Combustible Dust Housekeeping Guide
Ruwac has published an excellent guide titled “Ruwac’s Combustible Dust Housekeeping Guide“. It contains some incredible insight into the cause of and how to prevent an explosion from combustible dust. We’ve quoted a portion of the guide below with a link for you to download the full version.
How does dust cause explosions?
You may wonder how dust can cause explosions. For a fire to start there must be three elements – oxygen, heat and fuel. A simple spark in a confined area like a building, room, vessel or process equipment where explosive dust particles are dispersed in sufficient quantity and concentration can lead to rapid combustion. These five factors (oxygen, heat, fuel, dispersion, and confinement) are known as the “Dust Explosion Pentagon”. If one element of the…
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Training Your Staff
It is critical to develop an employee training program for operating, maintenance and emergency response procedures. Employees involved in operating, maintaining and supervising areas where combustible dust is present must be included in the training and annual refresher courses. Some things to include in your training are…
