Electrostatic ignitions of fires and explosions
Tom Pratt, a long-time process safety practitioner and lecturer in electrostatic safety, wrote this book to educate industry in the basics of electrostatics. It offers a selected collection of information designed to give readers the tools they need to examine the hazard potential of common industri...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Center for Chemical Process Safety of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers,
©2000.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Tom Pratt, a long-time process safety practitioner and lecturer in electrostatic safety, wrote this book to educate industry in the basics of electrostatics. It offers a selected collection of information designed to give readers the tools they need to examine the hazard potential of common industrial processes. Among the topics addressed are separation and accumulation of charge, discharge, minimum ignition energies, discharge energies, electrification in industrial processes, design and operating criteria, measurements, quantification of electrostatic scenarios. A selection of case histories. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 182 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-176) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780470935149 (electronic bk.) 0470935146 (electronic bk.) |