Hazardous Area Classification

Hazardous Area Classification
Last updated 12/2024
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Selection of electrical equipment for hazardous area, gas group, Temperature class, Ingress protection (IP rating), Zone

What you’ll learn

Classification of hazardous area

Temperature class

Ingress Protection (IP rating)

Impact protection (IK Rating)

Explosive limits, Flash Points, Explosion protection

Classification of Zone/Division, Gas Grouping

Selection of electrical equipment’s

Enclosure protection

Requirements

No prior knowledge is required

Description

Overview

Section 1: What is Hazardous area classification, why it is required

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 What is Hazardous area classification

Section 2: Categorization of Hazardous Material

Lecture 3 Categorization of Hazardous Material, Class I, Class II and Class III

Section 3: Important Terminology

Lecture 4 Important Terminology, Flash Point, Explosive Limit, Iginition Temperature

Lecture 5 Explosive gas atmosphere, Source of release, Adequate ventilation, Vapor density

Section 4: HAZARDOUS AREA ZONES

Lecture 6 HAZARDOUS AREA ZONES, Zone 0, Zone 1 and Zone 2

Lecture 7 HAZARDOUS AREA ZONES, Zone 20, Zone 21 and Zone 22

Section 5: Gas Group, Temperature Class, IP rating , IK rating

Lecture 8 Gas Group

Lecture 9 Temperature class

Lecture 10 Ingress protection (IP rating)

Lecture 11 Impact Protection (IK Rating)

Section 6: Enclosure Protection

Lecture 12 Flameproof Enclosure (Ex ‘d’), Increased Safety Protection (Ex ‘e’)

Lecture 13 Intrinsic Safety Protection

Lecture 14 Pressurized Enclosure (Ex ‘p’)

Lecture 15 Power/sand filled enclosure ‘q’, Oil Immersed enclosure ‘o’

Lecture 16 Equipment Protection Level

Lecture 17 Non-Sparking Protection (Ex’n’), Energy-Limited , Restricted Breathing (nR)

Section 7: Equipment Selection Criteria for Hazardous Area

Lecture 18 Equipment Selection Criteria for Hazardous Area

Section 8: Practise Test

Section 9: Hazardous Area radius determination

Lecture 19 Direct Approach, Point source Approach, Risk based Approach

Safety officer, Safety managers, Project managers, HSE Supervisor, Electrical graduate engineers and diploma holders, Consultants