Industrial Explosion Protection

Just about every facility that handles, stores or processes flammable gasses, liquids and solids has an explosion risk. As a rule, if a material can burn, under the right conditions, it can and will explode. Dusts and vapors are major concerns for explosion.

Typical Environments Protected by IEP systems are:

Conveying Equipment: Bucket Elevators, Pneumatic Ducts, Screw Conveyors, Separators, and Vapor Control

Processing Equipment: Blenders, Coaters, Cookers, Dust Collectors, Fluid Bed Dryers, Flavoring Cylinders, Bed Dryers, Formers, Hydrocarbon Mixing and Fill Rooms, Ink toning, Mixers, Powder paint booths, Pipe Coating, Ring Dryers, Sanders, Spray Dryers, Transformer Cooling

Pulverizing Equipment: Ball Mills, Cage Mills, Flakers, Granulators, Grinders, Hammermills, Separators, and Shredders

Storage Systems: Bins, Cyclones, Flammable Liquid Storage Areas, Hoppers, Tanks

Explosion Suppression

Since 1950, Fenwal Safety Systems has installed over 7000 Explosion suppression systems worldwide and these systems detect and suppress over 200 explosions per year.

Features:

• Detects and suppresses in milliseconds.
• Veteran explosion suppression professionals.
• Worldwide service.
• Renowned combustion research laboratories.

• Chemically interferes with the explosion's reaction.
• Thermally removes heat from the deflagration's flame front lowering its temperature below that needed to support combustion.
• Explosion suppressant also creates a barrier between the combustible particles to prevent the further transfer of heat.

Explosion Venting

Features:

• Relieve explosive pressure safely.
• Ruptures at a predetermined pressure to allow the fireball and explosive pressure to vent into a safe area.
• Economical to install.
• Fit into the walls of a process volume.
• Available in a variety of sizes, configurations and materials to ensure fast, reliable operation in an explosion situation.

Explosion Isolation

Features:

• Contain explosions chemically or mechanically.
• Detect incipient explosions and react instantly.
• Keeps the deflagration from spreading to unprotected areas or interconnected equipment.
• Chemical isolation discharges an explosion suppressant into the pipeline to suppress the fireball and prevent it from reaching other plant areas or equipment.
• Mechanical isolation method produces the same results by triggering the release of a high-speed knife valve that forms a mechanical barrier in the pipeline.