Why Do Flour Mills Need Humidifiers?

Flour is an indispensable ingredient in life, bringing a lot of noodles. However, in the process of flour production, there is a terrible potential safety hazard - flour explosion!

When the grinder grinds wheat, all the grinding energy is transferred to the flour. At this time, the flour has a lot of energy. Once it meets the appropriate temperature, it is very easy to explode. Especially in the high temperature and dry season, when it meets a very small spark or flame, the workshop will explode. In a certain space, when the flour dust reaches a certain density, it will explode when encountering open flames, even sparks, and appropriate temperature. This is determined by the characteristics of flour.

The reason why the dust will explode is that the dust has a large surface area. Compared with blocky materials, dust has strong chemical activity, large air contact area, more adsorbed oxygen molecules, and fast oxidation exothermic process. When the conditions are appropriate, if one of the dust particles is ignited by fire, a chain reaction will occur and explosion will occur.