Terminology for dust explosion prevention
1 Scope
This standard specifies the technical terms for dust explosion prevention.
This standard is applicable to the formulation of standards, preparation of technical documents, compilation and translation of professional manuals, teaching materials, books and periodicals for dust explosion prevention.
This standard is not applicable to explosive dust and fireworks.
2 Basic concepts
2.1
dust
fine solid particles
2.2
combustible dust
dust that can be combusted due to oxidation reaction with combustion-supporting gas
2.3
explosible dust
dust that can explode due to violent oxidation reaction with combustion-supporting gas
2.4
dust cloud
mixture of combustion-supporting gas and high-concentration combustible dust suspended in it
2.5
dust layer
combustible dust group deposited (piled) on the ground or object surface
