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Electrical Instruments in Hazardous Locations
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Electrical Instruments in Hazardous Locations is a clear and practical guide for maintaining the safety of electrical instruments in areas where flammable gases, vapors or dust may be present. It explains the science of combustion and ignition in simple terms, then demonstrates how this science informs real-world safety decisions, such as classifying hazardous zones and choosing protection methods, including explosionproof enclosures, intrinsic safety, pressurization, sealing or encapsulation. This book also includes practical chapters on device and system design, testing and the documentation necessary for approvals, as well as specific concerns like ignition by light or dust, and balancing safety, cost and functionality.
Additionally, it explains how standards agencies create rules for safe electrical equipment and installations in hazardous (flammable) environments, and how these rules have developed into documents used for legal compliance and product approval.
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Table of contents
- COVER
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- PREFACE
- CHAPTER 1: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND PERSPECTIVE
- CHAPTER 2: COMBUSTION AND EXPLOSION FUNDAMENTALS
- CHAPTER 3: CLASSIFICATION OF HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS AND COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS
- CHAPTER 4: PRACTICE AND PRINCIPLES OF HAZARD REDUCTION PRACTICE
- CHAPTER 5: EXPLOSIONPROOF ENCLOSURES
- CHAPTER 6: REDUCTION OF HAZARD BY PRESSURIZATION
- CHAPTER 7: ENCAPSULATION, SEALING, AND IMMERSION
- CHAPTER 8: INCREASED SAFETY, TYPE OF PROTECTION e
- CHAPTER 9: IGNITION OF GASES AND VAPORS BY ELECTRICAL MEANS
- CHAPTER 10: INTRINSICALLY SAFE AND NONINCENDIVE SYSTEMS
- CHAPTER 11: DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF INTRINSICALLY SAFE APPARATUS, INTRINSICALLY SAFE SYSTEMS, AND NONINCENDIVE SYSTEMS
- CHAPTER 12: IGNITION BY OPTICAL SOURCES
- CHAPTER 13: DUST HAZARDS
- CHAPTER 14: HUMAN SAFETY
- CHAPTER 15: DEGREE OF PROTECTION BY ENCLOSURES
- APPENDIX A: DERIVATION OF INITIAL PURGE VOLUME REQUIREMENT
- APPENDIX B: EXAMPLES OF DERIVATIONS
- INDEX
- END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
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