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Explosibility of Methane-Corn Hybrid Mixtures

Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Third Level Foyer (George R. Brown Convention Center)
Jiaojun Jiang, Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, College station, TX, Diana Castellanos, Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, Victor H. Carreto, Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, College Station, TX and M. Sam Mannan, Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

The explosion features of corn dust in atmosphere of methane at different concentrations of either dust or gas are studied. Experimental measurements of the maximum explosion pressure and maximum rate of pressure rise are performed by 36 L dust explosion equipment though adapted in such hybrid mixtures. Results clearly show that the explosion behavior of such hybrid mixtures reveals significant differences with respect to either dust or gas explosions.

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