Abstract
Most solid organic materials, as well as many metals and some non-metallic inorganic materials can burn or explode if finely divided and dispersed in air in sufficient concentrations.
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Abbreviations
- D:
-
Dust
- G:
-
Gas
- IP code:
-
Ingress protection code
- Kst :
-
Rate of pressure increase in a 1 m3 volume (bar × m × s−1)
- LEL:
-
Lower explosive limit equivalent to lower flammable limit and minimum explosive concentration
- LIT:
-
Layer ignition temperature of dust layer
- MIE:
-
Minimum ignition energy
- MIT:
-
Minimum ignition temperature of dust cloud
- Pmax :
-
Max explosion pressure
- Tig :
-
See MIT
- Tl :
-
See LIT
References
EN 600079-10-2 “Explosive atmospheres - Part 10-2: Classification of area - Combustible dust atmospheres”
EN 1127-1 “Explosion prevention and protection”
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Jespen, T. (2016). Zone Classification—Dusts. In: ATEX—Explosive Atmospheres. Springer Series in Reliability Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31367-2_10
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