Division 2/zone 2 auxiliary devices - understanding global hazardous area requirements

Author

Griffith, Travis ; Alleva, Gabe D. ; Lockley, Bill ; Wood, Barry

Author_Institution

Gen. Electr. Co., Houston, TX, USA

fYear

2005

fDate

12-14 Sept. 2005

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

10

Abstract

Under the auspices of the standards subcommittee within the Petroleum and Chemical Industry Committee (PCIC), IEEE recommended practice 303 auxiliary devices for rotating electrical machines in Class I, Division 2 and Zone 2 Locations has been radically updated to address worldwide requirements. Originally US based, this document is now expanded to include the Canadian Electrical Code, International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) and Standards Australia/New Zealand (AN/NZS) regulations. This paper highlights those improvements and serves as a short tutorial into current international codes for the implementation of "sometimes" hazardous electrical components, and is focused for North American engineers working on non-US projects. Included is a general subject overview and in particular, a discussion of similarities and differences between the codes.

Keywords

IEEE standards; electric machines; hazardous areas; Australia standards regulations; Canadian Electrical Code; European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization; International Electrotechnical Commission; New Zealand standards regulations; auxiliary devices; electrical components hazards; global hazardous area requirements; rotating electrical machines; Chemical industry; Code standards; Hazardous areas; IEC standards; Induction motors; Petroleum; Protection; Rotors; Synchronous motors; USA Councils; AN/NZS; ATEX; Auxiliary device; CEC; CENELEC; Division 2; IEC; NEC; Zone 2;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference, 2005. Industry Applications Society 52nd Annual

ISSN

0090-3507

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9272-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PCICON.2005.1524534

Filename

1524534