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Controlled Explosion of Fine Dusts
SHUSIL SIGDEL, Justin Wright, Stephen Corkill, Christopher Sorensen, Kansas State University
Abstract Number: 226
Working Group: Nanoparticles and Materials Synthesis
Abstract
Agricultural and coal dusts are known as explosion hazards and have a negative economic value. If these carbon containing dust could be detonated to form graphene, we can transform waste materials into valuable materials. This work primarily focuses on the design of a dispersion system for a dust explosion and preliminary results of the explosion of carbon containing dust in a 17-L aluminum chamber. To characterize the dispersion process of dust clouds, visualization experiments were conducted by using a transparent 17-L plastic chamber. In addition, we will talk about our future experiments in which finely divided materials like pyrophoric metals and coal dust are blown into the chamber with oxygen and detonated.