December 2022
Plant Safety and Environment
Combustible dust hazards overview
There has been a significant increase in the use of biomass as alternative energy or green fuel in the last two decades.
The Author
Philip Parsons is a Principal Engineer for BakerRisk and resides in San Antonio, Texas. He has performed more than 200 dust hazard analyses and numerous incident investigations across a wide range of industries worldwide. Parsons is a committee member of NFPA 652 “Standard on the fundamentals of combustible dust,” NFPA 654 “Standard for prevention of fire and dust explosions from the manufacturing, processing, and handling of combustible particulate solids” and NFPA 61 “Standard for the prevention of fires and dust explosions in agricultural and food processing facilities.”
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