Dust explosion risk moderation for flocculent dusts

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 862-869

  Amyotte, Paul R ^a   Cloney, Chris T ^a,b   Khan, Faisal I ^c   Ripley, Robert C ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Martec Limited   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dust explosion modelling; Dust explosions; Flocculent material; Hazard moderation; Hybrid mixtures; Inherent safety

Indexed keywords

BEST ESTIMATES; DUST EXPLOSION; EQUIVALENCE MODELS; FLAMMABLE GAS; GENERAL TRENDS; HYBRID MIXTURES; INHERENT SAFETY; INHERENTLY SAFER DESIGN; MAXIMUM EXPLOSION PRESSURE; MINIMUM EXPLOSIBLE CONCENTRATIONS; MINIMUM IGNITION ENERGY; MINIMUM IGNITION TEMPERATURE; RATE OF PRESSURE; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; SURFACE AREA; TEST PROCEDURES;

DUST; EQUIVALENCE CLASSES; ETHYLENE; FIREDAMP; FLAMMABLE MATERIALS; IGNITION; POLYETHYLENES; TESTING; THERMOPLASTICS;

EXPLOSIONS;

EID: 84865532436     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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