The risk of combustible dust explosions in industrial settings, initiated by electrostatic discharges, presents a significant challenge to maintaining safety and reliability in processes involving ...

Dust explosions represent a critical hazard across numerous industries, with dynamics governed by factors such as particle size, moisture content, concentration, and inherent material properties. The ...

Wood can burn. That's obvious. Wood chips and pellets belong to the important secondary fuels category in modern power plants, furnaces or heat generators. Yet it is still not common knowledge that ...

Dust collection systems are used in many industries to capture airborne dust generated during operations. By removing dust particles, they maintain clean air in working environments to ensure the ...

SAVANNAH, GA – In a final draft report released today, Chemical Safety Board investigators said the Feb. 7, 2008, deadly explosion at the Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, GA, resulted from ...

Airborne or layers of dust in industrial settings can present a variety of hazards, but the two that are most prevalent relate to the toxicity and explosive characteristics of the material. Both ...

The annual summary recording nationwide grain dust explosions reported nine incidents in the United States in 2023, resulting in 12 injuries but no fatalities. “Dust explosions are one of the most ...

Camfil APC Tackles Combustible Dust Risks in Seed Conveying Operations, Sets New Standard for Safety Compliance Jonesboro, Arkansas--(Newsfile Corp. - November 4, 2024) - Discover how Camfil APC's ...

The U.S. House voted 247-165 Wednesday night to approve a bill that supporters said would lessen the risk of combustible dust explosions such as the one near Savannah that killed 13 Imperial Sugar ...

Last week's fatal blast at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory highlighted the combustibility of food plants in general and chocolate making in particular.Video above: An R.M. Palmer Co. employee talks ...