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  • NFPA 654 : 2017

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    PREVENTION OF FIRE AND DUST EXPLOSIONS FROM THE MANUFACTURING, PROCESSING, AND HANDLING OF COMBUSTIBLE PARTICULATE SOLIDS

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy

    Superseded date:  03-09-2019

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-2017

    Publisher:  National Fire Protection Association

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    Chapter 1 - Administration
    Chapter 2 - Referenced Publications
    Chapter 3 - Definitions
    Chapter 4 - General Requirements
    Chapter 5 - Performance-Based Design Option
    Chapter 6 - Facility and Systems Design
    Chapter 7 - Process Equipment
    Chapter 8 - Fugitive Dust Control and Housekeeping
    Chapter 9 - Ignition Sources
    Chapter 10 - Fire Protection
    Chapter 11 - Training and Procedures
    Chapter 12 - Inspection and Maintenance
    Annex A - Explanatory Material
    Annex B - Explosion Protection
    Annex C - Informational Primer on Spark Detection
              and Extinguishing Systems
    Annex D - Dust Layer Characterization and Precautions
    Annex E - Deflagration Propagation Isolation Methods
    Annex F - Use of Water as Extinguishing Agent for
              Combustible Particulate Solids
    Annex G - Informational References
    Index

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    Gives requirements for all phases of the manufacturing, processing, blending, conveying, repackaging, and handling of combustible particulate solids or hybrid mixtures, regardless of concentration or particle size, where the materials present a fire, a flash fire, or an explosion hazard.

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    Development Note 2006 Edition is also available in Spanish Language, See NFPA 654 SPANISH. (05/2011) Also available with NFPA GUIDE TO COMBUSTIBLE DUST, see NFPA 654 SET. (02/2012) Supersedes & incorporates NFPA 650. (02/2015)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher National Fire Protection Association
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
    Supersedes

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