To study the effect of inert dust on gas explosion suppression mechanism,SiO_2 fine powders were sprayed to suppress premixed CH_4-Air gas explosion in a 20 L spherical experimental system.In the experiment,high speed schlieren image system was adopted to record explosion flame propagation behaviors,meanwhile,pressure transducers and ion current probes were used to clearly record the explosion flame dynamic characteristics.The experimental results show that the SiO_2 fine powders suppressed evidently the...