Experimental study on the mitigation via an ultra-fine water mist of methane/coal dust mixture explosions in the presence of obstacles

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 815-820

  Xu, Hongli ^a   Li, Yuan ^a   Zhu, Pei ^a   Wang, Xishi ^a   Zhang, Heping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Coal dust; Explosion mitigation; Methane; Mixtures explosion; Water mist

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL VOLUME; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; EXPLOSION MITIGATIONS; EXPLOSION OVERPRESSURE; HIGH SPEED VIDEO CAMERAS; PRESSURE HISTORY; WATER MIST;

COAL DUST; METHANE; MIXTURES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EXPLOSIONS;

EID: 84876989149     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2013.02.014     Document Type: Article

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