Dust Explosions – Sources of Dispersion and Ignition Not Independent
From Eur Ing Keith Plumb | Pulse | LinkedIn Corn Silo Topping - Junkin Media Dust Explosions – Sources of Dispersion and Ignition Not Independent Published on August 18, 2017 Eur Ing Keith Plumb Process and Equipment Consultant In the November 2015 issue of the Chemical Engineer I wrote an article ( https://www.integpharma.com/white-papers ) about the fatal flaws associated Hazardous Area Classification. In this article I wrote the following with respect to equipment selection. “Also, the logic behind this selection is that the event that causes a dust cloud to form is independent of the event that leads to an ignition source becoming active. This is probably true for electrical equipment, less so for non-electrical equipment and could be completely wrong for an electrostatic spark where the creation of the dust cloud could also create the spark.” The video at the link below shows a corn silo at White Farms Inc in Indiana, USA, toppling over and rup
