Moderation of dust explosions

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 20, Issue 4-6, 2007, Pages 675-687

  Amyotte, Paul R ^a   Pegg, Michael J ^a   Khan, Faisal I ^b   Nifuku, Masaharu ^c   Yingxin, Tan ^d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d NORTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dust explosions; Hybrid mixtures; Inherent safety; Moderation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DUST; FOOD PROCESSING; HAZARDS; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTORY MATERIALS;

FOUNDRY SHELL; HYBRID MIXTURES; INHERENT SAFETY; MATERIAL HAZARD;

EXPLOSIONS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DUST; EXPLOSIONS; FOOD PROCESSING; HAZARDS; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTORY MATERIALS;

EID: 34548463019     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2007.05.011     Document Type: Article

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