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SF6 Emergency Response

Pricing: Contact
8 Hour Program

Intended audience

• Designed for the technical person who is required to respond to abnormal situation involving gas filled station/ equipment and then contain, clean, neutralize, dispose of and document any SF6 by-products; solid or gaseous

Learning objectives

• Participants will be able to respond in a safe manner to an emergency situation relating to the accidental release from the switchgear or from the maintenance equipment
• Participants will be able to contain, clean, neutralize, dispose of and document SF6 by-products resulting from an accidental release due to a faulted station/equipment
• Participants will be able to donn and doff their protective PPE including SCBA or SAR
• Participants will be able to neutralize and de-contaminate/ dispose of their SCBA or SAR/ respirators

Course Deliverables
Classroom Proposed deliverables (2.5 hours)

• Introduction to Sulphurhexafluoride
• Properties of Sulphurhexafluoride
• Physical Form of SF6 Gas including CF4 and N2 mixtures
• Sublimation and Density Chart
• Properties of new SF6 Gas
• Properties of Solid Arc by-products
• Properties of Gaseous Arc by-products
• Threshold Limit Values (Alberta)

Hands- on Proposed deliverables (5 hours)

• Expected emergency response practices to contain and to isolate area for purposes of neutralization and disposal.
• SCBA and SAR donning / Doffing activity
• Equipment recommended to respond to an abnormal situation involving an accidental release of gas/ powder
• Neutralization of SF6 switchgear
• Neutralization of SF6 contaminates including tools and equipment

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