Programme

Confirmed presentations to date

08:45 Registration

09:00 Welcome & Opening of Conference
Prof Mike Bradley | Wolfson Centre

09:15 Case Study; LOPA process and its relevance to EP Lynemouth Silo Flash Fire
David Akinrogbe | Lynemouth Power

09:50 Presentation; Silo Fire Ignition Sources
John Pethullis | Southdowne Solutions

10:25 Presentation; Silo Firefighting – goals and benefits for the incident management Dipl.-Ing. (FH)
Dirk Saschenbrecker | INBUREX Consulting GmbH

11:00 Break

11:15 Presentation; Early Fire Detection in Silos, Prevention and Preparation
Franz Heller | Firefly

11:50 Presentation; Silo Safety 2.0
Achim Rott | Robecco and Berthold Bussieweken | Thorwestern Vent

12:30 Lunch

13:30 Case Study; Managing Silos in Distress at the Drax Power Station
Jim Price (via video-link) | Drax

14:05 Presentation; A novel approach to predicting self-heating in large biomass stores
Baldeep Kaur | Wolfson Centre

14:40 Silo Fire Protection; Recommended practice (for discussion during breakout session)
Prof Mike Bradley | Wolfson Centre

15:00 Break

15:15 Breakout sessions: topics to be announced but to include structural failure, Silo Fire Protection document & tbc Split into 4 groups

15:30 Reconvene discussion on Silo Fire Protection document
Prof Mike Bradley | Wolfson Centre

16:00 Conclusion - Conference closure
Prof Mike Bradley | Wolfson Centre