TABLE OF CONTENTS Kao, C-S. et al, Proc. 33rd Annu. Loss Prev. Symp., 6d/1
A series of explosions in silos of an acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene resin plant appears to have been a conventional dust explosion.
DUST EXPLOSION INCIDENTS (reference 22)
Time was when chemical spillages were flushed to drain. Environmental concerns mean that they are now absorbed onto absorbents, then drummed up for later disposal. The absorbents are selected to be unreactive and usually warn of classes of chemicals with which they should not be used. They do not change the inherent properties of the spilt chemical, which can sometimes give rise to trouble when drummed up, especially since contaminants will also often be introduced. Drums for disposal should not be stored in occupied enclosed spaces and it is probably unwise that they be sealed.
See Phenyloxirane
See also INSULATION
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Explosion at the Dow Chemical Factory, King's Lynn, 27th June 1976, London, HSE, 1977
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Of the instrumental methods currently available for detailed small scale predictive...
