NEW Software MIKE 4.0
for MIKE3-CAN and MIKE4-CAN
1992 – 2016 manufactured by Adolf Kühner AG, Birsfelden, Switzerland
2016 – 2024 manufactured by TÜV SÜD Schweiz AG, Basel, Switzerland, under licence from Cesana AG, Bettingen, Switzerland
From 2025 manufactured by REMBE® Research+Technology Center GmbH, Brilon, Germany, under licence from Cesana AG, Bettingen, Switzerland
Apparatus for determining the minimum ignition energy of dust/air mixtures.
Minimum ignition energy (MIE) is the lowest energy value that a high-voltage capacitor discharge must apply, to ignite the most ignitable dust/air mixture. These indices are determined in accordance with international standards in the MIKE laboratory apparatus:
A modified Hartmann tube made of glass with a volume of 1.2 liter is used as the explosion vessel. The dust dispersion system at the base of the tube is of the “mushroom-shaped” type around which the sample is loosely scattered. A blast of compressed air at 7 bar is used to disperse the dust in the glass cylinder where it is ignited by a spark between two electrodes.
Experiments have shown that dust/air mixtures can easily have MIE values less than 10 mJ. The measurement range of the MIKE 3 has thus been extended to lower energy values. The high-voltage component has been specially designed for the low ignition energies. Thanks to pneumatically actuated high-voltage switches, the parasitic capacitances have been reduced by an order of magnitude.
Energy range: 1mJ … 1000mJ
Find the manual, updates and more information here
for MIKE3-CAN and MIKE4-CAN
