Reduce Dust Explosions the Inherently Safer Way

Chemical Engineering Progress

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 36-43

  Amyotte, Paul R ^a   Khan, Faisal I ^b   Dastidar, Ashok Ghose ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c Safety Consulting Engineers Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFE HANDLING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

DUST EXPLOSIONS;

DUST;

EID: 0142084748     PISSN: 03607275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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