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Re: Tree Shredder
Posted by: dcarpenter (IP Logged)
Date: April 04, 2007 09:30AM
Floyd,
I have investigated fires associated with this type of equipment, without any details, you will want to explore failure(s) of hydrualic lines as well as self-heating of the wood chips. These chips that can accumulate in piles under the equipment and if not removed with sufficient frequency, can self-heat to ignition under the geometric and environmental conditions.
Doug
Douglas J. Carpenter, MScFPE, CFEI, PE, FSFPE
Vice President & Principal Engineer
Combustion Science & Engineering, Inc.
8940 Old Annapolis Road, Suite L
Columbia, MD 21045
(410) 884-3266
(410) 884-3267 (fax)
www.csefire.com
I have investigated fires associated with this type of equipment, without any details, you will want to explore failure(s) of hydrualic lines as well as self-heating of the wood chips. These chips that can accumulate in piles under the equipment and if not removed with sufficient frequency, can self-heat to ignition under the geometric and environmental conditions.
Doug
Douglas J. Carpenter, MScFPE, CFEI, PE, FSFPE
Vice President & Principal Engineer
Combustion Science & Engineering, Inc.
8940 Old Annapolis Road, Suite L
Columbia, MD 21045
(410) 884-3266
(410) 884-3267 (fax)
www.csefire.com
| Subject | Views | Written By | Posted |
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 Tree Shredder
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1567 | Floyd White | 04/04/2007 06:01AM |
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Re: Tree Shredder |
897 | dcarpenter | 04/04/2007 09:30AM |
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Re: Tree Shredder
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892 | Mike Learmonth | 04/05/2007 09:00AM |
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