Dust Explosions in Industrial Processes

Dear Colleagues,

It is with pleasure that we invite you to contribute to this Special Issue with papers on the subject of dust explosions in the process industry. We know how this topic is both current and transversal to practically all productive realities and how even serious explosions continue to happen, causing huge losses. We all know well how the efforts made in studying the causes and consequences of dust explosions have brought great benefits to the process industry, but we also know that much work remains to be done.

New challenges arise continuously, for example, with the advent of nanopowders, while further investigation is required in the field of unconventional powders, such as fibrous and flocculent dust. Moreover, new technologies, including 3D printing and the use of biomass granular material to generate energy, make extensive use of powders and are likely to contribute to creating new risks related to dust explosions.

We hope that you would like to contribute to this Special Issue. Submissions on the following topics, among others, are welcome:

• Case studies;
• Non-conventional dust;
• New technologies;
• Dust parameter measurement methods;
• Ignition phenomena;
• Flame speed;
• Turbulence effect;
• Numerical modeling;
• New experimental methods;
• Dust mixtures.

Prof. Luca Marmo
Dr. Enrico Danzi
Guest Editors

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