runaway. The research carried out on the LRGP’s ‘process safety’ platform focuses specifically on dust explosions (natural or synthetic polymers, metals, nanoparticles, etc.) and hybrid gas/powder mixtures. They allow a better understanding of these phenomena in order to better assess their probability and intensity and thus propose adequate means of prevention and protection. They provide concrete answers to industrial questions in order to conduct hazard studies (ICPE regulation) and to dimension ATEX zones (explosive atmospheres).
This platform aims to increase the control of risks related to powdered materials from various sectors of activity: biomedical (BMS), agronomy (A2F), chemistry (CPM), metallurgy (M4)…
20 L explosion sphere standard
20 L explosion sphere with viewing windows and valve
20 L explosion sphere with ultra-fast camera and in situ dry particle size analysis
Godbert-Greenwald furnace for determination of the minimum ignition temperature (MIT) in clouds
Modified Hartmann tube for determination of minimum ignition energy (MIE)
Standardized plate for determining the minimum ignition temperature (MIT) in a layer