Dr. Ashok Dastidar is Vice President at Fauske & Associates, and provides Dust and Flammability Testing and Consulting Services. Dr. Dastidar specializes in Chemical Process Hazards Analysis, Flammable Dusts, Liquids & Vapors Explosion and Combustion Hazards Analysis and Testing and Electrostatic Hazards Analysis. He has extensive technical experience performing tests and analyzing data to determine the following: • Electrostatic Hazards –discharge potential, and ignitability, • Dust Explosibility Hazards – ease of ignitability and explosion severity, • Flammability Hazards –ignitability and explosion severity of liquid and vapor explosions, • Thermal Stability and Reactivity Hazards – by Calorimetry and DOT Tests, • Hazard Analysis and Risk Mitigation – using HAZOP, FMEA/FMECA, and FTA
Introduction to Combustible Dust Hazards,
Facts about the new NFPA 660 Combustible Dust Standard,
Introduction to Dust Hazards Analyses (DHA) and what to expect from one.
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.
Introduction to Combustible Dust Hazards,
Facts about the new NFPA 660 Combustible Dust Standard,
Introduction to Dust Hazards Analyses (DHA) and what to expect from one.
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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