Why You Should Attend
Throughout this course, you'll learn to identify and evaluate hazards in oxygen systems. You'll gain an understanding of safe practices in design, materials selection, and operation of oxygen systems, as well as related ASTM standards.
On-Site Training Available
ASTM can bring this course to your site for groups of 15 or more. On-site training courses can also be tailored to meet your specific needs. For more information, contact: Scott Murphy, phone: (610) 832-9685, fax: (610) 832-9668.
Free ASTM Membership
Attend this course and receive a FREE 1-year membership to ASTM International and Committee G04 on Compatibility and Sensitivity of Materials in Oxygen Enriched Atmospheres. (Applies to new members only and may not be used to renew existing memberships)
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If your state has a continuing education requirement for license renewal, ASTM training courses and ASTM membership can help you meet that requirement.
How You Will Benefit
Recognize physical principles and empirical observations on which these safe practices are based
Collect information needed to cope with fire hazards in oxygen systems
Identify and locate relevant test data for analyzing the ignition and damage potential of oxygen systems
Apply the concepts by working out selected exercises in class
Related ASTM Course
Oxygen Systems & Maintenance
Course Outline
Why Study Oxygen Compatibility?
* Fire Incidents in Oxygen Systems
* The Subtle Oxygen Hazard
* Problems and Solutions
Concepts of Risk and Risk Mgt.
*The Fire Triangle
* Minimize Ignition Hazards
* Maximize Best Materials
* Utilize Good Practices Ignition
* Controlling Propagation
Minimize Ignition Hazards
* Terminology (G126)
* Ignition Mechanisms
* System Design (G88)
* Oxygen Cleaning (G93)
Maximize Best Materials
* Selecting Nonmetals (G63)
* Selecting Metals (G94)
Utilize Good Practices
* ASTM Oxygen Systems: Operations and Maintenance TPT Course
* CGA G-4 and G4.4
* NFPA 53
ASTM Test Methods
* Autoignition Temperature (G72)
* Gaseous Impact (G74)
* Pressurized Mechanical Impact (G86)
* Oxygen Index (D2863)
* Promoted Combustion (G124)
* Particle Impact; Friction Ignition
* Heat of Combustion (D4809)
Example Exercises
* System Design (G88)
* Oxygen Cleaning (G93)
* Nonmetals Selection (G63)
* Metals Selection (G 94)
Summary and Discussion
Review and Discussion of Attendee's Special Situations
About the Instructors
This course will be taught by two of the following instructors for ASTM Committee G04.
JOEL STOLZFUShas been a project manager for ignition and combustion of materials in oxygen-enriched environments at NASA's White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) since 1980. He is one of the developers of this ASTM course and has been teaching it since its inception in 1989. He has developed several tests to determine the suitability of metals in oxygen systems, including promoted combustion, frictional heating, and particle impact. He is also coeditor of related ASTM books, author of many papers on the ignition and combustion of materials, and an author in the National Fire Protection Association's Fire Protection Handbook.
HAROLD BEESON is special projects manager in the Laboratories Office at NASA WSTF. He has been involved in the testing and evaluation of materials for use in oxygen systems, including fire extinguishing, cleaning alter-natives, and modification of the cone calorimeter for use in oxygen enriched environments. He has been responsible for updating the NASA Oxygen Safety Handbook, is coeditor of ASTM Manual 36, and is the author of numerous papers on this topic.
BARRY E. NEWTON, accident reconstructionist and forensic analyst for Wendell Hull and Assoc., knows all aspects of oxygen system design. He was previously with NASA WSTF, and has written over 50 oxygen component qualification test reports for WSTF and Johnson Space Center, including 19 NASA special project test reports on oxygen compatibility. He has authored several papers in the ASTM STP series on Flammability and Sensitivity of Materials in Oxygen Enriched Atmospheres, and is an experienced short course instructor.
ELLIOT FORSYTH is a technical consultant for Wendell Hull and Associates, Inc. and the owner of Oxygen Safety Consultants. He performs hazards and failure analyses on oxygen systems and components, as well as consults on engineering design of oxygen systems and training of oxygen system operations. He is a former project engineer and leader of the oxygen hazards group at the NASA WSTF where he was involved in test system design and development for evaluating materials and components for use in oxygen systems. Forsyth has published papers on contaminant ignition in breathing-gas systems, particle impact ignition and fire extinguishment in oxygen environments.
MIKE SHOFFSTALL of Honeywell Technical Services Inc. is a project engineer in and leader of the oxygen hazards analysis group at NASA WSTF. He has been involved in the design and development of test systems for evaluating materials and components for use in oxygen systems. His work has included pneumatic impact testing of components, frictional heating tests of materials in liquid and gaseous oxygen, shear fracture of adhesives in liquid and gaseous oxygen and laser ignited promoted combustion studies in gaseous oxygen. He has authored or co-authored over 100 oxygen hazards analyses using the data and methods presented in this course.
TED STEINBERG is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland and a consultant to several international and domestic aerospace organizations including NASA, Rockwell, and Allied-Signal. He has co-edited three books and authored numerous papers on the flammability and sensitivity of materials in oxygen-enriched environments under both normal gravity and reduced gravity conditions. Steinberg has a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D degrees in mechanical engineering from New Mexico State University.
SARAH SMITH, of Honeywell Technical Services Inc., is a project leader and engineer n the oxygen hazards analysis group of NASA WSTF. She has been involved in the development of tests and test systems for evaluating materials and components for use in oxygen systems, and has performed many oxygen hazards analyses of systems and components. Her work also includes arc-ignition testing of materials, promoted ignition studies of components and materials, and pneumatic impact testing of components.
STEPHAN PERALTA, of Honeywell Technical Services Inc., is a project engineer in the oxygen hazards analysis group at NASA WSTF. He has been involved in the design and development of test systems for evaluating materials and components for use in oxygen systems. His work has included developing frictional heating and shear fracture tests of materials in liquid and gaseous oxygen and developing an oxygen hazards analysis database for NASA. He has authored or co-authored over 100 oxygen hazards analyses using the data and methods presented in this course.
Who Should Attend
Engineers, scientists, technicians, purchasing agents, plant managers and operators, and safety professionals involved in production or use of liquid or gaseous oxygen, or oxygen-enriched gas mixtures. Also, those who supply, design, or manufacture hardware for oxygen services.
Fee Includes
Includes all referenced documents, a certificate of completion, 1.4 Continuing Education Units (CEUs), and refreshment breaks.
Refunds will be made for cancellations received before the first day of class.
Referenced ASTM Documents
Guides, Practices, and Terminology
Manual 36 Safe Use of Oxygen and Oxygen Systems
G 63 Evaluating Nonmetallic Materials for Oxygen Service
G 88 Designing Systems for Oxygen Service
G 93 Cleaning Methods for Material & Equipment Used in Oxygen Enriched Environment
G 94 Evaluating Metals for Oxygen Service
G126 Terminology Relating to the Compatibility and Sensitivity of Materials in Oxygen-Enriched Atmospheres.
Test Methods
G 72 Autogenous Ignition Temperature of Liquids and Solids in High-Pressure Oxygen-Enriched Environment
G 74 Ignition Sensitivity of Materials to Gaseous Fluid Impact
G 86 Ignition Sensitivity of Materials to Mechanical Impact in Pressurized Oxygen Environments
G 124 Determining the Combustion Behavior of Metallic Materials in Oxygen-Enriched Atmospheres
D 4809 Heat of Combustion of Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels by Bomb Calorimeter (Intermediate Precision)
D2863 Measuring the Min. Oxygen Concentration to Support Candlelike Combustion of Plastics/Oxygen Index
Compressed Gas Association Standards
G-4 Oxygen; G-4.4 Industrial Practices for Gaseous Oxygen Transmission & Distribution Piping Systems
National Fire Protection Association Manual
53M Fire Hazards in Oxygen Enriched Atmospheres
About ASTM and Sponsoring Committee G04
Committee G04 on Compatibility and Sensitivity of Materials in Oxygen Enriched Atmospheres developed the standards used in this course. For more information, contact Jennifer Rodgers at (610) 832-9694 or go to our G04 technical committee page.