%D 2021
%V 287
%T Combined Effect of Dispersion Pressure and Concentration on Minimum Ignition Temperature of Corn Dust using Response Surface Methodology - Preliminary Investigation
%O cited By 2; Conference of 2021 International Conference on Process Engineering and Advanced Materials, ICPEAM2020 ; Conference Date: 13 July 2021 Through 15 July 2021; Conference Code:185461
%R 10.1051/e3sconf/202128703006
%I EDP Sciences
%L scholars14752
%A U. Arshad
%A A. Buang
%A K. Khanafiah
%X Corn dust is a significantly energetic dust and widely used substance in food processing industries. It not only poses dust hazards like suffocation or lungs related issues to the exposed workers but also is highly combustible under a conducive environment. In this study, the minimum ignition temperature (MIT) of corn dust clouds was evaluated at varying combinations of dispersion pressure and concentration using a Godbert-Greenwald (G-G) furnace. A response surface was generated using design expert as a tool for the application of response surface methodology (RSM). The predicted R2 and adjusted R2 are reasonably in close agreement as the difference is less than 0.2. The predicted surface is found to be in good agreement with the experimental results. However, as this is a preliminary study, the model will be improved in future research. © The Authors, published by EDP Sciences. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
%J E3S Web of Conferences