PDF COAL DUST EXPLOSION HAZARDS by CLETE R. STEPHAN, PITTSBURGH ...
coal can be handled safely and can be an efficient fuel, there are explosion hazards which are accentuated as the particle size is reduced. Particle sizes of coal which can fuel a propagating explosion occur within thermal dryers, cyclones, baghouses, pulverizedfuel systems, grinding mills, and other process or conveyance equipment.