Practical electrical equipment and installations in hazardous areas

Practical electrical equipment and installations in hazardous areas /

This book provides the reader with an understanding of the hazards involved in using electrical equipment in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres. It is based on the newly adopted international IEC79 Series of Standards that are now harmonizing and replacing older national Standards. Explosion-proof in...

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Main Author: Bottrill, Geoffrey
Other Authors: Cheyne, Derek, Vijayaraghavan, G.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier/Newnes, 2005
Series:Practical professional books from Elsevier.
Subjects:
Electric apparatus and appliances > Installation > Safety measures.
dissertations.
Academic theses.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Approach
  • 1.3 Historical development
  • 1.4 Bird's eye view of legislation and research in other countries
  • 1.5 The certification
  • 1.6 Conclusion
  • 2. Electrical energy, ignition and flammability
  • 2.1 Electrical energy and ignition
  • 2.2 The basics of electricity
  • 2.3 Electrical heat energy
  • 2.4 Sources of ignition
  • 2.5 Flammability
  • 2.6 Flammability principles
  • 3. Area classification
  • 3.1 General
  • 3.2 Principles of safety
  • 3.3 Hazards and hazardous areas
  • 3.4 Basic properties of combustible and ignitable material
  • 3.5 Basis of area classification
  • 3.6 Zonal classification
  • 3.7 Plant operations
  • normal and abnormal
  • 3.8 Area classification
  • gas and vapors
  • 3.9 Area classification
  • dust
  • 3.10 Classification procedure
  • 3.11 Responsibility and personnel involved
  • 3.12 Documentation
  • 3.13 Policy and guidelines for implementation
  • 3.14 Area classification examples
  • 3.15 Summary of area classification
  • 3.16 A case study
  • 4. Design philosophy and selection of equipment/apparatus
  • 4.1 General
  • 4.2 Risks ... history
  • 4.3 Classification concepts
  • 4.4 Equipment ... a definition
  • 4.5 Apparatus grouping
  • 4.6 Surface temperature classification
  • 4.7 Concepts and techniques of explosion protection
  • 4.8 Methods of explosion protection
  • 4.9 Typical applications of methods of protection
  • 4.10 Mixed techniques
  • 4.11 Dust explosion-protection methods
  • 4.12 Selection of explosion-protection technique for safeguarding
  • 4.13 Conclusion
  • 5. Protection concept 'd'
  • 5.1 General
  • 5.2 Definitions
  • 5.3 Certification in brief
  • 5.4 Construction requirements
  • 5.5 Flameproof theory
  • 5.6 Other general requirements for explosive atmospheres
  • 5.7 Testing
  • 5.8 Grouping and effect of temperature classification
  • 5.9 Conditions of use
  • 5.10 Illustrations of mechanical construction types
  • 5.11 Summary
  • 6. Protection concept 'e'
  • 6.1 General
  • 6.2 Definitions
  • 6.3 Principles of design for increased safety
  • 6.4 Certification (components)
  • 6.5 Construction requirements
  • 6.6 Principles of testing
  • 6.7 Periodic testing and repair of electrical apparatus
  • 6.8 Conditions of use
  • 6.9 Standards for Ex 'e'
  • 7. Protection concept 'n'
  • 7.1 General
  • 7.2 Definitions
  • 7.3 Principles of design
  • 7.4 Certification
  • 7.5 Construction requirements
  • 7.6 Conditions of use
  • 7.7 Illustrations
  • 7.8 Standards for Ex 'n'
  • 8. Protection concept 'i' principles
  • 8.1 Origins of intrinsic safety
  • 8.2 Principles of IS
  • 8.3 Electrical theory to explain IS
  • 8.4 Implementation of IS
  • 8.5 The shunt diode safety barrier
  • 8.6 Associated apparatus
  • 8.7 E.

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