• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 1999.06a
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• pp.229-233
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• 1999

일반적으로 가연성 분진의 최소착화에너지(Minimum Ignition Energy; MIE)를 측정하는 방법에는 Hartmann식(이하 재래식이라 칭한다)이 주로 이용되고 있다. 그러나, 재래식은 상당히 정확하게 측정할 수 있으나 착화 후 용기류의 청소, 실험장치의 조작성 등 실험에 어려움이 있으며, 또한, 압축공기계통의 필요 등으로 제조 가격이 상당히 고가이다. 따라서, 일본에서는 이러한 재래식의 단점을 보완하면서도 기존의 재래식보다 신뢰성이 크게 뒤떨어지지 않은 장치를 개발하고자, 신 개념의 진동형 분진 최소 착화 에너지 측정장치를 개발중에 있다. (중략)

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.2 no.4
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• pp.79-84
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• 1998

This paper describes the minimum ignition limit voltages for LPG-Air 5.25[Vol$\%$] mixture gas by discharge sparks in radio-frequency limits using RF power supply and IEC type ignition spark apparatus. As a result, the minimum ignition limit voltages is increased in proportional to the rate of increasing of frequency in LPG-Air mixture gas. Especially, the minimum ignition limit voltages increase remarkably between 3[KHz] and 10[KHz]. It is considered that ignition is caused by one discharge until 3[KHz] and, beyond 3[KHz] ignitiof is caused by more than two discharges. The reason is analyzed that energy loss is caused by existing pause interval between discharges. It is considered that the result can be used for not only data for researches and development of intrinsically safe explosion-proof RF machines which are applied tole-equipments and detectors used in dangerous areas but also for datum for its equipment tests.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.17-23
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• 1990

This study was performed by experiments with ASTM's apparatus for determination of autoignition temperature to obtain autoignition characteristics of 1-Heptene, 2-Heptene and 3-Heptene, respectively. As results, minimum autoignition temperatures (MAIT) of 1-Heptene, 2-Heptene and 3-Heptene were 246$^{\circ}C$, 248$^{\circ}C$ and 254$^{\circ}C$, respectively and each dropping volume of these temperatures was 0.25$m\ell$, 0.20$m\ell$ and 0.20$m\ell$. Instantaneous ignition temperatures measured at each dropping volume of Heptene were 371$^{\circ}C$, 357$^{\circ}C$ and 342$^{\circ}C$, respectively. Relation ignition delay time with ignition temperature at minimum autoignition temperature agreed well with Semenov's equation, and the values of apparent activation energy from this equation were 47Kca1/mo1 for 1-Heptene, 35Kca1/mo1 for 2-Heptene and 29Kca1/mo1 for 3-Heptene. It was found that the values of apparent activation energy decreased as the position of double bond changed from end to center in C-C chain.

• 한국가스학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1997.09a
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• pp.171-176
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• 1997

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.15-22
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• 2011

Explosion and fire cause about 30 reported industrial major accidents a year by ignition source which discharge of electrostatic generated to flammable gas, vapor, dust and mixtures. It brings economically and humanly very large loss that accident was caused by fire and explosion from electrostatic discharge. Thus, it is very important that electrostatic discharge energy is to be control below not to be igniting flammable mixtures. There are two kinds of analysis model for electrostatic discharge, human body model and machine model. Human body model is available the parameter of human's electrical equivalent that capacitance is 100 pF, resistance is $1.5k{\Omega}$. To simulate and visualize the electrostatic discharge from human body need a very expensive and high voltage simulator. In this paper, we measured the value of capacitance and resistance concerned with test materials and sizing of specimen and the value of charged voltage concerned with test specimen and distance to develop an electrostatic charge/discharge simulating tool for teaching with which concerned industrial employee and students. The result of experiments, we conformed that the minimum ignition energy of methane-oxygen mixtures meets well the equation $W=1/2CV^2$, and found out that the insulating material and sizing of equivalent value having human body mode are the poly ethylene of 200 mm and 300 mm of diameter. Developed electrostatic charge/discharge simulating tool has many merits; simple mechanism, low cost, no need of electric power and so on.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.19-24
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• 2010

A large amount of electrostatic charges is often generated on polymer powders in fluidized bed and thereby may lead to electrostatic problems. In this study, to evaluate electrostatic hazards of powder in fluidized bed, the electric field(E[v/m]) and the charge amount(q[c/g]) during fluidizing were monitored. We also investigated the Minimum Ignition Energy(MIE [J]) of sample powder used in fluidized bed with the Hartman vertical-tube apparatus. The batch-type fluidized bed system and 2kg as Polypropylene(PP) resin powders were used in the experiments. The following results were obtained: (1) Even when a safe margin of several times was considered, the values of E obtained with PP powder in this paper did not exceed 3 to 5kV/cm, at which an incendiary electrostatic discharge could occur. (2) the ave. q was -0.26${\mu}$C/g during fluidizing. This value was high enough to cause electrostatic agglomeration and adhesion. (3) the entrained PP powder in upper column due to fluidizing could be ignited by electrostatic discharges of 71mJ.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.37-47
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• 1999

The spreading fire of very small floating particles after they are ignited is fast and t therefore dangerous. The research on this area has been limited to experiments and global simulations which treat them as dusts or gaseous fuel with certain concentration well m mixed with air. This research attempted micro-scale analysis of ignition of those particles modeling them as liquid droplets. For the beginning, the in-line array of fuel droplets is modeled by two-dimensional, unsteady conservation equations for mass, momentum, energy and species transport in the gas phase and an unsteady energy equation in the liquid phase. They are solved numerically in a generalized non-orthogonal coordinate. The single step chemical reaction with reaction rate controlled by Arrhenius’ law is assumed to a assess chemical reaction numerically. The calculated results show the variation of temperature and the concentration profile with time during evaporation and ignition process. Surrounding oxygen starts to mix with evaporating fuel vapor from the droplet. When the ignition condition is met, the exothermic reactions of the premixed gas initiate a and burn intensely. The maximum temperature position gradually approaches the droplet surface and maximum temperature increases rapidly following the ignition. The fuel and oxygen concentration distributions have minimum points near the peak temperature position. Therefore the moment of ignition seems to have a premixed-flame aspect. After this very short transient period minimum points are observed in the oxygen and fuel d distributions and the diffusion flame is established. The distance between droplets is an important parameter. Starting from far-away apart, when the distance between droplets decreases, the ignition-delay time decreases meaning faster ignition. When they are close and after the ignition, the maximum temperature moves away from the center line of the in-line array. It means that the oxygen at the center line is consumed rapidly and further supply is blocked by the flame. The study helped the understanding of the ignition of d droplet array and opened the possibility of further research.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.107-112
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• 2011

We have considered the fire hazard by the static in anti-static film manufacturing factory on this study. Solvents that the flash point as ethanol, methanol and iso-propyl alcohol is low are used on the manufacturing process of anti-static film, and the minimum ignition energy of these solvents is ignited easily despite less discharge energy form 0.16 mJ to 0.65 mJ. After the static electric potential produced on each of the manufacturing plants was measured, electric potential on films of paste board is measured form 17 kV to 20 kV. But this exceeds 5 kV, which is electrifiable of objective of nonconductor for fire & explode protection. Therefore, We figure out the fire hazard was high by a static discharge in anti-static film manufacturing factory.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.62 no.4
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• pp.327-334
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• 2024

The risks associated with coal dust explosion were investigated by analyzing various characteristics affecting the possibility of explosion. Samples were collected directly from two regions of the transfer process where the most explosions occurred in coal-fired power plants, and the composition ratio and average particle diameter that could affect the experiment were considered. As experimental items, explosion intensity, particle size and distribution, moisture content, dust concentration, minimum ignition energy, minimum ignition temperature, and oxygen concentration that affect the explosion were evaluated. As a result, the explosion intensity was found to have a maximum explosion pressure of 7.1 bar at a dust concentration of 500 g/m³ in sample A, and the maximum explosion pressure increase rate was 366 bar/s. In terms of dust particle diameter and particle size distribution, sample A had an average diameter of 35 ㎛ (D 50%), which was smaller than sample B. The moisture content was 5.7% in sample A, which was more than twice as high as 2.5% in sample B. The minimum explosion concentration was 400 g/m³ in sample A, which was lower than 2,000 g/m³ in sample B, so it had a risk. Since neither sample exploded at 1,000 mJ, it is judged that if the minimum energy is 500 mJ or higher, it can be regarded as dust with a low sensitivity to ignition compared to similar previous studies. The minimum ignition temperature was 532℃ in sample A and 634℃ in sample B, so sample A was more dangerous than sample B. The marginal oxygen concentration was 18.0% in both samples, so it is judged that there is a constant risk of explosion in the atmosphere.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.291-296
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• 2002

Flammable compounds are indispensible in domestic as well as in industrial fields as fuel, solvent and raw materials. The fire and explosion properties necessary for safe storage, transport, process design and operation of handling flammable substances are lower explosive limits(LEL), upper explosive limits(UEL), flash point, fire point, AIT(auto ignition temperature), MIE(minimum ignition energy), MOC(minimum oxygen concentration) and heats of combustion.