Is your dust collection system an explosion hazard?

Chemical Engineering Progress, Oct 2003 by Ebadat, Vahid

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Acknowledgement

The author wishes to thank Chantell Laing for her contribution to this article.

VAHID EBADAT, CHILWORTH TECHNOLOGY

VAHID EBADAT is the vice president of Chilworth Technology, Inc. (11 Deer Park Drive, Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852; Phone: (732) 274-0900; Fax: (732) 274-1371; E-mail: vebadat@chilworth.com). He has worked extensively as a process- and operational-hazards consultant for the chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries. Ebadat is a regular speaker at training courses on gas and vapor flammability, dust explosions, and controlling electrostatic hazards. He is a member of the NFPA 77 Technical Committee on Static Electricity, the NFPA 654 Standard for the Prevention of Fire and Dust Explosions from the Manufacturing, Processing, and Handling of Combustible Particular Solids, and the ASTM E27 Committee on Hazard Potential of Chemicals. Ebadat holds a PhD in electrical engineering from the Univ. of Southampton, U.K. He is a member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers, the Institute of Physics, and is a chartered engineer and physicist.