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Thanks. Dave and I are competitors and friends.

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Thanks for your suggestions. Yes, I am in the loop with CSB, work closely with FM Global, and receive their loss history data as it is made available. Should anyone reading this note be interested FM publishes their Loss Prevention Data Sheet 7-76 and their data is in an appendix. Fike is a...

Stookeyfpe, Thanks. I should have explained more. I am a member of the Technical Committees for NFPA 68, 69, 654, 650 and so on. Rolf Eckhoff is a friend and colleague and his book is prominently on my shelf and constantly referred to. I am well acquainted with the CSB efforts. A mixed...

Rod, It does not sound like you have a credible risk for explosion. To test this hypothesis ask yourself some what ifs. For example: What if you lost power to the drum? What if you lost in-feed of cold product and could not get the bitumen out of the drum during a power interruption? What...

What is the heated air temperature coming out of the burner? What is the distance between the burner and the bitumen inside the drum? Bill

Thanks for the tip. I went to the Glatt site and did a search on dust explosions but came up with nothing. Can you tell me more so I can find this information? Regards, Bill

I am interested in learning of any dust explosion experiences that can be found that are fully documented. As a side note, I am a member of AIChE, NFPA, and receive both IChemE and CSB news reports. So I have my finger on the pulse of recent events. What I am looking for really are case...