Safeguarding Against Dust Explosions: Proactive Measures for Industrial Safety
Addressing dust explosion safety involves a combination of engineering controls, preventive measures, and adherence to safety standards. Industries that handle combustible dust must prioritise safety to minimise the risk of dust explosions and protect both personnel and assets.
Gexcon has been supporting clients from a wide range of industries and offering practical solutions to develop a safe and regulatory compliant dust processing, storage and transportation industry. We offer a range of services including dedicated dust explosion training courses, dust characterization testing, large-scale tests, risk assessments of powder handling facilities, and detailed CFD-modeling for a more accurate assessment of consequences.
Dust explosion hazard safety solutions
Explosion Testing
Dust explosion properties testing
Dust layer ignition and potential for bulk storage self heating
Equipment and protective systems for use in hazardous areas
Dust Explosion Courses
Dust explosions, accidents, dust properties, ignition sources
ATEX directives, NFPA guidelines and risk assessments
Risk Assessments in Powder
Systematic risk assessment to evaluate hazards and minimize risk
Hazardous area classification, ignition sources, explosion venting, explosion suppression, explosion containment
CFD Modeling of Detailed Layout and Venting
Conditions beyond the scope of NFPA-68 (scale, L/D, multivessel, congestion, duct)
Evaluate realistic process conditions, instead of simple cases assuming the whole volume is unrealistically filled with dust
Safety Studies
Cause and origin determination
Incident reconstruction with CFD tool
Evaluate to prevent future accidents
Gexcon’s engineers have been involved in many dust explosion hazard related projects.
Performing dust explosion property testing
Testing equipment and protective system to be used in explosive atmosphere for facilities processing dusts
Testing dust layer ignition and potential for bulk storage self-heating
Conducting modelling studies to understand the consequences of dust explosions
Conducting systematic hazardous area classification and risk assessment (DHA - Dust Hazard Analysis) to evaluate hazards and minimize risk in facilities processing dusts
Performing incident investigation to determine cause and origin and to prevent future accidents
What solutions are you seeking?
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Read our dust related articles.
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Dust explosion: an introduction
Did you know that dust could explode? There have been some devastating incidents that have taken place over the past decades caused by dust explosions.
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Combustible dust testing benefits
Testing for ignition and explosion properties is essential for effective combustible dust risk management and explosion prevention.
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Simulating pulverised coal explosion with FLACS
FLACS-DustEx can accurately simulate the consequences of dust explosions and the effectiveness of mitigation measures to improve the safety and cost-effectiveness of the design.
