Dr Vyto Babrauskas

 


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Interflam Satellite Event
 
Thursday 7th July 2016, Royal Holloway College, University of London

- NEW 1 DAY COURSE-

Update your knowledge on the Principles of Electrical Fires

In association with Interflam 2016, Dr. Vyto Babrauskas will offer a new course to update participants on important information in the field of electrical fires.

Fires originating from electrical causes are specialized and require specialized investigation skills. If the personnel involved are not sufficiently knowledgeable on electrical fires, such incidents are likely to be misidentified or miscategorized. This is a rapidly evolving field, thus it is important for practitioners to get the benefit on the latest problems, issues, findings, and research results. The course will include recent changes in the NFPA 921 Guide affecting electrical fire investigation.

The most significant changes have been with regards to metallurgical identification, where usable laboratory techniques are now offered for differentiating arc-melting from fire-melting damages. The course will also cover diverse recent research findings in the electrical area, along with safety issues arising from new technologies such as ‘smart meters’ and CSST. Investigation of fires involving dielectric breakdown of insulation will also be covered—a topic which is now being better understood due to recent research. Individuals in certain countries may have seen numerous studies presented in recent years claiming that metallurgical laboratory methods have been developed for distinguishing between ‘cause’ and ‘victim’ arc beads. In fact, these concepts are an example of what is sometimes referred to as “junk science,” and the course will discuss the lack of sound science basis of such schemes.

Numerous delegates will have attended the Principles of Electrical Fires course given in previous years at Interflam. The new course takes up where the previous course left off. However, some background material will be offered so that the course will be suitable both for delegates who attended previous Principles of Electrical Fires courses, and those who have not. Extensive handouts will be provided covering various topics of the course.

Registration fee £385 + VAT. Interflam 2016 registered delegates are eligible for a discounted fee of £350 + VAT
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Dr Vyto Babrauskas

Dr Babrauskas was the first person to ever receive a Ph.D. degree in Fire Protection Engineering. He headed the fire test method development programs at NIST for 16 years before becoming a consultant.

Vyto has taught graduate-level engineering courses at the University of British Columbia and at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, has given hundreds of lectures and presentations and is the author of over 300 papers on fire safety. He is the Author of the authoritative treatises "Ignition Handbook" and "Heat Release in Fires", and serves in an editorial capacity for several fire safety journals.

In recent years, he has been regularly teaching classes to fire investigators on fire science principles.

Further details from http://www.doctorfire.com

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT :To register, complete a Registration Form and send to the Secretariat. Credit card payments can be made on-line at www.shop.intersciencecomms.co.uk (2.50% bank charges apply). All cheques made payable to Interscience Communications in UK £ and drawn on a UK bank only. Cheques which do not comply may delay your registration. Payment can be made by bank transfer, account details will be given on the invoice. A £7.00 fee must be added to all non UK bank transfers to defray bank charges. NOTE: All delegates are required to pay UK VAT and all payments must be received before the start of the conference.

CANCELLATIONS To cover our administration costs the fee of £80 will be charged for cancellations for conference registration and accommodation made before 1st June 2016 . Cancellations made after 1st June 2016 cannot be refunded but substitutions (confirmed in writing) can be made at any time without charge

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