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Fire and Explosion in Process Safety Prevention and Protection
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Fire and Explosion in Process Safety Prevention and Protection

A special issue of Fire (ISSN 2571-6255). This special issue belongs to the section "Fire Risk Assessment and Safety Management in Buildings and Urban Spaces".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2025) | Viewed by 2320

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Prof. Dr. Hans Pasman

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Chemical Engineering Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
Interests: chemical risk management; process safety; hazard identification; big data
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Dr. Qingsheng Wang

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Department fo Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3122, USA
Interests: process safety; machine learning; flammability; composites
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Fires and explosions pose substantial risks to personnel, infrastructure, and the environment within the process industries. A comprehensive understanding of the underlying physical and chemical phenomena is crucial for developing effective prevention, mitigation, and response strategies. This Special Issue invites research that advances the state of the art in fire and explosion science and preventive/protective/mitigative engineering. Contributions addressing combustion, heat transfer, fluid dynamics, and process design are sought to enhance safety within process environments. Special emphasis will be on the effectiveness probability of measures given load intensity. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Combustion and explosion phenomena: flame propagation, detonation, and deflagration-to-detonation transition.
  • Process safety analysis: hazard identification, consequence modeling, and risk assessment.
  • Fire and explosion prevention: design for safety, inherent safety, and process intensification.
  • Detection and suppression: fire detection systems, suppression technologies, and human factors in fire safety.
  • Case studies: real-world examples of fire and explosion incidents and lessons learned.

We welcome original research articles, review papers, and case studies that contribute to the advancement of fire and explosion safety in process industries.

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Processes.

Prof. Dr. Hans Pasman
Dr. Qingsheng Wang
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Keywords

  • process safety
  • accidental chemical releases
  • fires
  • explosions
  • risk identification and management
  • mechanical integrity
  • emergency management
  • flame propagation
  • deflagration-to-detonation transition

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Preconditioning of Dust and Fluid in a 20 L Chamber During Ignition by a Chemical Ignitor
by Romana Friedrichova, Jan Karl and Bretislav Janovsky
Fire 2025, 8(9), 336; https://doi.org/10.3390/fire8090336 - 22 Aug 2025
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Dust explosion prevention and mitigation of the consequences thereof require measurement of dust explosion parameters. Testing methods are defined by European and American standards, producing results in explosion chambers of a 1 m3 standard volume and, alternatively, 20 L. However, the results [...] Read more.
Dust explosion prevention and mitigation of the consequences thereof require measurement of dust explosion parameters. Testing methods are defined by European and American standards, producing results in explosion chambers of a 1 m3 standard volume and, alternatively, 20 L. However, the results are influenced by some processes that are neglected by the standards, perhaps because it is believed that their effect is small in a 1 m3 chamber. But their effect becomes significant in a smaller 20 L chamber. Preconditioning of the system caused by dust dispersion itself, as well as the ignitor flame, is one such problem. The aim of this work is to further investigate the physical and chemical processes caused by dust preheating after an ignitor’s action. Analytical methods, such as STA, GC/MS and FTIR, were used to analyse the composition of the atmosphere after exposure of lycopodium dust, a natural material, to certain temperatures up to 550 °C in air and nitrogen. In the second step, gas samples were taken from the 20 L chamber after dispersion of lycopodium and ignition by two 5 kJ pyrotechnical ignitors. Depending on the temperature and atmosphere, various concentrations of CO, CO2, H2O, NOx and organic compounds were measured. It was observed that the dispersed dust decomposed into mostly CO and CO2 in the area near the ignitors, even in an atmosphere in which the oxygen concentration was lower than 2% by volume. The concentrations of other organic compounds were very low and included mostly methane, ethylene and acetaldehyde. However, when incorporating CO, the overall concentration of flammables was high enough to generate a hybrid mixture. Full article
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