The Effect of Particle Size On the Minimum Ignition Temperature of Flour Powder
CCPS China Conference on Process Safety
2013
Proceedings from 1st Asia-Pacific Conference on Process Safety
General Program
Poster Session
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 4:50pm to 6:00pm
Abstract: The minimum ignition temperature is an important parameter to show the explosion risk of dust, which is affected by particle size, moisture content and ash etc. According to GBT19077.1-2008, the sizes of 8 samples are determined by laser particle analysis. Then their minium-ignition-temperatures are tested by ignition temperature measuring meter. Finally, the fitting curve for the experimental dates is obtained. The results show that the minimum-ignition-temperature reduces with the flour particle size reducing when the size is above 21.93um.While it is below 21.93um, the temperature would increase with the decreasing of particle size. What’s more, there is a positive correlation between the average size and its minium-ignition temperature based on the fitting curve.
Keywords: particle size; the minimum ignition temperature; flour