Airbag for the closing of pipelines on explosions and leakages

Objective

In factories of various - also modern - industries, flammable and explosive solids, liquids and gases are transported in pipelines of diameters up to meters. Explosion, leaks and propagation of flame gases lead to devastating damages (46% of buildings by gas explosions), risks for employees and neighboured population and hazardous emissions to the environment. New explosion isolation prototype systems are to be developed based on deploying airbags, which reduce substantially costs, react faster and cover unprotected cases of high risk. The work includes theory and tests on time scales and mass flow of airbag gas generation, bag textiles and bag deployment inleacting hot flows. The prototypes are tested at model applications of hot gas in power plants, liquids in semiconductor industry, transmission pipelines in gas supply and explosive gases and dusts in chemistry and mining. The results concern also environmental and safety impact, concepts for up-scaling and diversification to other branches.

Programme(s)

• FP5-GROWTH - Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002"

Topic(s)

• 1.1.3.-1. - Key Action Innovative Products, Processes and Organisation

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.

Address

Joseph-von-fraunhofer-strasse 7
76327 Pfinztal
Germany

Participants (9)

ALIACHEM A.S

Czechia

Address

532 12 Pardubice

CENTRAL MINING INSTITUTE

Poland

Address

72,Ul. Podleska 72
Mikolow

EXPLOSIA A.S.

Czechia

Address

Semtin
532 17 Pardubice

Epichem Ltd

United Kingdom

Address

Power Road Bromborough
L62 3QF Wirral

INSTITUT FRANCO-ALLEMAND DE RECHERCHES DE SAINT-LOUIS

France

Address

5,Rue Du Générale Cassougnou 5
68301 Saint-louis

INTERGLAS TECHNOLOGIES LTD.

United Kingdom

Address

Westbury
DT9 3 RB Milborne Port/sherborne

RISOE NATIONAL LABORATORY

Denmark

Address

Frederiksborgvej 399
4000 Roskilde

RUHRGAS AG

Germany

Address

Halterner Strasse 125
46284 Dorsten

TECNATOM S.A.

Spain

Address

1,Avenida Montes De Oca 1
28709 San Sebastian De Los Reyes - Madrid