A discussion covers the importance of the prevention and mitigation of dust and hybrid mixture explosions; the use of the inherent safety principle of moderation to achieve a degree of explosion risk reduction; use of a test matrix composed of various size fractions of polyethylene powder and concentrations of hydrocarbon gas (ethylene, hexane, and propane); moderating the risk of explosion; enhancement of mixture reactivity; and the possible use of a gaseous surrogate, e.g., propane, for a solvent that is liquid at ambient conditions, e.g., hexane, in hybrid mixture testing. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 2009 AIChE Spring National Meeting and 5th Global Congress on Process Safety (Tampa, FL 4/26-30/2009).
Prevention and mitigation of polyethylene and hydrocarbon/polyethylene explosions / Amyotte, P.; Lindsa, M.; Domaratzk, R.; Marchand, N.; DI BENEDETTO, Almerinda; Russo, P.. - (2008). (Intervento presentato al convegno 2009 AIChE Spring National Meeting and 5th Global Congress on Process Safety tenutosi a Tampa FL (USA) nel 2008).
Prevention and mitigation of polyethylene and hydrocarbon/polyethylene explosions
DI BENEDETTO, ALMERINDA;
2008
Abstract
A discussion covers the importance of the prevention and mitigation of dust and hybrid mixture explosions; the use of the inherent safety principle of moderation to achieve a degree of explosion risk reduction; use of a test matrix composed of various size fractions of polyethylene powder and concentrations of hydrocarbon gas (ethylene, hexane, and propane); moderating the risk of explosion; enhancement of mixture reactivity; and the possible use of a gaseous surrogate, e.g., propane, for a solvent that is liquid at ambient conditions, e.g., hexane, in hybrid mixture testing. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 2009 AIChE Spring National Meeting and 5th Global Congress on Process Safety (Tampa, FL 4/26-30/2009).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
