HazardEx - for safety, health and hazardous area professionals
HazardEx - for safety, health and hazardous area professionals. 10 October 2024. Federal investigators in the US found life-threatening hazards at a Nebraska grain cooperative, where workers faced risks of fire and explosions due to the company allowing a build-up of combustible dust and failing to maintain effective dust collection systems ...
HazardEx - Ethernet-APL – ready for practical use
2024年10月9日 · For the first time, Ethernet-APL makes continuous Ethernet access possible as far as field devices in hazardous areas down to Zone 0. Ethernet-APL is based on internationally standardised 10BASE-T1L 2-wire Ethernet according to IEEE with extensions for use in process automation, including intrinsic safety for explosion protection.
Emergency evacuations – ensuring efficient and reliable roll calls
In today’s digitally-enabled world, technology holds the key. Risky processes In theory, any sort of evacuation roll call should be a swift and efficient process, whether it’s a training exercise or a real life emergency. But in reality, it’s rare for drills to be met with enthusiasm or a sense of urgency. Confusion can also slow the ...
HazardEx - Events
Upcoming events... October 2024. 16/10/2024 Oil & Gas Thailand 2024 (Thailand) 22/10/2024 Fuel & Gas Logistics 2024 (Germany) 22/10/2024 Gas, LNG & The Future of Energy (United Kingdom) 23/10/2024 Hazardex in the Regions: Southampton (United Kingdom) 23/10/2024 Hydrogen Technology Expo Europe (Germany) November 2024. 04/11/2024 ADIPEC 2024 (UAE)
Process safety: managing risk in high-hazard industries
2023年11月14日 · Process safety focuses on preventing various high-risk workplace hazards, such as explosions, high-impact fires, chemical releases, and structural collapses. A proper process safety plan includes controls and protocols that reduce the risk of these incidents, protect employees from harm, and prevent production delays and other productivity issues.
Options for mitigating spark flash dangers in hazardous environments
Table 1. UL 913 hazardous locations. In Class I hazardous locations, flammable gases or vapours can be ignited by sparks caused by electronic switching, arcing or high surface temperature of the apparatus devices. For Class II and III hazardous locations, the greatest area of concern is if the temperature is higher than the ignition point of ...
Understanding effective audible and visual alarm notification
2020年10月5日 · The ‘A’ weighting network is the most widely used. SPL quoted in dB (A) at a distance of 1m can be converted to an estimate of effective distance as the SPL reduces by 6dB as the distance doubles. The effective distance of a 100dB (A) @ 1 metre alarm in an ambient of 65dB (A) is the distance at which the sounder output level reduces to 70 ...
Intrinsically safe Ethernet gives access to hazardous areas
The 9400 Series delivers Intrinsically Safe power over Ethernet allowing live connection and disconnection of the end device in Zone 0 and Zone 1 hazardous areas typically reducing the cost of installing the LAN in hazardous areas by 40%. The series comprises a wireless LAN access point, managed Ethernet switch, copper to fibre media converter ...
HazardEx - Making safe waves in hazardous areas
The best solution to minimise costs and extend the diversity of antenna’s in hazardous areas is to find a way of using standard industrial antennas. This is possible if the output of the RF transceiver is intrinsically safe, Ex i in accordance with EN60079-11. The classic ‘zener barrier’, a safety barrier consisting of a current limiter ...
HazardEx - Case Studies
A highly dextrous, Jenga-playing robot with a human touch used to maintain a fusion energy machine has met its identical superhero twin for the first time. Both known as MASCOT, the identical manipulators are being put through their paces in a series of practice ‘rescue missions’ where each saves its stranded sibling to limit potential ...