Combustible Dust Testing

Laboratory testing to quantify dust explosion and reactivity hazards

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Gas and Vapor

Laboratory testing to quantify explosion hazards for vapor and gas mixtures

UN-DOT
Classification of hazardous materials subject to shipping and storage regulations
Hydrogen
Testing and consulting on the explosion risks associated with devices and processes which use or produce hydrogen
Safety Data Sheets

Develop critical safety data for inclusion in SDS documents

Thermal Stability

Safe storage or processing requires an understanding of the possible hazards associated with sensitivity to variations in temperature

Adiabatic Calorimetry
Data demonstrate the consequences of process upsets, such as failed equipment or improper procedures, and guide mitigation strategies including Emergency Relief System (ERS) design
Reaction Calorimetry
Data yield heat and gas removal requirements to control the desired process chemistry
Battery Safety

Testing to support safe design of batteries and electrical power backup facilities particularly to satisfy UL9540a ed.4

Safety Data Sheets

Develop critical safety data for inclusion in SDS documents

Cable Testing
Evaluate electrical cables to demonstrate reliability and identify defects or degradation
Equipment Qualification (EQ)
Testing and analysis to ensure that critical equipment will operate under adverse environmental conditions
Water Hammer
Analysis and testing to identify and prevent unwanted hydraulic pressure transients in process piping
Acoustic Vibration
Identify and eliminate potential sources of unwanted vibration in piping and structural systems
Gas & Air Intrusion
Analysis and testing to identify and prevent intrusion of gas or air in piping systems
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Design emergency pressure relief systems to mitigate the consequences of unwanted chemical reactivity and account for two-phase flow using the right tools and methods
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Properly size pressure relief vents to protect your processes from dust, vapor, and gas explosions

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FATE (Facility Flow, Aerosol, Thermal, and Explosion) is a flexible, fast-running code developed and maintained by Fauske and Associates under an ASME NQA-1 compliant QA program.

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Low thermal inertial adiabatic calorimeters specially designed to provide directly scalable data that are critical to safe process design

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Published November 12, 2019

Electrical Arc Flash Risk and Shock Hazards


risk based inspection rbiDo you have the electrical engineering expertise to help you understand and address electrical arc flash and shock hazards in your workplace that may pose a significant risk to the safety of your workers and to ensure full compliance with all regulations and industry standards?

Regulations

OSHA 1910.269(l)(8) requires that employers estimate the Incident Heat Energies that their employees could be exposed to from Electrical Arcs and to provide properly rated protective clothing and other protective equipment for the protection of their employees against burns resulting from Electrical Arc Flash Hazards.

Standards

NFPA 70E Article 130.5 requires that Arc Flash Risk Assessments be performed for all facilities with Electrical Distribution Systems to determine the Arc Flash Hazard levels that exist (i.e. Incident Heat Energies, Arc Flash Boundaries) and the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) that is required to be worn by your workers for their protection. The Arc Flash Risk Assessment for each facility is required to be updated whenever a major modification to the Electrical Distribution System takes place or at intervals not to exceed 5 years.ARC Flash Using ETAP

The Good Process You Should Know (based on NFPA 70E-2015):

1. Hazard Identification
     a. Collect Data→ Single-Line Diagrams, Electrical Equipment & Protective Device Data, Visual Inspection
     b. Model the Electrical Distribution System Using Modeling Software (ETAP®, SKM or Equivalent)
     c. Compute all Incident Energies Using the Model NFPA 70E and IEEE 1584 methodologies
     d. Compute all Arc Flash Boundaries Using the Model and NFPA 70E and IEEE 1584 methodologies

2. Risk Assessment
     a. Identify and analyze all electrical arc flash and shock hazards
     b. Identify all tasks that are performed
     c. Document the hazards associated with each task
     d. Estimate the risk for each hazard and task
     e. Determine the appropriate protective measures to adequately reduce the level of risk

3. Risk Control Strategies - Recommendations / Options
     a. Elimination/Substitution Inherently Safe Design, Arc Resistant Electrical Equipment
     b. Engineering Controls Protective Barriers, Faster Relays, Current Limiting Fuses, Neutral Resistors
     c. Awareness Warning Signs and Labels
     d. Administrative Controls Training, Procedures, Work Organization and Instruction
     e. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Arc-rated clothing, Flash hood, Face shield, Insulating gloves

Highly qualified mechanical engineers should be skilled in many different areas including statics, dynamics, modal analysis, heat transfer, fracture mechanics, mechanical vibrations, flow induced vibrations, acoustic vibrations, etc.  

Engineering and testing labs such as Fauske & Associates, LLC offer a wide-range of electrical engineering services and capabilities which include the following:

  • Arc Flash Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment
  • NFPA 70E and NFPA 70 (NEC) Compliance Assessment
  • Electrical Hazardous Area Classification
  • Load flow, motor starting, short-circuit, arc flash and coordination studies using ETAP or SKM Power*tools
  • Materials Testing - Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA)
  • Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) and Circuit Analysis
  • Complex Circuit Analysis
  • Cable Testing using Line Resonance Analysis (LIRA), VLF Tan Delta, Insulation Resistance, Elongation at Break (EAB) and High Potential Techniques

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