Improved guidelines for the sizing of vents in dust explosions

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 9, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 105-118

  Tamanini, Francesco ^a   Valiulis, John V ^a  

^a FM Global Engineering and Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust explosions; Engineering guidelines; Venting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000030952     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0950-4230(95)00053-4     Document Type: Article

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