Evolving Chemical Hazard Evaluation Strategies for SMEs

This Webinar will provide an overview and guidance on ventilation to prevent and dilute the formation of flammable hydrogen-air mixtures. Information will include a review of relevant standards, guidelines, and approaches to achieving effective dilution for potential design-basis hydrogen release scenarios. Existing applications and previous incidents will be discussed.

Jointly organised by STEM Alliance and Scientix, the chat was held online on Thursday, 28 March 2019 from 10:00 to 11:30, Brussels time. The chat took place in English. During this session, pupils had the opportunity to ask questions on careers in the petrochemical industry to the experts. The STEM Alliance chat sessions address classes (pupils from secondary schools) that are led by one or more teachers and aim at promoting awareness of all aspects of STEM careers. Since these chats bring together key STEM professionals and classes from different European countries, they may enhance a lesson focusing on a significant subject. During one and a half hour, pupils, led by one or more teachers, had the opportunity to ask topic-related questions to the experts:

Susan Lovasic is the Global Regulatory Affairs Manager - Tyvek® Protective Apparel for DuPont Protection Solutions and is located in Richmond, Virginia. Ms. Lovasic received her B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University and has worked for DuPont since 1984 in both research and marketing capacities across a variety of businesses, including Stainmaster® and Antron® nylon carpet fibers, Kevlar® and Nomex® aramid fibers, and Tyvek® and Tychem® chemical protective garments. Since 1996, Ms. Lovasic’s research efforts have focused on protective apparel applications to help protect wearers against chemical, biological, thermal, and fire hazards. She has led research to assess the critical properties of protective apparel ranging from assessment of comfort and durability properties to instrumented thermal mannequin fire and electric arc flash testing and hazardous chemical barrier testing.

In recent years there has been a legislative drive for companies to substitute hazardous chemicals in their products and supply chain with safer alternatives. In REACH, the European wide chemical legislation, substances of very high concern SVHCs are identified, restricted and banned in due course.