about eiga
European Industrial Gases Association
The European Industrial Gases Association, EIGA, is a safety and technically oriented organisation representing the vast majority of European and a number of non-European companies producing and distributing industrial, medical and food gases.
EIGA Winter Summit 2024 recap
"Enabling H2 together!" is our theme throughout 2024. We kicked off the topic with our Winter Summit, which took place in January in Antwerp. Over 180 people, expert and/or passionate about hydrogen, attended. Did you miss the EIGA Winter Summit? Then we invite you to have a look at this short video.
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Let’s enable H2 together
We hope you enjoyed the EIGA Winter Summit 2024!
The EIGA Team certainly did. We are taking this opportunity to warmly thank you for attending what we believe has been an outstanding event. Actuall...
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Latest Publications
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DOC 238 / 22 - Prevention of Plant Instrument and Utility Gas System Cross Contamination
This publication applies to HYCO plants and provides design and safeguards requirements of utility and instrument gas systems. It identifies the potential hazards resulting from the connections between gases, instrument gases, and the process.
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DOC 136 / 24 - Selection of Personal Protective Equipment
The first principle of safety risk mitigation should be elimination, substitution and engineering controls. When exposure to hazards cannot be completely engineered out from the work area and tasks, and when safe work practices and other forms of administrative controls cannot provide sufficient additional protection, then a supplementary method of control is the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
This publication provides guidance on a work process for selecting and using PPE at work. Selection tables are included which are general examples of PPE for protecting personnel against hazards that could cause harm.
The publication is intended to provide guidance and examples in selection and use of PPE. It supplements other techniques for assessing and controlling risk and is intended for all involved in the selection of PPE.
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DOC 161 / 24 - Compatibility between Aluminium Alloy Cylinders and Halogenated Gases
This publication details the criteria necessary to establish the compatibility between aluminium alloy cylinders and gas mixtures exceeding the overall limit of 0.1% (mol/mol) reactive halogenated components.
Issues include mixture feasibility, destructive and non-destructive testing, gas purity and concentrations, and cylinder controls.
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