Prediction of influencing atmospheric conditions for explosion Avoidance in fireworks manufacturing Industry-A network approach

I Nallathambi, R Ramar, DA Pustokhin… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
This research study uses Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) to predict occupational accidents
in Sivakasi firework industries. Atmospheric temperature, pressure and humidity are the …

Thermal explosion analysis of methyl ethyl ketone peroxide by non-isothermal and isothermal calorimetric applications

JH Chi, SH Wu, CM Shu - Journal of hazardous materials, 2009 - Elsevier
In the past, process incidents attributed to organic peroxides (OPs) that involved near
misses, over-pressures, runaway reactions, and thermal explosions occurred because of …

Thermoanalytical investigation of relative reactivity of some nitrate oxidants in tin-fueled pyrotechnic systems

S Hosseini, A Eslami - Journal of thermal analysis and calorimetry, 2010 - akjournals.com
In order to investigate relative reactivity of different oxidants in solid-state reactions of
pyrotechnic mixtures, thermal properties of Sn+ Sr (NO 3) 2, Sn+ Ba (NO 3) 2, and Sn+ KNO …

Utilization of cashew nutshell biomass as eco-friendly sound-emitting pyrotechnic formulation to reduce sulfur usage in fireworks

M Rajendran, R Ramanathan, R Shanmugavel… - Biomass Conversion …, 2024 - Springer
Firework industries are one of the primary revenue sources for the Indian Government, and
the town of Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu contributes to 90% of the production of firecrackers …

Impact of nano particles on safety and environment for fireworks chemicals

A Azhagurajan, N Selvakumar - Process Safety and Environmental …, 2014 - Elsevier
Pyrotechnic devices, commonly known as fireworks, have a huge popularity. The sonic effect
produced by the fireworks mainly depends upon the chemical composition of the mixtures …

Thermal hazard accident investigation of hydrogen peroxide mixing with propanone employing calorimetric approaches

JH Chi, SH Wu, JC Charpentier, I Yet-Pole… - Journal of Loss …, 2012 - Elsevier
Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), historically, due to its broad applications in the chemical
industries, has caused many serious fires and explosions around the world. Its thermal …

Evaluation of thermal hazards and thermo-kinetic parameters of N, N′-dinitro-4, 4′-azo-Bis (1, 2, 4-triazolone)(DNZTO)

J Zhu, S Jin, Y Yu, C Zhang, L Li, S Chen, Q Shu - Thermochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
Thermogravimetric–differential thermal analysis (TG–DTA) and accelerating rate calorimetry
(ARC) were performed to understand thermal characteristics and kinetics of energetic N, N …

Evaluation of thermal hazards and thermo-kinetic parameters of a matchhead composition by DSC and ARC

SP Sivapirakasam, MN Mohamed, M Surianarayanan… - Thermochimica acta, 2013 - Elsevier
From the process safety point of view, irrespective of the kind of stimulus (friction, impact,
heat), the final event is “thermal” in nature. Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and …

Characterization of the aluminum/potassium chlorate mixtures by simultaneous TG-DTA

SM Pourmortazavi, SS Hajimirsadeghi… - Journal of thermal …, 2006 - Springer
Thermogravimetry (TG) and differential thermal analysis (DTA) in the non-isothermal mode
have been used to examine the thermal behaviour of the micron sized aluminum (Al) …

Thermoanalytical investigation on pyrotechnic mixtures containing Mg-Al alloy powder and barium nitrate

M Yao, L Chen, J Yu, J Peng - Procedia Engineering, 2012 - Elsevier
The thermal kinetics properties of pyrotechnic compositions consist of Ba (NO3) 2+ MgAl, Ba
(NO3) 2+ MgAl+ S, Ba (NO3) 2+ MgAl+ KClO4 mixtures were investigated in this paper …