Intrinsic Safety (IS)
Intrinsic Safety (IS) Technical Guideline : IEC 60079-11 (edition: 6.00 2011-06) Definition Type of protection based on the restriction of electrical energy within equipment and of interconnecting wiring exposed to … Continue reading
Increased Safety Terminal Box Power Dissipation
Maximum dissipated power of Terminal Box Enclosure IEC 60079-14 Let us first define an Electrical Terminal / Junction Box An electrical junction / Terminal box is a container for electrical connections, … Continue reading
Equipment Protection Level
Equipment Protection Level (EPL) Its a Concept. This is a part of risk assessment method It has been introduced to enable an alternate approach to current methods of selecting Ex … Continue reading
Documentation & Certifications
IEC 60079-14 gives us an over-view of the necessity & importance of the process of documentations for Hazardous Area Installations. By documentation we mean the material in Printed or … Continue reading
EXPLOSIONPROOF or FLAMEPROOF
A haunting question. Is it a dilemma or a complete solution ….does it require the NEC-IEC vision… Let us see… We will use the following picture as a symbolic representation … Continue reading
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