What is Deflagration

Explosions can be considered to be the most devastating events in industry. Reasons that lead to such an event are often very complex. Nonetheless, the basic phenomenon is generally simple. To understand what leads to an explosion and how this can be prevented, the underlying physical and chemical processes as well as the basic steps that lead to an explosion are clarified. Practically a system of standards and regulations ensures a framework to avoid unwanted events. This together with typical sequence of events will be given and lead to a general overview of explosion process safety.