Abstract
The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Agricultural Engineering has been involved in research with a goal of reducing the probability of grain dust explosions in grain elevators. One of the most attractive technologies for reducing grain dust explosions is suppressing dust in grain by mineral oil application. This project involved the addition of mineral oil to milo and com at five different application rates. The mineral oil dust suppression effectiveness was determined for four dust concentration levels. Dust suppression effectiveness was based on the percentage of dust in different size ranges captured for the various mineral oil application rates. Overall, the optimum mineral oil application rates for milo and corn were 100 and 200 ppm, respectively.
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