What you'll learn
- why dust explodes?
- explosion pentagon
- examples of dust explosion, why they happen
- what we can do to minimize or prevent dust explosions
- loss prevention and how it is related to dust explosion
Requirements
- interest in loss prevention
Description
In this course here, we'll be having a discussion on dust explosions.
There are many examples of dust explosions happening all over the world, and in the past losses, there are all something in common -- they could have been prevented if someone identified that there was a dust explosion potential, and done something.
In this course, we'll be discussing the key ingredients of dust explosions - there are 5 of them. We need all 5 of them together to cause an explosion. By being aware to these 5 key ingredients, we could potentially identify possible dust explosions hazards.
Identifying a hazard is the first step to preventing or mitigating losses. But identifying it without further action won't help. Hence, we'll next look at ways that we could do to prevent or mitigate the loss.
Preventing or eliminating the hazard means not allowing it to happen at all. To prevent the hazard from occurring, we have to eliminate some of the ingredients of the dust explosion. However, sometimes, it's not practical to eliminate the hazard totally.
Hence, we also talk about other ways to minimize its impact or how to mitigate them. In this case, we still explosion is still allowed to occur, but we minimize its impact. In this course, we'll talk about examples of ways to mitigate the dust explosion risks here. Do note that as this course is an introductory course, we will not be going into details on how to design the different types of mitigation actions.
Why do dust explosions happen, and how should we mitigate them? Find out in this course now!
Who this course is for:
- facilities executives
- engineers working at facilities handling dusts
- loss prevention executives
- executives and personnel in the safety department
Instructor
- 4.6 Instructor Rating
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- 1,035 Students
- 27 Courses
Hi! I am RL!
I have been an engineer by training, and have worked as an engineer for more than a decade. I specialize in Chemical Engineering and worked in various related industries for more than a decade. I love engineering, as it's the technology behind building things.
In addition to being an engineer, I'm also a serial academic content creator. Back in school, I love all the subjects I took. I got straight As for my A Levels. I also obtained a First Class Honors in my Engineering degree. I'll like to share my love for these subjects, and have created and conducted hundreds of lessons for students to help them with their academic exams for more than 2 decades.
Academic subjects and engineering aside, I also have an all- time favorite pastime - playing the piano and listening to classical music. When I started learning piano, it was basically playing others' pieces, but as I grow, I started to rearrange pieces to my liking, and even create some of my own.
I teach a variety of courses ranging from engineering, to academics to music - all of which I have decades of experience in.