Dust Explosion Prevention and Protection: A Practical Guide

Barton C Chem FRSC, Katherine

ISBN 10: 0750675195 / ISBN 13: 9780750675192

Published by Gulf Professional Publishing, 2002

About this Item

With previous owner's name, otherwise a fine, as new, hardcover first edition copy, no DJ, yellow spine. (In 1955 I drove from my college in MIssoui to Omaha and got a summer job filling flour sacks at station that was so dusty that I could barely see the next filling station 6 feet away. No masks, of course. But when I asked the foreman about the possibility of dust explosion, He had never heard of such a thing, and what kind of nonsense was my college teaching.].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dust Explosion Prevention and Protection: A Practical Guide
• Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750675195
• ISBN 13: 9780750675192
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ

About this title

Synopsis

Originally published in three volumes by the Institution of Chemical Engineers from 1985 to 1988, this guide formed the first authoritative and comprehensive guide for dust explosion prevention and protection for engineers, scientists, safety specialists, and managers. This guide is a compilation of current best practices for measures to prevent dust explosions from occurring, and, if they do occur, to protect the plant and personnel from their destructive effects by applying the techniques of explosion containment, explosion suppression, and explosion venting.

Included is new material on the containment and venting of dust explosions. This guide helps those responsible for the design, supply, and operation of process plants to comply with the provisions of health and safety legislation. Dust explosions can occur anywhere where combustible powders are handled, such as coal, wood, flour, starch, sugar, rubber, plastics, some metals, and pharmaceuticals.

• Three classic volumes combined into one handy guide
• Contains all of the best practices for preventing dust explosionsIncludes in-depth material that outlines how to protect the plant and its resources from explosions

About the Author

After more than 25 years of experience with the UK Health and Safety Executive where he served as a factory inspector, then Deputy Director of HSE's Explosion and Flame Laboratory, John Barton is currently a consultant on fire and explosion topics.