Dust explosion protection of industrial bucket elevators
From our Friends at: Canadian Biomass Magazine September 28, 2021 Bucket elevator Let’s say you are a project engineer for a pet food production facility. You’ve recently hired a consultant to conduct a dust hazard analysis (DHA), according to NFPA 61, Standard for the Prevention of Fires and Dust Explosions in Agricultural and Food Processing Facilities, rev. 2020 (NFPA 61) & NFPA 652, Standard on the Fundamentals of Combustible Dust, rev.2019 (NFPA 652). You are now tasked with the responsibility of implementing several DHA recommendations, one of which is to implement explosion protection on your plant’s bucket elevators in compliance with the NFPA standards. Bucket elevators provide you a means to transport large volumes of product via belt/chain efficiently and to higher elevations than typically practical with pneumatic or open belt conveying. These systems in your plant are essential, and transport everything from whole grains to processed additives an...