Surprise finding on using moisture to prevent deadly explosions
"Wood dust suspended in the air was confirmed as the fuel source for the two explosions by WorksafeBC, the province’s chief workplace safety agency." "two criteria to determine which areas in the sawmills were at greater risk of an explosive hazard: the accumulation of wood dust at a rate of greater than one eighth of an inch in an eight-hour shift and samples that have more than 40 per cent of particles that were 425 micrometres (just under half a millimetre) or less in size " From The Vancouver Sun: B.C. sawmill study makes surprise finding on using moisture to prevent deadly explosions B.C. sawmill study makes surprise finding on using moisture to prevent deadly explosions Wet wood dust can explode just like dry wood dust: report By Gordon Hoesktra, Vancouver Sun August 26, 2013 A large fire burns at the Lakeland Mills sawmill in Prince George, B.C., on Tuesday April 24, 2012. An explosion rocked the sawmill, setting...