Dust Explosions – Hazards, Prevention, and Protection

Abstract

An overview of the occurrence and characteristics of dust explosions is given. The prerequisites for the formation of a dust explosion are discussed. In particular the importance of the knowledge of the safety characteristic data to assess the ignition hazards due to the different ignition sources occurring in practice is outlined and explained. The measures of explosion prevention and explosion protection are summarized and their advantages, disadvantages, limits and requirements are listed.