INTRODUCTION
In the vast majority of industrial processes flammable substances or combustibles are stocked, handled or transported. Excluding explosive or unstable chemical substances for which the danger is well recognized in nature, there is a high...
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INTRODUCTION
In the vast majority of industrial processes flammable substances or combustibles are stocked, handled or transported. Excluding explosive or unstable chemical substances for which the danger is well recognized in nature, there is a high number of “unsuspected” elements that present characteristics able to create an explosion, under specific circumstances. As a matter of fact, if the danger in some sectors such as the chemical or petrochemical is well known, it can be difficult to realize it in some working places that we could define as “ordinary”, such as agricultural industries, metalworking factories, carpentries, distilleries, sugar refineries, battery charging places, etc. Actually, the major accidents happen in these places. In recent history, the most significant case took place in Georgia (USA), in the Imperial Sugar factory where a whole sugar refinery was destroyed causing the death of 14 people and the injuries of 36 due to a blast triggered by the apparentl
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