Dust Explosion Testing

HSE offers specialist testing to help dutyholders comply with their legal responsibilities to control the risks to safety from fires and explosions caused by combustible dusts.

These include, but are not limited to:

ISO/IEC 80079-20-2:2016 Explosive atmospheres - Part 20-2: Material characteristics - Combustible dusts test methods

BS EN 14034-2:2006+A1:2011 Determination of explosion characteristics of dust clouds.

Determination of the maximum rate of explosion pressure rise (dp/dt)

BS EN 50281-2-1:1999 Electrical apparatus for use in the presence of combustible dust. Test methods. Methods of determining minimum ignition temperatures

CEI IEC 1241-2-1 Electrical apparatus for use in the presence of combustible dust - Part 2: Test methods - Section 1: Methods for determining the minimum ignition temperatures of dust

BS EN 13821:2002 Potentially Explosive Atmospheres. Explosion Prevention And Protection. Determination Of Minimum Ignition Energy Of Dust/Air Mixtures

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