Investigation of the electrostatic ignition risks associated with
plastic coated metals
G. Ackroyd, and S. Puttick. Electrostatics 2003, 178, page 25--30. (23--27~March 2003)
Abstract
It is often assumed that, where an electrically insulating plastic
is present as a thin coating on an earthed metal substrate (as is
the case with lined pipework and vessels), incendive brush discharges
will not occur. In this situation, the critical thickness for determining
whether a coating is thin is generally taken to be 2 mm. However,
the experimental work detailed in this report shows that ignitions
of a typical flammable gas / vapour atmosphere were obtained by brush
discharges from a 0.7 mm thick PFA coating and 0.85 mm thick ECTFE
coating. For the samples examined, the limiting charge transfer for
ignitions to occur was approximately 100--150 nC. This corresponded
to surface potentials of $\sim$ 8--10 kV (equivalent to a surface
charge density of $\sim$180--260 \muC/m$^2$).
Description
brush and propagating brush discharge experiments on coated metals
%0 Conference Paper
%1 Ackroyd:2003a
%A Ackroyd, G. P.
%A Puttick, S.
%B Electrostatics 2003
%D 2003
%E Morgan, H.
%K brush-discharge electrostatic ignition plastic propagating-brush risks
%N 178
%P 25--30
%T Investigation of the electrostatic ignition risks associated with
plastic coated metals
%X It is often assumed that, where an electrically insulating plastic
is present as a thin coating on an earthed metal substrate (as is
the case with lined pipework and vessels), incendive brush discharges
will not occur. In this situation, the critical thickness for determining
whether a coating is thin is generally taken to be 2 mm. However,
the experimental work detailed in this report shows that ignitions
of a typical flammable gas / vapour atmosphere were obtained by brush
discharges from a 0.7 mm thick PFA coating and 0.85 mm thick ECTFE
coating. For the samples examined, the limiting charge transfer for
ignitions to occur was approximately 100--150 nC. This corresponded
to surface potentials of $\sim$ 8--10 kV (equivalent to a surface
charge density of $\sim$180--260 \muC/m$^2$).
@inproceedings{Ackroyd:2003a,
abstract = {It is often assumed that, where an electrically insulating plastic
is present as a thin coating on an earthed metal substrate (as is
the case with lined pipework and vessels), incendive brush discharges
will not occur. In this situation, the critical thickness for determining
whether a coating is \em{thin} is generally taken to be 2 mm. However,
the experimental work detailed in this report shows that ignitions
of a typical flammable gas / vapour atmosphere were obtained by brush
discharges from a 0.7 mm thick PFA coating and 0.85 mm thick ECTFE
coating. For the samples examined, the limiting charge transfer for
ignitions to occur was approximately 100--150 nC. This corresponded
to surface potentials of $\sim$ 8--10 kV (equivalent to a surface
charge density of $\sim$180--260 {\mu}C/m$^2$).},
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author = {Ackroyd, G. P. and Puttick, S.},
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month = {23--27~March},
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pages = {25--30},
series = {Institute of Physics Conference Series},
timestamp = {2010-01-19T17:39:44.000+0100},
title = {Investigation of the electrostatic ignition risks associated with
plastic coated metals},
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