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Fire Prevention, Isolation, and Extinguishing Systems by Boss Products

19 March 2024

Every industrial facility holds paramount the importance of maintaining a safe working environment. Given the inherent risks with dust, fire,...

Early and Central Fire Gas Detection

8 March 2024

The handling of bulk solids poses many challenges. One of these challenges is the enormous amount of dust that is...

Innovative Multi-Point Earthing System from StuvEx

15 February 2024

When loading or unloading non-conductive, flammable liquids or powders, there is a risk of generating electrostatic discharges. If these discharges...

Protection For Low-Pressure Tanks in a Wide Range of Industries

2 February 2024

In all industries in which sensitive process media are used, the highest demands are placed on maintaining the quality, shelf...

Integrating Safety in Robotics: Challenges and Compliance in the Process Industry

2 February 2024

Integrating robotics has become a pivotal cornerstone for efficiency, productivity, and precision in modern industrial operations. In the process industry,...

Historically, the typical explosion suppression system has included these older technology “static” pressure detectors that require field configuration during system set-up as well as periodic recalibration. However, these types of detectors can be prone to triggering activations due to unexpected process pressure upsets and unforeseen fault conditions. More recent advances have led to the introduction of programmable dynamic “rate of rise” detectors. The use of dynamic explosion detection has substantially reduced false alarms due to process pressure variations. Some of the more advanced dynamic detectors are now available incorporate data capture and a memory buffer, which enables application-specific programming prior to start-up, simulating faulty equipment/components and normal/abnormal process scenarios. A significant benefit of this data capture is the ability to review pressure-time graphs when performing a post-event analysis, to confirm the successful suppression and aid in understanding the timeline as the operations team works to determine the source of the ignition.

Protection Measures Mitigate Industrial Explosion Risk

26 January 2024

Industrial dust explosions pose an ever-present threat within many processing industries worldwide. Such events can have destructive results that can...