1st Edition

Development and Control of Dust Explosions

By John Nagy Copyright 1983
296 Pages
by CRC Press

296 Pages
by Routledge

In all the diverse industries-from food and agriculture to plastics- where combustibledust exists, the possibility of an explosion looms as an ever-present threat. Gathering awealth of practical , theoretical , and experimental data, this important work provides a‘state-of-the-art study of the Development and Control of Dust Explosions, promotingimproved control over such hazards.Comprehensive in... Read more
PREFACE, 1. INTRODUCTION, 2. TEST METHODS, DEFINITIONS, AND UNITS OF MEASUREMENT, 3. COMPARISON OF DUST AND GAS EXPLOSIONS, 4. IGNITION OF DUSTS, 5. EXPLOSION DEVELOPMENT IN A CLOSED VESSEL, 6. VENTING PRINCIPLES FOR UNRESTRICTED VENTS, 7. EXPLOSION EXPERIMENTS WITH UNRESTRICTED VENTS, 8. VENT CLOSURES AND DUCTS, 9. EXPLOSION PREVENTION, INDEX

Biography

John Nagy