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Mälardalen Safety Science Lab

Mälardalen Safety Science Lab. Fire, risk, energetic materials and remediation. Foto: SP, Haukur Ingason. Mälardalen Safety Science Lab. Areas of interest. Critical Infrastructure Fire and fire protection Energetic materials Environmental risks. Why MSSL?.

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Mälardalen Safety Science Lab

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  1. Mälardalen Safety Science Lab Fire, risk, energetic materials and remediation Foto: SP, Haukur Ingason

  2. Mälardalen Safety Science Lab

  3. Areas of interest • Critical Infrastructure • Fire and fire protection • Energetic materials • Environmental risks

  4. Why MSSL? Joint projects in the boarders of the research areas Attract new collaborator partners and finansers Develop co-production between research environmentas Strenthen the risk and safety research Find synergies

  5. Current research projects Koncept för skydd mot brand och brandgasspridning i gruvor BioRex Polluted Peace M*E*T*R*O Olyckshantering under byggnation av tunnlar BioSorp BARBARA – brand i arbetsfordon under mark MOBIREM

  6. Funding KK-foundations MSB FORTV SL Brandforsk Banverket Sida Formas EU

  7. Education • Fire Safety Engineering, • Architectural fire protection, • Risk management in society, • Soil remediation, • Water purification, • Eco-toxicology, • Biostatistics

  8. Ph.D.-courses Fire Dynamics in tunnels in Fire Dynamics in tunnels II Fire Engineering calculations and CFD Ventilation Fire Protection Environmental consequences of accidents Statistics Research Careers

  9. BIOREX Biological Remediation of Explosives

  10. What is BIOREX? • A research project with the aim to treat explosives contaminated soil, sludge and water

  11. Objectives with BIOREX • Develop a bioreactor for treatment of sludge and soil • Develop a filter technique for treatment of water • Develop ecotoxicological methods

  12. Partners Mälardalen University Nammo Demil Division Cesium AB Bofors Test Center KCEM Eriksson Patent

  13. Occurrence of explosives Demilitarization Ammunition factories Explosives factories Test facilities Shooting ranges Closed down regiments Mining industry

  14. Occurrence of explosives Soil Water Sludge Demilitarization Ammunition factories Explosives factories Test facilities Shooting ranges Closed down regiments Mining industry

  15. Large problems with TNT

  16. Explosives are toxic Animals Humans Plants Microorganisms

  17. TNT (trinitrotoluene)

  18. TNT (trinitrotoluene)

  19. RDX and HMX

  20. Sampling of bacterial culture

  21. Sampling

  22. The bioreactor

  23. Sludge from the demilitarization process • Waste product from the recycling of old ammunition • About 80% TNT

  24. Large scale experiment at Nammo Demil Division • Sludge with TNT • Mixture with soil, water, substrate and bacterial culture • Rotating bioreactor • Continuous sampling

  25. Small-scale experiment

  26. Small-scale bioreactor

  27. Some results

  28. TNT adsorption to pine bark

  29. Ecotoxicological tests • Can eliminate “toxic effect” • End-use perspective • Covers all compounds

  30. Polluted Peace - Managing environemental risks in ammunition disposal

  31. International cooperation • Common problem – why not a common solution?

  32. Project partners

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