Equipment and facilities

BAM Test Site Technical Safety

Oxygen test facility

The oxygen test equipment is used for investigating and assessing fire hazards in plants, components and materials under high pressure flowing oxygen in real-life industry-related conditions.

Even a minor enrichment in oxygen content compared to the normal 21 % in air causes an increase in combustion velocity and burning temperature as well as a reduction in ignition temperature of nonmetallic materials.

Furthermore, the test equipment allows to investigate the influence of metallic and nonmetallic particles on the flammability of components. In addition, ignition sensitivity tests to high pressure oxygen surges can be performed on fittings and components.

Technical Data

Bunker
Preparation room with workshop and storage
Observation room
20 m x 10 m concrete slab for open-air tests
Liquid oxygen tank with evaporator
750 bar oxygen compressor
Air compressor
70 m piping with inner diameters of 50 mm, 25 mm, and 12,5 mm with a maximum flow velocity of 100 m/s and a maximum test pressure of 300 bar

Equipment and facilities | Division 2.1 | Test facilities on the BAM Test Site Technical Safety

2010-12-17

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