Explosion characteristics of micron-size conveyor rubber dust

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 45, Issue , 2017, Pages 173-181

  Li, Yunhao ^a   Liu, Feifei ^a   Zhang, Qingwu ^a   Yu, Yuan ^a   Shu, Chi Min ^b   Jiang, Juncheng ^a  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Explosion severity; Hartmann tube; Maximum rate of pressure rise; Micron size conveyor rubber dust; Minimum ignition energy; Particle size

Indexed keywords

CONVEYORS; EXPLOSIONS; IGNITION; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDERS; RUBBER; RUBBER APPLICATIONS;

COMBUSTIBLE DUST; DUST CONCENTRATIONS; EXPLOSION CHARACTERISTICS; HARTMANN; MAXIMUM EXPLOSION PRESSURE; MAXIMUM RATE OF PRESSURE RISE; MICRON SIZE; MINIMUM IGNITION ENERGY;

COAL DUST;

EID: 85007275365     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2016.12.005     Document Type: Article

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