Current projects

Further development of a mobile rapid construction wall for the spatial separation of employees in the track area from the source of danger of train travel

When working in the vicinity of tracks, serious accidents occur time and again as people enter the danger zone and are hit by trains. Currently, there is no behavior-independent security measure that effectively prevents entry into the hazardous area. The approach of a mobile fixed rapid construction wall has the potential to solve this problem.

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Investigation of aerodynamic loads on track workers caused by passing trains

The investigation is intended to answer the question of whether the safety measures that have been in place to date are sufficient to protect track workers from train movements and, if so, whether this still applies when trains pass the construction sites at higher speeds than in the past.

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Modeling of flame front velocity in combustible dust-air mixtures

The project aims to develop a calculation method for the velocity of flame fronts in pipelines filled with combustible dust-air mixtures connecting plant components. In the future, this should make it possible to determine the minimum distance required for the reliable functioning of explosion decoupling systems in pipelines in potentially explosive plants purely by calculation.

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Modeling of dust distribution in containers during different filling processes

The national and European regulations on the subject of dust explosions contain equations for the design of pressure relief areas for various filling methods. In this project, CFD modeling will be used to investigate whether the equation for designing pressure relief areas for small vessels (vessel volumes smaller than 250 m³) can also be used for vessels with V > 250 m³.

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Further development of an electromagnetically controlled explosion flap

Based on many years of research, we are developing an explosion flap that is actively electrically controlled. With this flap, the static set pressure is adjustable and exactly reproducible with a relief capability of 100%.

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Further development of the ExProtect software for answering safety-related questions in applied explosion protection

Our ExProtect program is designed to answer safety-related questions in the event of gas and dust explosions. Based on our research results, the program is constantly being developed further.

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Further development of the dust concentration measuring device SKG

Based on our research results, we continuously develop our dust concentration measuring device and keep it technically up to date.

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