| FAI
specializes in adiabatic calorimeter testing for the characterization of
runaway reactions.
DIERS Testing
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Fauske & Associates, LLC was the principal research contractor for
the Design Institute for Emergency Relief Systems (DIERS), an extensive
R&D program sponsored by 29 companies under the auspices of AIChE and
completed in 1985. Company founder and president, Dr. Hans K. Fauske
served as the principal investigator and overall leader of the DIERS
research project. A primary purpose of that effort was evaluation of
emergency relief vent requirements, including energy and gas release rates
for systems under upset conditions, and the effect of two phase flow on
the emergency discharge process. |
Factors to consider:
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| The DIERS program resulted in the
development of a bench scale low thermal inertia adiabatic calorimeter,
which was first commercialized as the Vent Sizing Package (VSP). Later
improvements led to the VSP2. The Reactive System Screening Tool (RSST)
was introduced by FAI in 1989 to provide an easy, inexpensive approach to
the DIERS testing method. Recent enhancements led to the Advanced RSST (ARSST)
in 1999. FAI uses the DIERS-based VSP2 and ARSST calorimeters for Adiabatic
Calorimeter Testing. Both devices provide vent sizing data that are
directly applicable to process scale. |
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