Explosion Venting Systems

Explosion venting systems are designed to protect process equipment from damage and personnel from injury or death. A FENWAL Explosion Venting system is a relief device that ruptures at a predetermined pressure to allow the fireball and explosive pressure to vent into a safe area.

These explosion venting systems are economical to install. They are highly efficient vents that fit into walls of a process volume. They are available in a variety of sizes, configurations and materials to ensure fast, reliable operation in an explosion situation. Typically, vents are installed in conjunction with a Fenwal Isolation System.

In a typical Dust Collector application an explosion venting system would contain the following basic components: Explosion Relief Vent Panel, Pressure Detector, Single Zone Control Panel, Isolation Extinguisher and a Rotary Gate Valve.

EXPLOSION VENTING/ISOLATION/SUPPRESSION
Any facility that handles, stores or processes flammable gasses, liquids or solids has an explosion risk. As a general rule, if a material can burn, under the right conditions it can and will explode. Selecting the right type of explosion protection system can make the difference.

Explosion Venting is just one of three basic system elements used for explosion protection. The other two are Isolation and Suppression. When product can not be released safely into the environment, a process vessel is located within 3 meters of building perimeter, or when an explosion can not be vented in a safe area a Suppression system is required. When there is the possibility that a fireball could spread to other buildings or process vessels though interconnecting pipework, an Isolation system is required.