Download or read book Electricity and Flammable Substances written by Inter-Institutional Group on the Classification of Hazardous Locations and published by IChemE. This book was released on 1989 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Electrical Safety in Flammable Gas Vapor Laden Atmospheres written by W.O.E. Korver and published by William Andrew. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides comprehensive coverage of electrical system installation within areas where flammable gases and liquids are handled and processed. The accurate hazard evaluation of flammability risks associated with chemical and petrochemical locations is critical in determining the point at which the costs of electrical equipment and installation are balanced with explosion safety requirements. The book offers the most current code requirements along with tables and illustrations as analytic tools. Environmental characteristics are covered in Section 1 along with recommended electrical installation and safety recommendations. Section 2 treats a number of application illustrations in detail. Section 3 presents examples for the application of classifying NEC Class 1 locations.
Download or read book Electrical and Instrumentation Safety for Chemical Processes written by R.J. Buschart and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text is about electrical and instrumentation safety for chemical proc esses. It covers a wide area of electrical and electronic phenomena and how they have and can significantly affect the safety of chemical processes. The importance of the subject is well known to anyone involved in the operation of chemical processes. Lightning strikes can explode storage tanks, shut down electrical power systems, and shut down or damage computer and instrument systems. Static electricity can ignite flammable materials and damage sensitive elec tronic process control equipment. Electrical power system failures or inter ruptions can produce unsafe process conditions. Chemical processes use flammable and combustible vapors, gases, or dusts that can be exploded by electrical equipment and wiring. Even low-energy equipment like flashlights can ignite a flammable vapor. Interlock and equipment protection systems can cause safety problems. How important is electrical and process control safety? A survey on "How Safe is Your Plant?", in the April 1988 issue of Chemical Engineer ing magazine, provided some answers. Among the results of this survey of chemical processes, it was found that over 800 respondents believed instru mentation and controls, shutdown systems, equipment interlocks, and other protection systems to be the least safe aspect of chemical industries. The survey also indicated that complying with OSHA and other regula tions, process control software security, inspections, audits, and safety training are important safety issues.
Download or read book Hazards of Electricity and Static Electricity written by Institution of Chemical Engineers (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This booklet raises the awareness of operators to the main hazards of electricity and static electricity. Its message is reinforced using examples of actual accidents to highlight the potential threats and explain the possible causes, enabling operators to spot and rectify potential hazards before incidents occur."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Electrical Installations in Hazardous Locations written by Peter Schram and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2009-09-29 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Third Edition of this best-selling text continues to familiarize electricians with the intricate details of performing electrical installations in hazardous locations. Intended to serve as a general reference on the classes, groups, and divisions of hazardous locations, the text provides users with a comprehensive introduction to what hazardous locations are and are not, before progressing to more complex topics such as the requirements for equipment protection systems, protection against ignition from static electricity and lightning, and NEC? compliance. Completely updated, Electrical Installations in Hazardous Locations, Third Edition now includes information on the availability of new technology, as well as the latest national and international codes and standards.
Download or read book Electrical Installations in Hazardous Locations written by Peter J. Schram and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 1997 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before starting work in hazardous locations, make sure your entire crew is prepared with a basic understanding of fire and explosion safety in these specialized sites. NFPA's guide provides practical advice on key issues such as...Hazardous vx. classified locations, special considerations for grouding and bonding, protection against ignition from static electricity and lightning. Follow the right precautions in every environment, from aircraft hangars to zirconium processing plants! This guide also includes lists of relevant codes and standards, books and technical articles.
Download or read book Electrical and Instrumentation Safety for Chemical Processes written by R.J. Buschart and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-03-16 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text is about electrical and instrumentation safety for chemical proc esses. It covers a wide area of electrical and electronic phenomena and how they have and can significantly affect the safety of chemical processes. The importance of the subject is well known to anyone involved in the operation of chemical processes. Lightning strikes can explode storage tanks, shut down electrical power systems, and shut down or damage computer and instrument systems. Static electricity can ignite flammable materials and damage sensitive elec tronic process control equipment. Electrical power system failures or inter ruptions can produce unsafe process conditions. Chemical processes use flammable and combustible vapors, gases, or dusts that can be exploded by electrical equipment and wiring. Even low-energy equipment like flashlights can ignite a flammable vapor. Interlock and equipment protection systems can cause safety problems. How important is electrical and process control safety? A survey on "How Safe is Your Plant?", in the April 1988 issue of Chemical Engineer ing magazine, provided some answers. Among the results of this survey of chemical processes, it was found that over 800 respondents believed instru mentation and controls, shutdown systems, equipment interlocks, and other protection systems to be the least safe aspect of chemical industries. The survey also indicated that complying with OSHA and other regula tions, process control software security, inspections, audits, and safety training are important safety issues.
Download or read book Explosion Protection written by Heinrich Groh and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2003-12-18 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book makes Hazardous or Electrical Area Classification simple. In plants processing flammable materials, every effort is made to avoid the escape of such materials and in addition, stringent measures are taken to exclude sources of ignition. A complex array of standards surround this topic which has lead to an overly conservative approach being taken. This type of approach means that much more expensive electrical apparatus than is necessary is installed.To avoid this unnecessary expenditure, Dr Groh clearly explains the relevant standards, so that accurate assessment of the risks associated with hazardous areas is possible. He also identifies possible ignition sources and methods of designing apparatus which do not cause sparks thereby maintaining safety.* Covers must-have information regarding IEC/CENELEC standards in electrical or hazardous area classification* Provides a clear overview of a complex area
Download or read book Sources of Ignition written by John Bond and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sources of Ignition: Flammability Characteristics of Chemicals and Products describes the flammability characteristics of substances and deals with the different sources of ignition. Case histories are presented for review and analysis. The book is comprised of six chapters and seven appendices. The introduction gives a basic description of the anatomy of fire and explosions, including the access to fuel and the interaction of oxygen and fuel. A description of the flammable limits of gases, dusts, mists, and mixtures and the method of estimating these follow. The text also explains the flash point of a substance and the method of calculating it, using citations from Fuji and Hermann. The ignition energy of a chemical, as well as how to estimate it using the method of Calcote et al., is also presented. The book explains that autoignition temperature of gases is dependent on different factors, such as time delay, oxygen concentration, and catalyst effects of materials, but may still be estimated citing Zabetakis, 1965 as reference. The formula is given in more detail. Finally, the energy sources for ignition are enumerated as mechanical, electrical, thermal, and chemical. The appendices deal with chemicals, self-heating substances, organic peroxides, substances prone to spontaneous combustions, unstable substances, flammability characteristics of dusts, and a checklist of possible sources of ignition. This book is beneficial to fire safety engineers, firemen, fire prevention maintenance administrators, fire hazard officers, and other personnel whose line of work is in fire safety and prevention.
Download or read book Electrical Safety written by J. Maxwell Adams and published by IET. This book was released on 1994 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains the various environmental and health hazards due to electricity in its many forms, and sets out methods and practices to reduce risks.
Download or read book Hazardous Chemicals Data written by National Fire Protection Association and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Classifying Explosion Prone Areas for the Petroleum Chemical and Related Industries written by W.O.E. Korver and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1995-12-31 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The degree of danger in the atmosphere of a hazardous location needs to be determined prior to selecting an acceptable electrical equipment installation. If maximum safety is the predominant factor in determining the type of electrical installations, the cost of electrical equipment will be extremely high. If low cost of electrical installation is the predominant factor, safety to personnel and equipment may be unacceptably low. It is, therefore, necessary to find a point of balance at which the cost and safety requirements are both satisfied and acceptable. In nine out of ten cases, a hazardous location is classified much too conservatively. The reason for this conservative approach is a lack of knowledge and a misunderstanding of the actual concept of safety and danger. This book provides an in-depth understanding of the factors that influence the classification of a hazardous location. One factor, in combination with one or more other factors, will have an impact on the level of danger and its hazardous boundaries. These factors and their influences are explained in detail, and once their impact is understood, the classification of a hazardous location becomes a straightforward procedure.
Download or read book Avoiding Static Ignition Hazards in Chemical Operations written by Laurence G. Britton and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-08-27 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by Laurence Britton, who has over 20 years' experience in the fields of static ignition and process fire and explosion hazards research, this resource addresses an area not extensively covered in process safety standards or literature: understanding and reducing potential hazards associated with static electricity. The book covers the nature of static electricity, characteristics and effective energies of different static resources, techniques for evaluating static electricity hazards, general bonding, grounding, and other techniques used to control static or prevent ignition, gases and liquids, powders and hybrid mixtures.
Download or read book Code of Practice for Control of Undesirable Static Electricity Recommendations for Particular Industrial Situations written by British Standards Institute Staff and published by . This book was released on 1992-01-31 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Electrostatics, Hazards, Industrial, Occupational safety, Electrical safety, Fire risks, Fire safety, Bulk storage, Tanks (containers), Liquids, Road tankers, Tank wagons, Tankers, Barges, Aircraft, Aviation fuels, Flammable atmospheres, Flammable materials, Pipelines, Gas pipelines, Freight transport, Sheet wall coverings, Spraying, Spraying (coating), Sheet materials, Explosives, Detonators, Electrically-operated devices, Clothing, Pneumatic conveyors, Vacuum filtration, Centrifuging, Flakes, Dust collectors, Size reduction, Centrifuges, Filters, Intermediate bulk containers, Earthing, Bulk storage containers, Personnel, Mixing, Separators
Download or read book Electrical Instruments in Hazardous Locations written by Ernest C. Magison and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A virtual encyclopaedia of electrical safety, this latest edition features a new structure. The author has rewritten and re-ordered the chapters, to better reflect today's perspective or to clarify the presentation. The book now also places greater emphasis on work outside North America.
Download or read book Electrical and Instrumentation Safety for Chemical Processes written by R.J. Buschart and published by Springer. This book was released on 1991-10-31 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text is about electrical and instrumentation safety for chemical proc esses. It covers a wide area of electrical and electronic phenomena and how they have and can significantly affect the safety of chemical processes. The importance of the subject is well known to anyone involved in the operation of chemical processes. Lightning strikes can explode storage tanks, shut down electrical power systems, and shut down or damage computer and instrument systems. Static electricity can ignite flammable materials and damage sensitive elec tronic process control equipment. Electrical power system failures or inter ruptions can produce unsafe process conditions. Chemical processes use flammable and combustible vapors, gases, or dusts that can be exploded by electrical equipment and wiring. Even low-energy equipment like flashlights can ignite a flammable vapor. Interlock and equipment protection systems can cause safety problems. How important is electrical and process control safety? A survey on "How Safe is Your Plant?", in the April 1988 issue of Chemical Engineer ing magazine, provided some answers. Among the results of this survey of chemical processes, it was found that over 800 respondents believed instru mentation and controls, shutdown systems, equipment interlocks, and other protection systems to be the least safe aspect of chemical industries. The survey also indicated that complying with OSHA and other regula tions, process control software security, inspections, audits, and safety training are important safety issues.
Download or read book Electrical Installations in Hazardous Areas written by Alan McMillan and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 1998-05-22 with total page 669 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Health and Safety at Work Act, together with current and impending EU Directives, obliges those responsible for hazardous areas, those who work in such areas and those who supply equipment for use in such areas to demonstrate that they have taken all necessary and reasonable steps to prevent fires and explosions. This book addresses these issues, seeks to explain the ever increasing complexity of standards and codes pertaining to this field and describes their method of application and the application of other procedures to assist those involved. - The only book which provides comprehensive cover of this vital area - Written by a leading Internationally recognised UK authority in this field
