Flax seed does contain combustible oil. (remember frozen chicken doesn't burn, until you get the fat cooking)
But flax seeds are similar to nuts which also contain oil, and the Standard does not consider the oil separated from the nut/seed. Anyway, this seed is a material that will flow, which is a favorable factor that reduces its hazard as it becomes unstable and falls when bags are breached. I vote class III. It would be hard to overstate the hazard of Combustible Dusts. NFPA has 6 or 7 standards dedicated to such. However, in light of the frequency and casualty from dust explosions over the last 6 years, a new standard is being framed to apply across many types of industries (e.g. food, rubber, chemicals, metals, coal, etc). This standard is being framed by OSHA. scot deal excelsior fire engineering On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 19:06, Todd Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > According to 13, nuts, grains and cereals are considered class III. > Why were you looking at class IV? Are the bags plastic? Do they meet > the test for class IV based on wt of volume of plastic? If the > grinding operation is present, you may have a combustible dust issue. > > > At 05:53 PM 12/29/2009, you wrote: > >Does anyone know the commodity classification for ground flax seed in 50 > >lb bags on wood pallets. Stored 4 pallets high to 24' in a 30' > >building. > >Class III, IV ? > > > >Thank you > > Robert Thompson > > > > DAKOTA > >FIRE PROTECTION > >1710 N. Washington Street > >Grand Forks ND 58206-5327 > >Phone # (701) 772-8820 > >Fax # (701) 772-7932 > >Email [email protected] > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Sprinklerforum mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > > >For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > > >To Unsubscribe, send an email > >to:[email protected]<to%[email protected]> > >(Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > > Todd G. Williams, PE > Fire Protection Design/Consulting > Stonington, Connecticut > www.fpdc.com > 860.535.2080 > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email > to:[email protected]<to%[email protected]> > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
