Electrostatic hazards / Gunter Luttgens and Norman Wilson.

By:

Luttgens, Gunter

Contributor(s):

Wilson, Norman

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Osford : Butterworth Heinemann, 1997.Description: 166 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

0750627824

Subject(s):

Contents:

Foreword / G. S. P. Castle 1. Danger of fire and explosion 2. Origin of static electricity 3. Electrostatic discharges as sources of ignition 4. Principles of safety 5. Case histories related to brush discharges 6. Case histories related to cone or bulking discharges 7. Case histories related to propagating brush discharges 8. Case histories related to spark discharges 9. Case histories not related to static electricity 10. Shocks to people caused by static electricity.

Summary: In the US, UK and Europe there is in excess of one notifiable dust or electrostatic explosion every day of the year. This clearly makes the hazards associated with the handling of materials subject to electrostatic discharge of vital importance to anyone associated with their handling or industrial bulk use. This book will provide a comprehensive guide to the dangers of static electricity and how to avoid them. It will prove invaluable to safety managers and professionals, as well as all personnel involved in the activities concerned, in the chemical, agricultural, pharmaceutical and petrochemical process industries. The book makes extended use of case studies to illustrate the principles being expounded, thereby making it far more open, accessible and attractive to the practitioner in industry than the highly theoretical texts which are also available.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Open Collection	FIRST CITY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE	FIRST CITY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE	Open Collection	FCUC Library	628.92 LUT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00005360
Open Collection	FIRST CITY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE	FIRST CITY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE	Open Collection	FCUC Library	628.92 LUT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00005359

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

In the US, UK and Europe there is in excess of one notifiable dust or electrostatic explosion every day of the year. This clearly makes the hazards associated with the handling of materials subject to electrostatic discharge of vital importance to anyone associated with their handling or industrial bulk use. This book will provide a comprehensive guide to the dangers of static electricity and how to avoid them. It will prove invaluable to safety managers and professionals, as well as all personnel involved in the activities concerned, in the chemical, agricultural, pharmaceutical and petrochemical process industries. The book makes extended use of case studies to illustrate the principles being expounded, thereby making it far more open, accessible and attractive to the practitioner in industry than the highly theoretical texts which are also available.