Electrostatic hazards

• Main Author: Luttgens, Gunter
• Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wilson, Norman Dr
• Format: Electronic Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Boston Butterworth Heinemann 1997
• Subjects: Industrial buildings > Fires and fire prevention; Electrostatics; Industrial accidents; Στατικός ηλεκτρισμός

In the US, UK and Europe there is in excess of one notifiable dust or electrostatic explosion every day of the year. This clearly makes the hazards associated with the handling of materials subject to either cause or react to electrostatic discharge of vital importance to anyone associated with thei...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction; Danger of Fire and Explosion; Origins of Static Electricity; Principles of Safety Measures; Electrostatic Gas Discharges as an Ignition Source; Case Histories Related to Brush Discharges; Case Histories Related to Cone Discharges; Case Histories Related to Propagating Brush Discharges; Case Histories Relating to Spark Discharges - Dusts, Hybrid Mixtures, Liquids; Case Histories Not Related to Electrostatics; Nuisances and Shock for Personnel; Index