Summary:
In this article, dust explosion phenomena and the status of research conducted on silos are reviewed. Dust explosions cause loss of life and property in many industrial facilities. There are many recorded dust explosion cases in our country as well as in the world. For example, in our country, in 2023, a dust explosion occurred in the TMO Kocaeli General Directorate (Derince Port Silo), in which 2 people died and great material damage occurred, as reflected in the national press. When we look at the various dust explosion cases that have occurred in the world, it is understood that they mostly occur in silos used for storage in the agricultural and food sectors. Licensed warehouses have been established in many regions of our country in order to store basic and processed agricultural products that can be standardized with the Agricultural Products Licensed Warehousing Law No. 5300, which came into force after being published in the Official Gazette on 17/02/2005, in safe and healthy conditions in warehouses belonging to licensed warehouse enterprise and continues to be established. It is important to understand the many factors affecting dust explosion, such as dust dispersion, properties, discharge, etc., and to design silos according to these factors. These effects are tried to be determined and understood through experimental or CFD simulations.