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Electrical Installations
Design, Selection, Erection
and Inspection
IECEx 2012, Dubai
March 20 and 21,
2012
Peter Thurnherr
thuba Ltd., Switzerland
Convenor MT 60079-14
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Standards
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Structure of the Standard
4. General requirements
5. Selection of equipment
6. Protection from dangerous sparking
7. Electrical protection
8. Emergency switch-off and electrical isolation
9. Wiring systems
10. Cable entry systems
11. Rotating electrical machines
12. Luminaires
13. Electric heating
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4. General requirements
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4.2 Documentation – Equipment
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4.2 Equipment documentation
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4.2 Documentation – Installation
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4.2 Documentation – Personnel
Evidence of
personnel competency
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4.4 Assurance of conformity of
equipment
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4.4 Assurance of conformity of
equipment
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Simple apparatus
Exception:
Simple electrical apparatus used within an
intrinsically safe circuit.
Simple apparatus
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Simple apparatus
Associated electrical
equipment [Ex ia Ga] IIC
Safe area
Supply
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5. Selection of equipment
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5.4.2 Relation between EPLs and
types of protection
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Gas group – Class I, Division 1 and 2
Permissible
Group
Group
A Acetylen
! B Hydrogen
!
C
Gas group
NEC 505
NEC 500-503
IEC 60079-0
Class I Acetylene Group A Group IIC
Gas and Hydrogen Group B Group IIC
vapours Ethylene Group C Group IIB
Propane Group D Group IIA
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5.6.2 Temperature class
Allowable
Temperature class Ignition
temperature
required by the temperature of gas
classes of
area classification or vapor
equipment
T1 > 450°C T1 - T6
T2 > 300°C T2 - T6
T3 > 200°C T3 – T6
T4 > 135°C T4 – T6
T5 > 100°C T5 – T6
T6 > 85°C T6
Thermal effects
Chemical effects
Mechanical effects
Effects of movement and vibration
Electrical effects
Moisture
Ingress of process liquids
Corrosion
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5.9 Selection to cover external
influences
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5.9 Ambient temperature
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6.1 Light metals as construction
materials
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6.4.2 Temporary bonding
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6.5 Static electricity
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6.5 Static electricity
9. Wiring systems
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9.1 General
Edition 4
Wiring systems shall comply fully with the relevant
requirements of this clause except that intrinsically
safe and energy-limited installations need not
comply with 9.3.1 to 9.3.5 inclusive.
Edition 5
Cable and wiring systems shall comply with the
relevant requirements of Clause 9.
9.1 General
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9.3.2 Cables for fixed installations
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9.3.2 Cable for fixed installations
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9.6.3 Unused cores
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10. Cable entry systems and
blanking elements
10.1 General
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10.1 Cable entries
70 ºC 80 ºC
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10.2 Selection of cable glands
Protection
Glands, adapters and blanking
technique for
the equipment element protection technique
Ex “d” X
Ex “e” X X
Group II X
X X
Ex “i” / Ex “nL” see 16.5
Group III X
Ex “i” See 16.5
Protection
Glands, adapters and blanking
technique for
the equipment element protection technique
Ex “n”
ausgenommen Ex “nL”
X X X
Ex “nR”
Siehe 10.8
Ex “pxb”,
Ex “pyb” or X X
Ex “pzc”
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10.2 Selection of cable glands
Protection
Glands, adapters and blanking
technique for
the equipment element protection technique
Ex “pD” X X X
Ex “t” X
Protection
Glands, adapters and blanking
technique for
the equipment element protection technique
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10.3 Connections of cables to equipment
NOTE 1
Cable clamps within 300 mm of the end of the cable
gland are preferred.
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10.3 Connections of cables to equipment
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10.3 Trumpet cable gland
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10.3 Connections of cables to equipment
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10.4 Additional requirements for entries
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10.5 Unused openings
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10.5 Unused openings
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10.5 Unused openings
Flameproof enclosures
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10.6 Additional requirements for
type of protection “d”
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10.8 Additional requirements for
type of protection “nR”
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12. Luminaires
12. Luminaires
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12. Luminiaires (“e” and “nA”)
Zone 1
T6
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13. Electric heating system
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13.1 General
13.1 General
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13.1 General
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13.2 Temperature monitoring
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13.4 Safety device
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13.4 Safety device
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14. General
14. General
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Additional holes shall not be made into
an Ex ‘d’ enclosure by an installer.
14. Installation
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15. Additional requirements for type
of protection ‘e’ – Increased safety
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15.2 Maximum dissipated power
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15.2 Maximum dissipated power
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16.5.1 Terminal boxes ‒ General
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16.5.3 Terminal boxes with more than
one intrinsically safe circuit
Electrical Installations
Design, Selection, Erection
and Inspection
IECEx 2012, Dubai
March 20 and 21,
2012
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Standards
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Inspection and maintenance
Documentation
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Major factors
susceptibility to corrosion,
likelihood of water ingress,
exposure to excessive ambient temperature,
risk of mechanical damage,
training and experience of personnel,
likelihood of unauthorized modifications or
adjustments,
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Inspection
Inspection
Documentation and
organisation check
Technical inspection
Inspection
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Inspection
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Periodic Inspection
Visual Inspection
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Closed Inspection
NOTE
Close inspections do not normally require the enclosure
to be opened, or the equipment to be de-energized.
Detailed Inspection
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Inspection of portable equipment
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Integrity of enclosures
Cable entries
Blanking elements
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147
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Flameproof enclosures
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Potential equalization
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Heat tracing
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Dust
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