Dust Explosions – Hazards, Prevention, and Protection

An overview of the occurrence and characteristics of dust explosions is given. The prerequisites for the formation of a dust explosion are discussed. In particular the importance of the knowledge of the safety characteristic data to assess the ignition hazards due to the different ignition...

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Main Author: Martin Glor
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Swiss Chemical Society 2003-12-01
Series:CHIMIA
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Online Access:https://chimia.ch/chimia/article/view/3787
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description An overview of the occurrence and characteristics of dust explosions is given. The prerequisites for the formation of a dust explosion are discussed. In particular the importance of the knowledge of the safety characteristic data to assess the ignition hazards due to the different ignition sources occurring in practice is outlined and explained. The measures of explosion prevention and explosion protection are summarized and their advantages, disadvantages, limits and requirements are listed.
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spelling doaj.art-3a80d611c40644558742e9af12321db72022-12-22T02:46:09ZdeuSwiss Chemical SocietyCHIMIA0009-42932673-24242003-12-01571210.2533/000942903777678443Dust Explosions – Hazards, Prevention, and ProtectionMartin Glor An overview of the occurrence and characteristics of dust explosions is given. The prerequisites for the formation of a dust explosion are discussed. In particular the importance of the knowledge of the safety characteristic data to assess the ignition hazards due to the different ignition sources occurring in practice is outlined and explained. The measures of explosion prevention and explosion protection are summarized and their advantages, disadvantages, limits and requirements are listed. https://chimia.ch/chimia/article/view/3787Dust explosionsExplosion preventionExplosion protectionIgnition hazardIgnition sources
spellingShingle Martin Glor
Dust Explosions – Hazards, Prevention, and Protection
CHIMIA
Dust explosions
Explosion prevention
Explosion protection
Ignition hazard
Ignition sources
title Dust Explosions – Hazards, Prevention, and Protection
title_full Dust Explosions – Hazards, Prevention, and Protection
title_fullStr Dust Explosions – Hazards, Prevention, and Protection
title_full_unstemmed Dust Explosions – Hazards, Prevention, and Protection
title_short Dust Explosions – Hazards, Prevention, and Protection
title_sort dust explosions hazards prevention and protection
topic Dust explosions
Explosion prevention
Explosion protection
Ignition hazard
Ignition sources
url https://chimia.ch/chimia/article/view/3787
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