Dr. Ashok Ghose Dastidar specializes in chemical process hazards analysis with a focus on flammable dusts, liquids, vapors, combustion, and electrostatic hazards. He has extensive experience conducting laboratory and field testing to evaluate electrostatic discharge risks, dust explosibility and ignition sensitivity, liquid and vapor flammability, and thermal stability. His expertise also includes hazard analysis and risk mitigation through structured methodologies such as HAZOP, FMEA/FMECA, and fault tree analysis to support safe process design and operations. He is an active committee member both in NFPA and in ASTM.
The attendee will appreciate:
1) what is a combustible dust hazard and how to identify it,
2) the structure and application of NFPA 660,
3) the importance of laboratory testing to identify risks and develop mitigation strategies for combustible dust hazards.
Combustible dust can present fire, flash fire, and explosion hazards, depending on the conditions. This presentation will discuss how combustible dust testing can identify various hazards present in dust-handling facilities. Knowing these combustible dust characteristics allows one to determine the precautions that should be taken in handling, processing and storing combustible dusts. Hazard Identification is the first step in a Dust Hazard Analysis (DHA) as defined by NFPA 660: Standard for Combustible Dusts and Particulate Solids. This standard requires that a facility processing or handling combustible dust perform a hazard analysis for each affected operation. The new NFPA standard will be discussed as well as some elementary DHA concepts.
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