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MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 354, 2022
10th International Symposium on Occupational Health and Safety (SESAM 2021)
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Article Number | 00041 | |
Number of page(s) | 7 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/202235400041 | |
Published online | 06 January 2022 |
Explosion prevention and mitigation in plants which process, generate and store combustible dusts
National Institute for Research and Development in Mine Safety and Protection to Explosion – INSEMEX, 32-34 G-ral Vasile Milea street, 332047, Petroșani, Hunedoara county, România
* Corresponding author: adrian.jurca@insemex.ro
Combustible dusts which are present in workplaces are a significant hazard which cannot be ignored by the plant owners, managers and workers. Combustible dust deflagrations and explosions have caused large numbers of deaths and catastrophic property damages in various industries, ranging from pharmaceutical plants to sugar factories. One may say that dust explosions in process industries always start inside process equipment such as mills, dryers, filters. Such events may occur in any process in which a combustible dust is handled, produced or stored, and can be triggered by any energy source, including static electricity, friction and hot surfaces.
For any combustible dust type, several important parameters have to be taken into account when designing and using protective systems: i.e. the ease with which dust clouds ignite and their burning rates, maximum explosion pressure, maximum rate of explosion pressure rise. These parameters vary considerably depending on the dust type, their knowledge being a first step for carrying out a proper explosion risk assessment in installations which circulate combustible dusts.
The paper presents the main aspects concerning explosion protection which have to be taken into account when designing protective systems intended to be used in explosive atmospheres generated by combustible dusts and the importance of selecting the proper explosion protection technique.
© The authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2022
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