Dust Explosions in the Process Industries, Third Edition [Hardcover]

Rolf Eckhoff (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2003 | ISBN-10: 0750676027 | ISBN-13: 978-0750676021 | Edition: 3

Unfortunately, dust explosions are common and costly in a wide array of industries such as petrochemical, food, paper and pharmaceutical. It is imperative that practical and theoretical knowledge of the origin, development, prevention and mitigation of dust explosions is imparted to the responsible safety manager. The material in this book offers an up to date evaluation of prevalent activities, testing methods, design measures and safe operating techniques. Also provided is a detailed and comprehensive critique of all the significant phases relating to the hazard and control of a dust explosion. An invaluable reference work for industry, safety consultants and students.

* A completely new chapter on design of electrical equipment to be used in areas containing combustible/explosible dust

* A substantially extended and re-organized final review chapter, containing nearly 400 new literature references from the years 1997-2002

* Extensive cross-referencing from the original chapters 1-7 to the corresponding sections of the expanded review chapter

Editorial Reviews

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This book is an outstanding treatise on all aspects of dust explosions, and will be an invaluable source of information to all process safety/loss prevention specialists involved with dust explosion hazards. Professor Eckhoff is to be highly commended for revising the previous editions to update the book so that it remains relevant and presents the latest developments in the technology. - Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

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Provides the best information for preventing dust explosions.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 700 pages
• Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing; 3 edition (June 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750676027
• ISBN-13: 978-0750676021
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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More About the Author

Rolf K. Eckhoff
Professor emeritus, University of Bergen
Department of physics and technology
Allegaten 55, NO-5007 Bergen, Norway
Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail]
http://folk.uib.no/nfyre/

Academic degrees
Master of Science (Chemical engineering), University of Trondheim, 1961
Master of Philosophy (Dust explosions), University of London, 1971
Doctor Technicae (Dust explosions), University of Trondheim, 1976
Doctor of Science (Eng.) (Gas and dust explosions, Powder technol.) Higher doctorate, University of London, 1992

Honours
Permanently invited guest, WPMPS (powder mech.), Europ. Feder. Chem. Engineering from 1985
Concurrent professor of North Eastern University, Shenyang, P.R. China, from 1990
Member of the Committee of Honour of EuropEx, Belgium, from 1991
Recipient of the W. Cybulski medal (Polish Academy of Science), 1992
Member of the Norwegian Academy of Technical Sciences, 2008

Career
Eckhoff was appointed at Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI), Bergen, Norway, in 1962, where he established powder technology (1963), accidental dust explosions (1968), and accidental gas explosions (1976) as new research areas. From 1973 to 1988 Eckhoff was CMI's chief scientist in powder technology, and dust and gas explosions. From 1988 to 1996 he was senior scientific adviser to CMI/CMR/GexCon He was appointed part-time professor at University of Bergen in Process Safety Technology in 1992 and full-time professor in 1996. He has been central in the building up of the general study programme process technology, as well as his own special sub programme in process safety technology. In 2008 he became professor emeritus at UoB in Process Safety Technology, but he still teaches and supervises master and doctorate students, and give external lectures and courses..

Eckhoff has advised industry in many countries on powder technology and explosion protection, and lectured on courses, conferences and seminars in a number of countries in Europe, and in USA, Canada, Israel, Bahrain, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, India, China, Australia and Brazil. He has been an expert witness in connection with major explosion disasters in USA. In 2005 he participated, as the only invited expert from outside USA, in the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) public hearing in Washington DC, on how to deal with the increasing number of serious dust explosion accidents in US industries.
Eckhoff is a member of the editorial board of "Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries", and of several Norwegian and international working groups on process-safety-related topics related to the Internat. Electrotech. Comm. (IEC) and the European CEN/CENELEC.

Books
R. K. Eckhoff (Guest Editor): Safety on offshore process installations: North Sea. Special issue (Vol. 7, No. 4, July 1994) of Journ. Loss Prev. Process Ind., Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, UK
R. K. Eckhoff: Electrical equipment for hazardous areas (explosive atmospheres). Tapir Forlag, Trondheim, Norway (1996), 160 pages. ISBN 82-519-1211-3 (In Norwegian)
R. K. Eckhoff: Dust explosions in the process industries 3rd edition, 720 pages, Gulf Professional Publishing/Elsevier, Boston (2003) ISBN 0-7506-7602-7. (First and second editions published by Butterworth-Heinemann, UK in 1991 and 1997)
R.K. Eckhoff: Explosion hazards in the process industries. 1st edition, 440 pages, Gulf Publishing Company, Houston (2005) ISBN 0-9765113-4-7. Corrected reprint of 1st edition in (2008)

Papers in journals
More than 100 papers in international and national technical/scientific journals and conference proceedings.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best book available on dust explosions in English., November 18, 1999

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Bill Stevenson (West Palm Beach, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dust Explosions in the Process Industries, Second Edition (Paperback)

Dr. Eckhoff has amassed the most comprehensive overview of the subject ever developed. He reports on the research and findings of many other scientists and in so doing provides a forum and a resource. This book is a one stop reference for information on the causes, effects and alternatives available for dealing with this complex phenomenon. The 2nd edition includes a new chpater 8, which is a review of new research and findings that came out since the original publication. This helps keep the book up to date, but the basics are the same in both the 1st and 2nd editions.

Highly recommended.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best 'one stop' reference in the field of dust explosions, November 22, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: Dust Explosions in the Process Industries (Paperback)

Eckhoff's book is organized in an efficient manner, the first
chapter providing an excellent overall tutorial on the general
subject of dust explosions and subsequent chapters providing
optional reading material for those desiring a more in-depth
treatment of individual topics in the field. The text is extremely
readable and Eckhoff has gone to great lengths to make the
subject matter understandable and informative to laypersons
and experts alike. This book should serve well as the foundation
reference on the subject of dust explosions in the library of the
process safety professional or persons involved in dry-end
manufacturing operations