Installation Manual

308014EN, Edition 4

Rosemount Tank Radar REX

May 2013

Chapter 2 Safety

 

 

2.Safety

Rosemount TankRadar REX equipment is often used in areas where flammable materials are handled and where an explosive atmosphere may be present. To protect both the plant and the personnel, precautions must be taken to ensure that this atmosphere cannot be ignited. These areas are called hazardous areas and equipment within these areas must be explosion protected.

A number of different explosion protection techniques have been developed over the years. Intrinsic safety and explosion proof (or flame proof) safety are two techniques.

2.1Intrinsic Safety

Intrinsic safety, IS, is based on the principle of restricting electrical energy available in hazardous-area circuits such that any sparks or hot surfaces, that may occur as a result of electrical faults in components, are unable to cause ignition. Intrinsic safety is the only technique accepted for Zone 0 hazardous areas. It is also safe for personnel and allows equipment to be maintained without the need for a gas-free certificate.

For example, temperature measurement with the DAU is intrinsically safe.

The basic principles of intrinsic safety are:

•All flammable materials are grouped according to the energy needed to ignite them.

•Equipment located in hazardous areas are classified according to the maximum surface temperature that it can produce and this must be safe with the flammable gases that may be present.

•Hazardous areas are classified according to the probability that an explosive atmosphere is present, and this dictates whether or not a particular explosion protection technique may be used.

Note!

For trouble shooting and repair work of components in or in connection

 

to intrinsically safe equipment, strict observance of the following rules is

 

necessary:

 

- Disconnect the power supply to the Radar Tank Gauge.

 

- Use a certified battery operated instrument only.

 

- Use Rosemount TankRadar REX original spare parts only.

 

Replacement with non-original spare parts may jeopardize the intrinsic

 

safety.

 

 

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308014EN, Edition 4 specifications

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