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7682981 
Journal Article 
Explosion characteristics of combustible wood dust in confined system: Analysis using oxygen consumption energy 
Kim, Y; Lee, M; Rie, DHo; , 
2016 
Yes 
Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
ISSN: 1738-494X
EISSN: 1976-3824 
KOREAN SOC MECHANICAL ENGINEERS 
SEOUL 
30 
12 
5771-5779 
English 
WOS:000390019100047 
The explosion characteristics, such as maximum explosion pressure, rate of explosion pressure rise, explosion efficiency, were investigated to determine the roll and significance of oxygen consumption energy in dust explosion. Dust explosion experiments were conducted in a Siwek 20L spherical explosion apparatus for three wood dust samples from a wood-based panel production factory. Unlike gas explosions having maximum explosion pressure at near chemical stoichiometric concentration, both the maximum explosion pressure and the maximum rate of explosion pressure of wood dusts appeared at three times or much higher equivalence ratio. Although there were differences in particle size among tested dusts, in the case of dust of which the mean particle size was not larger than 100 A mu m, P-max appeared at lower equivalent ratios when mean particle sizes were smaller and at higher equivalent ratios when mean particle sizes were relatively larger. Explosion efficiency for all dusts are around 10 %, of which the value is relatively lower than most of other normal combustion, which signifies dust explosion remains 90 % of unburned dust with high fire risks after explosion. In a dust explosion, it is difficult to estimate the weight of suspended dust participating in explosions, especially in fuel rich conditions, so a method for estimating explosion overpressure by applying oxygen consumption energy based on unit volume (1 m(3), SAPT condition) was newly proposed and verified from the result of explosion efficiency. To practically apply these results to dust treating industry, the assessment procedure for dust explosion influence has been provided by introducing TNT equivalent model and its scaled distance. 
Dust explosion; Equivalent ratio; Heat of combustion; Oxygen consumption calories; TNT equivalent model