Your Trusted Incident Investigation Specialists
Our team have extensive experience in investigating incident root causes, creating practical prevention strategies, and testifying as an expert witness.
Dr. Scott G. Davis is the CEO at Gexcon US and specialises in the engineering analysis and testing of combustion, thermal, and fluid processes. He applies his expertise to the investigation and prevention of fires, explosions, and dispersion hazards.
Areas of Expertise
- Combustion, thermal, and fluid processes
- Fire and explosion investigation
- Explosion risk assessment and blast/venting analysis
- Combustible dust explosion assessment
- Gas dispersion and toxic/flammable gas release modelling
- Hydrogen safety
- Ventilation and detector placement
- Carbon monoxide dispersion, detection, and migration analysis
- Ignition, flame propagation, and chemical kinetics
- Detonation and combustion dynamics
- Testing and evaluation of gas-fired systems and equipment
- Dust handling facilities and electrical appliance safety
- Product recall technical support and regulatory liaison
- High-pressure combustion systems
- Hydrocarbon fuel ignition and combustion testing
- Material flammability and self-heating assessment
- High-pressure fuel delivery system design
- Peer review for combustion science publications
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Dr. John Pagliaro is a Senior Managing Engineer at Gexcon US. He specialises in the areas of combustion, fire dynamics, heat transfer, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and experimental design.
Areas of Expertise
- Combustion and fire dynamics
- Heat transfer and thermodynamics
- Fluid mechanics
- Experimental design and testing
- Fire, explosion, and chemical release investigation
- Carbon monoxide exposure analysis
- Gas delivery systems and gas-fired appliances
- Combustible dust explosion assessment and venting design
- CFD modelling for fire, explosion, and dust hazards
- Flammable refrigerant hazard assessment and mitigation
- Safety code and standard compliance review
- Flame chemistry and halogenated fire suppressant research
- Refrigerant flammability testing and analysis
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Tom DeBold is a Managing Engineer within the Explosion and Fire Safety group at Gexcon US, Inc. He specialises in fire protection, mechanical, thermal and fluid engineering.
Areas of Expertise
- Fire protection engineering
- Mechanical, thermal, and fluid engineering
- Fire and explosion investigation and reconstruction
- Cause and origin evaluation
- Gas dispersion and explosion consequence analysis
- Modelling with FLACS, PHAST, and FDS
- Fire suppression and detection system failure analysis
- Code compliance review for fire protection systems
- Combustible dust explosion assessment
- Flammable and toxic gas dispersion studies
- Hydrogen and low-burning velocity refrigerant hazard analysis
- Jet fire and blast wave/overpressure analysis
- Ventilation studies for process facilities
- Smoke management system evaluation
- Teaching fire and explosion investigation and reconstruction
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