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This collection includes the final project reports from the Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA) Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) research program. The PHMSA pipeline research mission is to sponsor research and development projects focused on providing near-term solutions for the Nation’s pipeline transportation system that will improve safety, reduce environmental impact, and enhance reliability. Additional information on the program may be found here: https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/research-and-development/pipeline/about-pipeline-research-development Bookmark this collection: https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/collection_phmsa or https://doi.org/10.21949/1530847.

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  • Form Factor and Chemistry Agnostic Battery Deactivation Using Electrically Conductive Gel for Safe Transportation
    Form Factor and Chemistry Agnostic Battery Deactivation Using Electrically Conductive Gel for Safe Transportation
    Waller, Gordon Henry ;
    Jacob, Connor
    2025-05-16 | PDF
    Removing residual energy from end-of-life batteries prior to transportation re-quires some method of deactivation. While many methods have been proposed, very few have been implemented due to limitations of cost, safety, and efficacy. In this work, multiple cell and battery types (e.g., lithium-polymer pouch cells, 18,650 lithium-ion cell, alkaline ...
  • Hazardous Material Commodity Flow
    Hazardous Material Commodity Flow
    Barr, Jonathan L ;
    Godinez, Melanie A
    2025-05-01 | PDF
    The Hazardous Material Commodity Flow project for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration report focuses on the evaluation, testing, and implementation of systems for monitoring the transportation of hazardous materials (Hazmat) on roadways. This report details the current state of technology f ...
  • User Guide for Commodity Flow Survey Expanded HAZMAT Supplement
    User Guide for Commodity Flow Survey: Expanded HAZMAT Supplement
    United States. Department of Transportation. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  ...
    2025-04-01 | Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) | PDF
    The Expanded Hazardous Materials Supplement (EHM) is a survey sponsored by PHMSA’s Office of Hazardous Materials Safety (OHMS) and conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau (Census) as part of the 2022 Commodity Flow Survey (CFS). PHMSA sponsored the survey to collect new data and generate new statistics about businesses that ship hazardous materials (HA ...
  • First Look at Safety and Performance Evaluation of Commercial SodiumIon Batteries
    First Look at Safety and Performance Evaluation of Commercial Sodium-Ion Batteries
    Carter, Rachel ;
    Waller, Gordon
    2025-01-31 | PDF
    Herein, we investigate the performance and safety of four of the early-stage, commercial Na-ion batteries available in 2024, representing the most popular cathode types across research and commercialization: polyanion (Na-VPF), layered metal oxide (Na-NMF), and a Prussian blue analog (Na-tmCN). The cells deliver a wide range of energy density with ...
  • Hazardous Materials Rail Buffer Car Break Even Analysis
    Hazardous Materials Rail Buffer Car Break Even Analysis
    O'Rourke, Laurence
    2024-07-25 | PDF
    Currently, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) requires buffer cars to separate train crews from cars containing hazardous materials. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommended “all trains have a minimum of five non-placarded cars between any locomotive or occupied equipment transporting hazardous mat ...
  • 2024 Emergency Response Guidebook
    2024 Emergency Response Guidebook
    United States. Department of Transportation. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  ...
    2024-02-01 | PDF
    The 2024 Emergency Response Guidebook provides first responders with a manual intended for use during the initial phase of a transportation incident involving hazardous materials/dangerous goods.
    Supporting Files
  • Thermite Research Report
    Thermite Research Report
    Gardner, Troy A ;
    Zarbock, Jackson D
    2023-09-28 | Thermites | PDF
    For many years, the properties of thermites have perplexed test laboratories and regulators; one thermite manufacturer published on their website that they had provided a sample of their thermite to a well-known and respected international test laboratory that performed the UN Test N.1 Flammable solids test on the sample, only to have the thermite ...
  • Task 15 UN Series 6 a Single Package Tests on Optimized ThermiteAdditive Formulations in 114 kg 25 pound Fiberboard Boxes
    Task 15: UN Series 6 (a) Single Package Tests on Optimized Thermite-Additive Formulations in 11.4 kg (25 pound) Fiberboard Boxes
    Safety Management Services, Inc. (SMS)
    2023-09-27 | Thermites | WMV
    UN 6(a) tests for additives. For many years, the properties of thermites have perplexed test laboratories and regulators; one thermite manufacturer published on their website that they had provided a sample of their thermite to a well-known and respected international test laboratory that performed the UN Test N.1 Flammable solids test on the sampl ...
  • Tasks 1314 LargeScale N1 Flammable Solids Test on All Optimized ThermiteAdditive Formulations
    Tasks 13-14: Large-Scale N.1 Flammable Solids Test on All Optimized Thermite-Additive Formulations
    Safety Management Services, Inc. (SMS)
    2023-09-27 | Thermites | WMV
    Large-scale N.1 test for additives. For many years, the properties of thermites have perplexed test laboratories and regulators; one thermite manufacturer published on their website that they had provided a sample of their thermite to a well-known and respected international test laboratory that performed the UN Test N.1 Flammable solids test on th ...
  • Task 15 Internal Ignition Testing of Optimized ThermiteAdditive Formulations
    Task 15: Internal Ignition Testing of Optimized Thermite-Additive Formulations
    Safety Management Services, Inc. (SMS)
    2023-09-27 | Thermites | WMV
    Internal ignition tests for additives. For many years, the properties of thermites have perplexed test laboratories and regulators; one thermite manufacturer published on their website that they had provided a sample of their thermite to a well-known and respected international test laboratory that performed the UN Test N.1 Flammable solids test on ...
  • Task 15 UN Series 6 c External Fire Tests on Optimized ThermiteAdditive Formulations
    Task 15: UN Series 6 (c) External Fire Tests on Optimized Thermite-Additive Formulations
    Safety Management Services, Inc. (SMS)
    2023-09-27 | Thermites | WMV
    UN 6(c) tests for additives. For many years, the properties of thermites have perplexed test laboratories and regulators; one thermite manufacturer published on their website that they had provided a sample of their thermite to a well-known and respected international test laboratory that performed the UN Test N.1 Flammable solids test on the sampl ...
  • Cost of Delay from HAZMAT Rail Incidents Final Report
    Cost of Delay from HAZMAT Rail Incidents: Final Report
    Taylor, Catherine ;
    Baker, Gary
    2023-08-25 | PDF
    This report presents the results of research estimating the social cost of delay resulting from hazardous material in rail incidents. The analysis estimates the delay experienced by freight and passenger rail, and roadway users due to track closures resulting from rail incidents due to the presence of hazardous materials. Delay occurs due to trains ...
  • Tasks 1112 Hotwire Explosion Screening Testing of Modified Thermites LargeScale Mix IDs 1 and 4
    Tasks 11-12: Hotwire Explosion Screening Testing of Modified Thermites: Large-Scale Mix ID's #1 and #4
    Safety Management Services, Inc. (SMS)
    2023-08-21 | Thermites | WMV
    Hotwire explosion screening for additives. For many years, the properties of thermites have perplexed test laboratories and regulators; one thermite manufacturer published on their website that they had provided a sample of their thermite to a well-known and respected international test laboratory that performed the UN Test N.1 Flammable solids tes ...
  • Task 6 Explosive Equivalency Testing of Exploding LargeScale Thermites
    Task 6: Explosive Equivalency Testing of Exploding, Large-Scale Thermites
    Safety Management Services, Inc. (SMS)
    2023-07-01 | Thermites | WMV
    Explosive equivalency test: pentolite booster (checkout). Trial 1 - 325.6 grams, 2-in diameter x 4-in long cylinder. Initiated by a detonator. For many years, the properties of thermites have perplexed test laboratories and regulators; one thermite manufacturer published on their website that they had provided a sample of their thermite to a well-k ...
  • UN Series 6 a Single Package Test LargeScale Mix ID 7 and LargeScale Mix ID 8
    UN Series 6 (a) Single Package Test: Large-Scale Mix ID #7 and Large-Scale Mix ID #8
    Safety Management Services, Inc. (SMS)
    2023-05-01 | Thermites | WMV
    Task 6: UN Series 6 (a) testing of exploding, large-scale thermites. For many years, the properties of thermites have perplexed test laboratories and regulators; one thermite manufacturer published on their website that they had provided a sample of their thermite to a well-known and respected international test laboratory that performed the UN Tes ...
  • Sodiumion Battery Testing
    Sodium-ion Battery Testing
    Carter, Rachel ;
    Waller, Gordon
    2023-04-01 | PDF
    Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) have emerged on the global market and are poised to complement the ubiquitous li-ion battery (LIB). SIBs deliver a lower energy density than LIBs but utilize more globally abundant materials and boasts a higher degree of safety. The cell safety comes from less reactive cathode materials, lower cell energy density, and, i ...
  • Test 4 5000lb Stack Test Inside Shipping Container Simulating Reaction of Thermite in a Sea Vessel Configuration LargeScale Mix ID 2
    Test 4 - 5000-lb Stack Test Inside Shipping Container Simulating Reaction of Thermite in a Sea Vessel Configuration: Large-Scale Mix ID #2
    Safety Management Services, Inc. (SMS)
    2022-10-24 | Thermites | WMV
    Task 5: full-scale testing of commercial thermite in transport configurations. For many years, the properties of thermites have perplexed test laboratories and regulators; one thermite manufacturer published on their website that they had provided a sample of their thermite to a well-known and respected international test laboratory that performed ...
  • Test 3 2500lb Stack Test Inside Box Truck Trailer Simulating Reaction of Thermite in a Motor Freight Configuration LargeScale Mix ID 2
    Test 3 - 2500-lb Stack Test Inside Box Truck Trailer, Simulating Reaction of Thermite in a Motor Freight Configuration: Large-Scale Mix ID #2
    Safety Management Services, Inc. (SMS)
    2022-10-03 | Thermites | WMV
    Task 5: full-scale testing of commercial thermite in transport configurations. For many years, the properties of thermites have perplexed test laboratories and regulators; one thermite manufacturer published on their website that they had provided a sample of their thermite to a well-known and respected international test laboratory that performed ...
  • Fine Grain Metal Powder Standards for Consumer Pyrotechnics Final Report
    Fine Grain Metal Powder Standards for Consumer Pyrotechnics: Final Report
    A-P-T Research, Incorporated
    2022-10-01 | PDF
    Under contract with the Department of Transportation (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), A-P-T Research, Inc. (APT) conducted research and testing in support of PHMSA’s safety mission by studying a variety of percentages of metal powders (a.k.a. Fine Grain Metal Powders (FGMP)) in pyrotechnic compositions (specific ...
  • Separation Distance of Hazardous Materials Cars and Train Crews andor Locomotives Literature Review Buffer Car Research Study
    Separation Distance of Hazardous Materials Cars and Train Crews and/or Locomotives - Literature Review (Buffer Car Research Study)
    Sullivan, Laura ;
    Raney, Mark
    2022-07-01 | PDF
    Train makeup and switching operations are governed by car placement regulations, which establish effective separation distance requirements by means of “buffer cars”. The separation distance requirements in the U.S. were established in 1922 and have remained largely unchanged, despite dramatic changes in rail operations, rail equipment, and the var ...
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