FLAMMABILITY EVALUATION OF FLUIDS. A SURVEY OF LITERATURE AND STANDARDS
Abstract
The fires and their consequences caused by them are a serious danger to many industrial branches where there are sufficiently high temperatures in operation to be a source of ignition and maintenance of combustion. These sources of ignition may result from temperatures required during the technological process, including steel and glass production, oil refining, casting and forging, or as a result of friction generated among machine components, as an inevitable by-product of normal operation.
Taking into account the consulted literature and standards, it can be stated that no test can provide a complete characterization of the fire resistance of a hydraulic fluid. The designer and the responsible with work security have to promote a set of appropriate tests for avoiding ascertainable hazards for a particular application.
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