Explosion protection concepts

14/15.09. 2022

The penultimate presentation at the conference was given by a ‘tag-team’ of Berthold Bussieweke of Thorwesten Vent GmbH and Robert Becker of robecco.

Robert then reminded delegates that combustible dust and air mixtures are dangerous and give the potential for explosion and fire. Early measurement of explosive atmospheres, such as CH₄ and CO, is important, so that they can be mitigated with inerting gases which reduce the oxygen content to below the Limiting Oxygen Concentration (LOC), usually with CO₂ or N₂.