Farinart
Location: Saint-Liboire, Québec
Category: Combustible dust explosion protection
Application: Multi-grain flour preparation | Milling, molding, crushing and sieving processes of grain and flour
Problem: Explosion prevention | Process
The storage of flour is prepared inside the plant in metal silos; fugitive emissions must be controlled to reduce dust and eliminate the risk of a second explosion (combustible dust).
Objectives
Challenges Resolved
Professional Services
Explosion safety diagnosis of the equipments and existing buildings;
proposition of security solutions and procedures to implement
Risk management
associated with combustible dust
Setting of electrical classification conditions
(plants)
Control of explosive hazards in the plant (combustible dusts)
Explosion prevention by the principle of “performance based design”
Compliance with current regulations (ROHS, NFPA)
Maximizing the use of existing equipment (cost saving)
TECHNICAL AUDIT | EXPERTISE | PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING
Risk analysis | Explosion prevention based on performance -> innovative concept
Prevention of ignition sources | MALT | Detection | Electrical Classification | Management of factory dust (housekeeping, leakage control, dust) | Explosion security solutions | Budget estimates | Action plan
DETAILED ENGINEERING
PLANS & SPECS
Ventilation and dust removal | Plans and specifications | Planning | Management of tender | Technical support to the contractor and the project manager during the construction | Attestation of Conformity (completion)
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