Electrostatic ignition hazards
(12 practice-related topics)

THIS SERIES OF TOPICS BY ELSTATICS EXPERTS SYLVIA & GÜNTER LÜTTGENS USES MOVING ANIMATIONS AND EXPERIMENTS TO IMPART BASIC KNOWLEDGE FOR SELF-STUDY.

The T series is aimed at foremen, technicians, engineers and safety specialists in particular.

Contents/chapters of this sam® instruction:

1. Fire and explosion hazards: This topic explains the conditions under which fire and explosion hazards arise.
2. Charge generation: How an electrostatic charge is generated is explained using experimental procedures.
3. Influenza: What does influenza mean and how does it develop? You can find answers to these questions in this topic.
4. Resistance – charge level: What influence does the electrical resistance have on the charge level?
5. Gas discharges: The topic around gas discharges (corona, tuft, sliding tuft, pouring cone and spark discharge).
6. Zones + categories: This topic provides information on hazard zones, hazard categories and risk assessment.
7. Measuring method: Voltage/current principle, guard ring circuit, specific volume resistance, surface resistance and much more.
8. Measurement methods: Which measurement methods are suitable? And which ones are not? The electric field meter, charge transfer measurement and the hand-held coulomb meter are described)
9. Flowing liquids: This topic provides information on the circumstances under which liquids become charged.
10. RIBC (filling, emptying, stirring): Avoidance of electrostatic ignition hazards when using an RIBC.
11. Optimization of charge neutralization: How ionizers can lead to charge neutralization (when handling foils)
12. Cleaning plastic drums: This topic shows charging experiments with water