June 2022 VISION!

Published 12 Jul 2022

Welcome to our industry bulletin – VISION.

So what is VISION?

VISION is our monthly round-up of industry news, projects, videos, technical tips, training information, webinars and career opportunities from Thorne & Derrick. Take a moment to Follow Us on LinkedIn to receive future VISION.

In The News

Chlorine gas leak kills 13, injures over 300 in Jordan

Date: 27th June 2022
Location: Jordan
Facility: Aqaba Port

A chlorine gas leak from a storage tank killed 13 people and injured over 300 others at a port in Jordan on June 27. The incident happened in the city of Aqaba on the Red Sea coast in the south of the country after a 25-tonne tank filled with chlorine gas fell while being loaded onto a ship at the facility.

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#عاجل | فيديو حادث تسرب غاز من صهريج في العقبة#الأردن #العقبة #التلفزيون_الأردني pic.twitter.com/MZqeoUvxtG

— Jordan TV-التلفزيون الأردني (@JrtvMedia) June 27, 2022

The Civil Defence Department sent specialist teams to the port to deal with the leak and clean-up operation.

Aqaba’s southern beach, which is only 7km away was evacuated as a precaution, and the residents of Aqaba city were advised to stay inside and close windows and doors following the leak. It has now been declared that there is no longer any risk to the city and its residents.

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INDUSTRY EVENTs

Meet The Members

Thorne & Derrick exhibited at Meet the Members 2022 this month, showcasing a range of solutions for hazardous and explosive atmospheres – as well as our range of cable installation, jointing, substation and electrical equipment for the power industries.

Thank you to NEPIC for organising anther great event, although it was a very warm day and we wish we could turn our ATEX fan on!

Congratulations to the winner, Dr Steve Hill Tech IOSH, of the bulldog gin in the prize draw. We look forward to the photographs as promised!

Natalie Lundie & Laura McCabe at NEPIC’s Meet the Members

World Biogas Association 2022

This month our Sales Engineer Apprentice, Dylan, attended The World Biogas Expo 2022 – hosted by World Biogas Association and Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association. Dylan has been focussing on the biogas and AD industries, building his knowledge and confidence to understand industry requirements. Terry McDonald, Sales & Business Development Manager, was pleased with Dylan’s proactive approach to organise his attendance of this event, and the overall initiative shown in the beginning of his career with Thorne & Derrick.

The World Biogas Expo is known as ‘one of the largest international trade shows solely dedicated to AD and Biogas.’

Some facts from the association:

• The calls for a carbon tax are growing louder by the day, with the UK government mooting the possibility in its Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy.
• Biomethane’s alignment with a hydrogen is solidifying; two gases, one future.
• Mandatory separate food waste collections go live across Europe in 2023, with AD the UK’s and EU’s preferred treatment.

Image Credit: https://www.biogastradeshow.com/

A VIEW FROM SITE

Improving Visibility In Battery Rooms

Raytec SPARTAN WL168 Zone 2 Intelligent Emergency Linear luminaires have helped to improve light levels on site of this Battery Room. The client required the replacement of 4 existing 2x58W fluorescent Zone 2 fittings. The customer originally enquired about 5ft LED Linear alternatives, but due to SPARTAN’s high lumen output and unique modular design, which would make any ongoing maintenance quick and easy, SPARTAN WL168 provided the ideal solution.

ATEX Lighting manufactured by Raytec for use in Zone 1 and Zone 2 hazardous areas – this includes floodlights, linear light fittings, bulkheads and high bay lighting for explosion protection concepts including Ex d Flameproof and Ex e Explosion Proof applications.

➡ Should you require any technical support, product selection guidance or a lighting design utilising the SPARTAN range of lighting for Explosive Atmospheres please do not hesitate to contact us – we can assist in the upgrade of your lighting system from conventional fluorescent to modern technology, energy-efficient and sustainable LED type fittings.

Installing Radar Sensors With a View!

It’s always nice when a job takes place surrounded by beautiful scenery! This kind contribution from Peter Horne, National Field Manager at Hydro-Logic Services, shows VEGA C21 Radar Sensors installed in a stunning location in Scotland.

“Out and about again this week with more installations. We were asked to not drill into the concrete at these structures so had to think on our feet a bit! Hard with a swarm of midges eating you! Flexilogger 105s installed with VEGA C21 Radar sensors. Very reliable and easy to install!”

Peter manages numerous hydrometry projects across Scotland. These projects currently include the supply, installation and maintenance of large hydrometric monitoring networks for water resource planning, CAR compliance and flow monitoring for Scotland’s largest energy suppliers and also provide a flood warning monitoring service to local authorities where they have now installed well in excess of 300 sites across Scotland.

PROJECTS & NEWS

Supporting young people in the workplace

Thorne & Derrick are enthusiastic about supporting young people in their future careers through apprenticeships and work experience.

This month we introduced two A-level students to the workplace to give them an insight into how the company operates and the variety of roles available in an office environment. We gave them a range of tasks to try including website content creation, data extracting and PDF creation. The students also took part in some internal meetings to get a feel for how they are conducted, as well as shadowing the sales team.

Ben, a work experience participant, said a few words about the week:

“I started doing work experience at Thorne and Derrick in June 2022 and I was greeted with a warm and friendly atmosphere. I was tasked with a number of jobs and it was great to try a variety of different tasks. In the future I hope to go into finance and this experience showed me what it was like to work in an office environment. I met a few people who had started working at T&D with an apprenticeship which interested me as I had never thought of doing one before. I feel that an apprenticeship would be ideal as I would be starting my career early while being paid and simultaneously gaining qualifications. It was also interesting to learn about hazardous environments and the equipment needed to work in them safely.”

Thorne & Derrick are enthusiastic supporters of Apprenticeships and work closely with Northern Skills Group to recruit new and next generation staff into the business for integration into our future growth strategy.

When it comes to certification, working with the right Certification Body is essential. Whether you require a new product to be certified or have a certificate variation that you need to complete promptly, Eurofins E&E CML can help.

When a product is already certified, making changes to the equipment often initiates the need for a variation. The variation can be urgent and essential to continue production, for example, when a component supply issue arises, or a material shortage has been identified.

If manufacturers have products certified for North America and wish to change NRTL (Nationally Recognised Test Laboratory), the process is relatively similar to that for ATEX/IECEx/UKEX certification. Eurofins E&E CML (a MET NRTL site) can review the existing product and certification, and upon successful completion, a certification record will be issued. MET Factory Inspections are also initiated if the manufacturer does not already have a MET Hazloc inspection programme.

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custom built ATEX Heating solutions

Thorne & Derrick were approached by a customer for a bespoke heating solution required to heat a valve arrangement. The valves were part of a larger and more complex system involving a HPU Hydraulic Power Unit. Due to the size and shapes of the valves in this system, we designed a custom heating jacket, compliant with ATEX standards, to fit to requirements. We were aware of the impacts and damage caused by the potential freezing of HPU systems, as well as the need to maintain ease of access to the HPUs for routine inspection and maintenance; thus the custom built heating jacket was the most effective solution.

An example of a custom heating jacket deigned and supplied by Thorne & Derrick. For this application we designed the jacket to facilitate unobstructed and instant maintenance access to HPU’s

specifying heaters for hazardous area marine applications

Working with an international Tanker Management Organisation, Thorne & Derrick have supported the specification and supply of a number of hazardous area compliant heaters onto a fleet of vessels.

Thorne & Derrick took the time to work with the client and specify the required equipment for the application. Given the marine application and hazardous area where the work is to be carried out, we supplied the AEU1 Explosion Proof Electric Air Heater 60 Hz frequency model. The Hazloc AEU1 range of electric air heaters are designed to provide either primary or supplementary heating for comfort or for freeze protection in areas that are classified by ATEX and IECEx as hazardous locations due to gas or dust atmospheres.

380V, 440V and 480V electric heaters are available in 50 Hz – 60 Hz frequency models and suitable for steam, hot water, glycol or other fluid circulating heating systems.

An image of one of the oil tankers supplied

➡ View the complete specifications, applications and hazardous area classifications for Hazloc Explosion Proof Heaters

Terminology Explained

Every industry has its own language, terms and acronyms. Below is a selection of the common terms in use in the Explosion industry today and how they are employed in current directives.

This month we focus on marking of equipment for gas and dust atmospheres

Marking of Equipment – Directive 94/9/EC (Annex II, 1.0.5)

• Name/address manufacturer
• CE marking + if appropriate notified body number
• designation of series or type
• Serial number, year of construction
• Ex symbol + EEx
• Category (M1 / M2 / 1 / 2 / 3) for equipment-group II, ‘G’ (gas) and/or ‘D’ (dust)
• Explosion / Ignition protection symbol + (if appropriate) Gas group
• Temperature Class or Temperature

Example: EEx 2 G d IIA T4

Certification ensures that the equipment or protective system is fit for its intended purpose and that adequate information is supplied with it, to ensure that it can be used safely.

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