Determining whether or not an area is going to be considered a hazardous (classified) location is critical to the type of construction, wiring methods involved, and the overall safety of the intended ...

Electric power production from coal is on a steep rise in major developing countries, including China, India, Indonesia, South Africa, and Vietnam, albeit declining in developed countries such as the ...

Certain areas in industrial settings are classified as hazardous due to the presence of flammable gases, vapors, dusts, or fibers. This article describes various ways to design these panels so they do ...

A hazardous (classified) location is an area (not necessarily room or building) where the possibility of fire or explosion exists due to the presence of flammable or combustible vapors, or flammable ...

A century ago, boiler explosions were an all-too-familiar event. But with the universal adoption of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Codes in 1914, explosions caused by poor design or manufacturing ...

One of the most challenging tasks design engineers can face is designing measurement or control systems to operate safely in hazardous environments. These environments may contain flammable or ...

Amphenol Industrial Global Operations has updated its third party approvals of the Starline EX and Amphe-EX series of connectors to meet hazardous area classifications and expands its support into new ...

The work of the ISA12 Standards Committee and Subcommittees has been transferred to Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) under UL STP 60079. "While ISA Standards has moved into new areas beyond our ...

Many manufacturers employ systems of interconnected piping, pumps, accumulators, filters, heat exchangers, etc. and associated control systems in their operations. Often, these systems control ...