This paper discusses a novel approach to avoiding electrostatic hazards ari
sing from the treatment of effluent in a fine chemicals manufacturing site.
Whilst methods of avoiding electrostatic hazards for small vessels and pum
ping small quantities through pipes are simple, the approach for orders of
magnitude increases in scale found in treatment plants required novel metho
ds which were solved by the application of both basic physics and chemical
engineering methods. (C) 2001 The Institute of Physics. Published by Elsevi
er Science Ltd. All rights reserved.