As part of our effort to identify knowledge gaps surrounding combustible dust, we asked several experts what they see as the biggest misconceptions about this hazard. By far the most common answer we heard was that companies don’t understand the hazards present in their facilities. Lewellyn Technology Sr. VP Jason Reason said: “Companies don’t understand their hazards, which leads to everything else — not doing proper testing, not doing engineering correctly, not doing a dust hazard analysis (DHA). Everything comes back to the fact that many people just don’t know they have combustible dust hazards in their facilities.” One reason for this knowledge gap, according to Dr. Ashok Ghose Dastidar, Fauske & Associate’s VP of Dust & Flammability Testing and Consulting Services, is that many people don’t fully appreciate the role of particle size. Let’s clear up the confusion.November 29, 2017
Is Your Combustible Dust Risk Greater Than You Think? What You Need to Know About Particle Size
Categories: Combustible Dust
As part of our effort to identify knowledge gaps surrounding combustible dust, we asked several experts what they see as the biggest misconceptions about this hazard. By far the most common answer we heard was that companies don’t understand the hazards present in their facilities. Lewellyn Technology Sr. VP Jason Reason said: “Companies don’t understand their hazards, which leads to everything else — not doing proper testing, not doing engineering correctly, not doing a dust hazard analysis (DHA). Everything comes back to the fact that many people just don’t know they have combustible dust hazards in their facilities.” One reason for this knowledge gap, according to Dr. Ashok Ghose Dastidar, Fauske & Associate’s VP of Dust & Flammability Testing and Consulting Services, is that many people don’t fully appreciate the role of particle size. Let’s clear up the confusion.
