Abstract
Due to the fragility of traditional biocarbon materials, high amount of dust and fines may be generated during transport and handling when replacing fossil carbon with biocarbon in metallurgical industries as part of their decarbonization strategies. Although carbon losses and effect on furnace performance are important, the health and safety of workers are of the highest importance. Inhalable and respirable dust is a direct safety concern, and the increased risk of dust explosions are also present. As such, being able to easily predict the airborne dust formed under typical conditions is necessary. In this work, the aim is to compare one of the most common strength tests, the tumble abrasion test, to a standardized dustiness evaluation called the Heubach Dustmeter Type I analysis, which has previously not been used on these types of materials.