- Author
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Larsen, O.
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Hagen, J.
- Title
- Ignition of a Sulphur Dust Cloud in Oxygen Enriched Atmospheres by a Brush Discharge.
- Coporate
- Christian Michelsen Research, Bergen, Norway
- Report
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CMR-00-F30055,
April 2000,
67 p.
- Keywords
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oxygen enriched atmospheres
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ignition
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dust
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oxygen
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ignition energy
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sulfur
- Identifiers
- Dust Explosion Safety in the Process Industries (DESPRO); brush discharge phenomenon; development of the brush discharge generator; preliminary tests for optimizing the brush discharge generator; determination of the equivalent energy in brush discharges; determination of minimum ignition energy of sulfur; tests to determine the effect of presence of dust on the characteristics of brush dischargers; brush discharge ignition tests of dust-oxygen-air mixtures; dust explosion hazards in industry; properties and characteristics
- Abstract
- An experimental investigation was performed to see whether brush discharge can ignite mixtures of sulphur and oxygen-enriched-air. This work was performed as a step towards determining whether brush discharges are capable of igniting dust-air mixtures.