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Is sugar an explosion hazard? — Process Safety Beacon, May 2008
Is sugar an explosion hazard? — Process Safety Beacon, May 2008
- CCPS
- Digest
- Process Safety Beacon May 2008
- ExplosionHazardous SubstancesProcess Safety
- ExplosionHazardous substancesProcess safety
- Ignition source control
- Downstream and process industries
- Onshore facility
Summary
This bulletin explains combustible dust explosion conditions using a sugar refinery explosion whose detailed causes remained under investigation. It describes the dust explosion pentagon, secondary explosions and dust accumulation indicators, emphasising housekeeping, grounding and bonding, electrical area classification and suitable equipment selection.
Classifications: Explosion; explosive atmospheres.
Classifications: Hazardous substances; hazardous chemicals; chemical exposure.
Classifications: Process safety; major accident hazards.
Classifications: Ignition source control; ignition prevention.
Classifications: Downstream and process industries; refining; petrochemicals.
Classifications: Onshore facility; onshore plant.
Summary
Beacon on the explosion hazard posed by sugar and similar combustible dusts.
Process Safety Beacon May 2008. Themes: explosion, hazardous substances, process safety.