Explosibility of cork dust in methane/air mixtures

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-23

  Pilao R ^a   Ramalho, E ^a   Pinho, C ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cork dust explosibility; Hybrid explosions

Indexed keywords

AIR; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSIONS; IGNITION SYSTEMS; METHANE; MIXTURES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CORK DUST EXPLOSIBILITY; DUST CLOUDS; EXPLOSIBILITY TEST CHAMBERS; HYBRID EXPLOSIONS;

EXPLOSIONS;

CORK; DUST; EXPLOSION;

EID: 26844559026     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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