explosion hazard Articles
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The Nine Classes of Hazardous Materials
General awareness of HAZMAT makes it clear to us that we classify hazardous materials into 9 separate classes. Often, we may find that some of the most basic concepts in emergency response are those that we should revisit from time to time, to make sure we stay proficient. These classes are no exception. Here we shall go through the nine classes, and their subdivisions, as defined by the ...
By HazSim
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Potential of biofiltration for VOCs emission control and safety aspects
Directive 99/13/EC on the emission of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) is impacting on several industries in Italy, as well in other EU countries. Many small enterprises have to invest in new control systems and need to be helped to choose an appropriate and safe technology. As VOCs are highly flammable compounds, high concentrations in emission flows can pose a fire and explosion hazard if ...
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Custom PLC Controls for Explosive Atmosphere
The National Electrical Code (NEC) defines hazardous locations as those areas "where fire or explosion hazards may exist due to flammable gases or vapors, flammable liquids, combustible dust, or ignitable fibers or flyings." The IEC has recently introduced the three-Zone system for combustible dust locations. In this project, Agape Water Solutions designed, built and programmed custom control ...
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When are Oil Wells an Explosive Hazard?
Contrary to popular belief, an oil well can be an explosive hazard even when it is not in operation (pumping steady). An EnergyWire review of federal labor statistics cited that the oil and gas sector experiences the most deaths from fires and explosions, compared to other private industries. Risks of Explosive Elements around Oil Wells A recent explosion in 2014 at an oil and drilling site in ...
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Reducing the risk of dust explosion hazards
In the wake of recent tragic and highly publicized dust explosions, companies are asking, 'Could that happen here?' and 'What can I do to prevent such an incident at my facility?' One approach is to manage dust explosion hazards as though they were subject to OSHA’s Process Safety Management (PSM) requirements (29 CFR 1910.119), even though dust hazards often are not covered under this ...
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Whirl wet dust collection for Metal fines - Case study
American Racing Equipment is one of the world’s largest aftermarket wheel manufacturers, offering more than 100 precision-crafted alloy wheel styles. To collect particulate and metal fines from its cutting and grinding operations, American Racing has installed six Model H Whirl Wet dust collectors at its manufacturing facility in Queretaro, Mexico. The Whirl Wet systems are ...
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Siting and Safe Operation of Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities
Regulations require facilities to use computer simulations to model potential fire and explosion hazards from accidental liquefied natural gas (LNG) releases. This has required the run of several separate computer models and manual transfer of data among the models, which is a time-consuming process prone to errors. The Code of Federal Regulations (49 CFR 193) defines safety standards for LNG ...
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Wet dust collection for Aluminum dust - Case study
Wet Dust Collection for Aluminum Dust Aerospace metalworking shop chooses Tri-Mer for aluminum dust collection. A high speed machining and grinding center specializing in aerospace projects specified a Whirl Wet for aluminum dust collection. Whirl Wet has been a leading choice for the collection of particulate and fines from aluminum, magnesium, Monel, and titanium for decades, due to its ...
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Wet dust collection for Exotic metals - Case study
A Tri-Mer Whirl-X was engineered for the safe, efficient collection of metal fines from grinding, sanding and deburring operations involving aluminum, magnesium, titanium, beryllium, uranium and other exotic metals. The system is a cost-effective, high-performance alternative for these and similar applications that create an explosion hazard for dry and bag collectors. The Whirl-X industrial ...
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what's bellow seal globe valve?
A bellow seal valve used bellow instead of stuffing box as valve stem sealing components to avoid the leakage of the valve stem. The bellow seal valve is particularly suitable for pipelines of steam and flammable, explosive and hazardous media. Moreover, because of bellow’s properties of deformation and aging resistance, the bellow seal valve overcomes the common latent defects, including ...
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Commercial Pit Lighting recommendations, layouts and best practices
Commercial Pit Lighting Recommendations, Layouts and Best Practices According to an article archived by Commercial Motor (published on May 25, 1973), inspection pits typically found in commercial repair garages are filled with dangerous hazards that could cause fatal accidents. The publication was one of the first organizations to acknowledge explosive hazards associated with handling ignitable ...
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Shredding of highly flammable hazardous waste
Satrind S.p.A. has a consolidated experience in engineering plants with nitrogen blanketing protection system for shredding of highly explosive hazardous waste in previously sealed into proper containers (such as metal or plastic drums, IBC tanks, etc.) and sludge material. During treatment of hazardous wastes, vapors or flammable gases are released with dangerous emissions which are highly ...
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Hazardous area weighing - Case study
INDUSTRY: CHEMICAL PROCESSING EQUIPMENT USED: CARDINAL'S HYDRAULIC TRUCK SCALE PAIRED WITH THE ICAN & ISITE The Perfect combination!!!!! In the chemical processing industry, capturing a weight can be challenging. Many areas of their plant are classified as hazardous/explosion. Our customer’s plant ran 24 hrs. a day 7 days a week and could not experience any ...
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Battery rooms
The CustomerThis company is a leading global information services provider, meeting worldwide needs in the financial, education and business information markets. The company operates a high tech data center that houses all its computer systems and a batter}' backup system that is used to protect their computers in the event of power interruption or failure. The ProcessThe back up power system ...
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Choosing the Right Vibratory Sifter for Sieving Food Powders
Food and beverage manufacturers have to adhere to extremely high standards of production quality, both to meet their regulatory obligations and to manage risk when bringing a product to market. Sieving and sifting food powders is a critical step in the manufacturing of several products, one that is responsible for filtering out fine impurities that can affect overall quality. As a result, your ...
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Performance of method 8270 using hydrogen carrier gas on Bruker Scion GC-MS
As the cost and scarcity of helium rises, laboratories have begun to convert methods to hydrogen carrier gas. Introduction USEPA Method 8270 [1] for semivolatiles is used by laboratories to measure a mixture of acids, bases, and neutrals in a wide variety of matrices. Sample extracts can range from clean water to sludge coming from Superfund clean-up sites. The complexity of these extracts ...
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How Does Trace Level Gas Calibration Work?
To carry out accurate trace gas analysis, it’s essential that trace level gas calibration is carried out regularly and with precisely prepared calibration gas mixtures. In this blog post, we explore the basics of trace gas analysis and take a closer look at why trace level gas calibration is so important. Trace level gas analyzers (or trace gas analyzers) are systems that detect and ...
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Housekeeping at Work – Don’t Sweep It Under the Rug
What’s at Stake? Housekeeping at work is about much more than cleaning windows and sweeping up dust bunnies. Poor housekeeping can cause injuries, slow down production, dampen morale, start fires and cause catastrophic explosions of combustible dusts. What’s the Danger? A messy workplace not only affects workers’ safety and morale, it makes a bad impression on potential and ...
By SafetyNow
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Hand-held PIDs part of vital equipment on board government body`s `first responder` reconnaissance vehicles.
ION Science has recently supplied 300 Tiger hand-held volatile organic compound (VOC) detectors to Germany’s Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK) where they are part of the vital chemical measurement system on board ‘first responder’ reconnaissance vehicles. WHAT TO EXPECT ONBOARD AN OPERATION VEHICLE Each of the 300 reconnaissance vehicles in ...
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ION Science supplies 300 Tiger VOC detectors to Germany`s federal office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance
Market-leading hand-held PIDs part of vital equipment on board government body’s ‘first responder’ reconnaissance vehicles. Ion Science has recently supplied 300 Tiger hand-held volatile organic compound (VOC) detectors to Germany’s Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK) where they are part of the vital chemical measurement system on board ...
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