3. Conclusion

The risk of gas explosion concerns many industrial activities, and in particular the chemical industry in the broadest sense, the gas industry, petrochemicals, refining, the manufacture of oils, bitumens, glues, agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, fertilizer manufacture, metallurgy, the recovery of VOCs in industrial processes, the treatment of industrial waste and recycling in general, fermentation processes, biogas production, the manufacture of wood chips and pellets, the use of refrigeration machines using refrigerants such as ammonia or other refrigerants that are now flammable in air. Some of these activities are carried out outside the industrial sector by farmers or independent players who would normally encounter few problems.

It is therefore useful to make knowledge of the risk of gas explosion accessible to a wide audience, as it may affect their field of...