Industrial Fire Prevention

From Biomassmagazine.com     Tools and Technology for Dust, Fire and Explosion Mitigation Industry experts weigh in on one of the wood pellet industry’s most pressing matters. By Luke Leroy | May 15, 2021 CV Technology's Interceptor-HRD bottles are NFPA-compliant, high-rate discharge suppression bottles that contain pressurized nitrogen and dry chemical suppressant to suppress a deflagration as it develops. PHOTO: CV TECHNOLOGY ADVERTISEMENT In the expansive scope of airborne combustibles, wood dust is typically a lower explosion severity dust as compared to others, particularly when compared to those produced in the pharmaceutical industry. Even though wood dust is considered moderate, the processes utilized in wood pellet production are intrinsic to creating a highly combustible fuel source. Unchecked, it could equate to a recipe for disaster. However, today’s cutting-edge processes, technology and mitigation techniques are powerful tools to pro...

Controlling Combustible Dust and Spillage One of the primary issues at pellet mill facilities is controlling combustible dust and spillage. By Greg Bierie | May 17, 2021 Images 1&2: Engineered transfer points and modular load zones: covered storage and transfer of wood pellets. Images 3&4: Slider beds can act as a heat source. Coupled with spillage and dust due to uneven wear and sliding friction, the risk of fire an PHOTOS: BENETECH GLOBAL ADVERTISEMENT One of the primary issues at pellet mill facilities is controlling combustible dust and spillage.  Personnel safety and regulatory compliance are also top of mind in the corporate safety culture. Increasingly, maintenance and operations personnel are making use of new tools and leading-edge technologies to ensure that their jobs can be performed efficiently and safely. As a general statement, if maintenance is made easy to perform with minimal downtime, the corporate goals of maximum producti...

 From ChemicalProcessing.com and Camfil Air Pollution Control: Fire/Explosion Protection / Dust Control Deftly Deal With Dangerous Dust Knowing the standards and regulations as well as control options is crucial By David Steil, Matt Caulfield and Brian Richardson, Camfil Air Pollution Control Aug 19, 2019 Controlling toxic and combustible dust is a common yet serious challenge in chemical processing. Everyday operations like mixing, drying, conveying and blending create dangerous dusts that can become airborne, endanger air quality and pose fir...

From our friends at Stonehouse Safety Dust Collector – friend or foe? A Lesson in Dust Explosion Safety Now read this very carefully…. Statements 1: We want to prevent dust clouds forming on plant, yes? Preventing escape of airborne dust from your plant to workspaces and removing it is good, right? Collecting all that unwanted dust in dust collectors/ bag houses is the way to go, OK? Statement 2: In a study of the history of dust explosions, the United States Chemical Safety Board found that in all industries identified as experiencing a dust explosion between 1980 and 2005, dust collectors are the equipment most often involved in incidents [ref 1] ; In 2005, Zalosh et al. (2005) reported that dust collectors account for more than 40 percent of all dust explosions [ref 2]. As many of you will already have spotted, these 2 opening propositions can both be valid. They are not contradictory in any way; yet reading these statements together serves to highlight a really impo...