Fundamentals of fire and explosion from handling bulk solids

Learn about the main causes of fires and explosions when handling bulk solids, including assessing the hazards, preventing the hazards from occurring, and protecting people and assets.

Date 15 Apr - 15 Apr

Time 14:00 - 15:00

Event categories

Dust in process industries

Training period

1 day

Price pr. Participants

Free to attend

Platform

Zoom

Fire and explosion from handling bulk solids webinar by Gexcon

What you will learn

  • The main causes of fires and explosions from handling bulk solids. The main causes of fires and explosions from handling bulk solids.
  • How to assess the hazards. How to assess the hazards.
  • How to prevent Loss of Containment events from occurring. How to prevent Loss of Containment events from occurring.
  • How to protect people and assets. How to protect people and assets.
  • The performance of a dust explosion hazard analysis and hazardous area classification. The performance of a dust explosion hazard analysis and hazardous area classification.

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About the webinar

When handling flammable bulk solids, one should be aware of the possibility of fires and explosions.

In this webinar, you will learn about the following:

  • The main causes of fires and explosions from handling bulk solids.
  • How to assess the hazards.
  • How to prevent Loss of containment events from occurring.
  • How to protect people and assets.
  • The performance of a dust explosion hazard analysis and hazardous area classification.



About the speaker

Kees Van Wingerden

Kees holds a PhD from the University of Bergen, Norway and an MSc from the Delft University of Netherlands. He has 43 years of experience related to gas and dust explosions. He has also been involved in numerous accident investigations. He is heavily involved in standardization work and has written numerous articles on explosion safety. At the 16th International Loss Prevention Symposium 2019, Kees received an award for outstanding contribution to the advancement of process safety from the European Process Safety Centre (EPSC).

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