Publication detail

Industrial accidents in spray dryer plants for dairy products in Europe

TRÁVNÍČEK, P. NOTOTNÁ, J. KOTEK, L.

Original Title

Industrial accidents in spray dryer plants for dairy products in Europe

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Despite the fact that the information about past accidents is an integral part of accident prevention, the information about industrial accidents is not commonly available in food and agricultural sectors. Spray dryer plants for dairy products are not an exception. The aim of this paper is the creation of the representative database for industrial spray drying accidents in order to identify their major causes. The paper is divided into 8 chapters. The first two chapters deal with the general information about technology of spray drying of dairy products. The third chapter provides the outputs from the authors' database containing records of 25 accidents in milk drying facilities in Europe. These accidents took place between 1999 and 2019 in six European countries. Based on the accident database, the most common causes of accidents were identified. Processes that can cause a fire, an explosion, or damage to environment are described in the fourth, fifth and sixth chapter. The seventh chapter deals with process, technical and organizational measures; these were discussed using literature research and the results of the accident database. The eighth chapter is the conclusion with a focus on further improvement of process safety through newly developed protective tools.

Keywords

Accident; Prevention; Milk powder; Fire; Explosion; Storage of chemicals

Authors

TRÁVNÍČEK, P.; NOTOTNÁ, J.; KOTEK, L.

Released

30. 11. 2020

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCI LTD

Location

OXFORD

ISBN

0950-4230

Periodical

Internat. Journal for Loss Prevention in the Process Industry

Year of study

2020

Number

68

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

1

Pages to

10

Pages count

10

URL

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950423020306148

BibTex

@article{BUT170086,
  author="Petr {Trávníček} and Jana {Nototná} and Luboš {Kotek}",
  title="Industrial accidents in spray dryer plants for dairy products in Europe",
  journal="Internat. Journal for Loss Prevention in the Process Industry",
  year="2020",
  volume="2020",
  number="68",
  pages="1--10",
  doi="10.1016/j.jlp.2020.104327",
  issn="0950-4230",
  url="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950423020306148"
}