43 Combustible Dust Hazards

Tuesday, March 15, 2011: 8:00 AM
Columbus G/H (Hyatt Regency Chicago)
Description:
Dust explosion safety continues to be an area of interest and development for loss prevention professionals. OSHA recently announced that it will be developing a federal combustible dust standard. This session invites original papers describing advances in combustible dust hazard evaluation, improved methods for prevention and mitigation, and novel approaches for compliance with the safety standards and regulations.

Sponsor:
45th Annual Loss Prevention Symposium (LPS)

Chair:
Walter L. Frank
Email: wlf@FrankRisk.com

Co-Chair:
John E. Going
Email: john.going@fike.com

- indicates paper has an Extended Abstract file available on CD.

File available
8:00 AM
(43a) Ignition of Dust Layers by Mechanical Sparks
Kees Van Wingerden, Ingunn Hesby and Rolf K. Eckhoff
File available
8:30 AM
(43b) Effect of Physical Properties of Particulates on Fires and Dust Explosions
Konanur Manjunath
File available
9:00 AM
(43c) Methods for Precluding the Existence of a Dust-Explosion Hazard
Richard Prugh

9:30 AM
Coffee Break
File available
10:15 AM
(43d) Secondary Dust Explosions: How to Prevent Them or Mitigate Their Effects?
Jérôme R. Taveau
File available
10:45 AM
(43e) A New Strawman Methodology to Predict Combustible Dust Entrainment From Layers
Dr. Erdem A. Ural
File available
11:15 AM
(43f) Application of the NFPA 654 Dust Layer Thickness Criteria – Recognizing the Hazard
Samuel A. Rodgers
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