Best Engineering Practice in Biomass Industry
From our friends at Fauske, a good primer on developing a Risk Management Strategy. Note: The biomass and wood pellet industry has certain built in hazards. They are making fuel after all! Every time the product is moved or manipulated there will be combustible dust created. Ignition sources are inherent to the process. Proper risk assessment and inherently safe engineering and design from the start of the project are important to the safe operation and sustainability of these processes. Based on extensive experience in this and similar industries we know that process primary ignition sources will be the dryers, grinders and hammermills, and the pellet mills. There will be secondary ignition sources from bearings, and mechanical parts, as well as human error and hot work. There are many fire hazards in the biomass process. As for explosion hazards, there are several points where there will be combustible dust clouds in sufficient concentrati...