API RP 505-1997 Recommended Practice for Classification of Locations for Electrical Installations at Petroleum Facilities Classified as Class I Zone 0 Zone 1 and Zone 2 (FIRST EDIT.pdf

1、Recommended Practice for Classification of Locations for Electrical Installations at Petroleum Facilities Classified as Class I, Zone 0, Zone 1, and Zone 2API RECOMMENDED PRACTICE 505FIRST EDITION, NOVEMBER 1997REAFFIRMED, AUGUST 2013Recommended Practice for Classification of Locations for Electrica

2、l Installations at Petroleum Facilities Classified as Class I, Zone 0, Zone 1, and Zone 2Manufacturing, Distribution and Marketing DepartmentAPI RECOMMENDED PRACTICE 505FIRST EDITION, NOVEMBER 1997REAFFIRMED, AUGUST 2013SPECIAL NOTESAPI publications necessarily address problems of a general nature.

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14、W., Washington, D.C. 20005.Copyright 1997 American Petroleum InstituteFOREWORDThis Recommended Practice is under the joint jurisdiction of the API Exploration andProduction (E it is anticipated that the 1999 NEC will also reference RP505 inArticle 505.API publications may be used by anyone desiring

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17、te, 1220 L Street,N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005.iiiCONTENTSPage1 SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

18、 . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2 Scope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.1 Industry Codes, Gu

19、ides and Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.2 Government Codes, Rules, and Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATED DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.1 Acronyms . . . . . .

20、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.2 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 BASIC CONDITIONS FOR A FIRE OR EXPLOSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

21、 . . . . . . . 85 FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS, GASES, AND VAPORS . . . . . . 85.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.2 Flammable and Combustible Liquids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

22、 . . . . . . . 85.3 Flammable Highly Volatile Liquids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.4 Flammable Lighter-Than-Air Gases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.5 National Electrical Code Grouping of Atmospheric Mixtures . . . .

23、 . . . . . . . . . . 96 CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.2 Sources of Release (IEC 79-10, Mod) .

24、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.3 Zone Designation (IEC 79-10, Mod) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.4 Extent of Zone (IEC 79-10, Mod) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.5 National Electric

25、al Code Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.6 Ventilation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166.7 Adjacent Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

26、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186.8 Use of Combustible Gas Detection Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 EXTENT OF A CLASSIFIED LOCATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

27、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207.2 Outdoor Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217.3 Enclosed Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

28、RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DETERMINING DEGREE AND EXTENT OFCLASSIFIED LOCATIONSCOMMON APPLICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218.2 Recommendations for Areas Surrounding Sp

29、ecific Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DETERMINING DEGREE AND EXTENT OFCLASSIFIED LOCATIONS IN PETROLEUM REFINERIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369.1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30、369.2 Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3610 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DETERMINING DEGREE AND EXTENT OFCLASSIFIED LOCATIONS AT DRILLING RIGS AND PRODUCTIONFACILITIES ON LAND AND ON MARINE FIXED PLATFORMS. . . . . . . . . . . . 44v

31、Page10.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4410.2 Drilling Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4410.3 Production Facilities . . . . . . . . .

32、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4410.4 Drilling Wells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4410.5 Producing Oil and Gas Wells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

33、 . . . . . 5110.6 Oil and Gas Processing and Storage Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5610.7 Automatic Custody Transfer (ACT) Units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5710.8 Flammable Gas-Blanketed Equipment and Produced/Processed WaterHandling Equipmen

34、t. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5810.9 Compressor or Pump Handling Flammable Liquids, Gases, or Vapors . . . . . . 5810.10 Drip Pans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35、 . 5910.11 Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5910.12 Sumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6210.13 Drains . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

36、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6310.14 Reserved for Future Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6510.15 Screwed Connections, Flanges, Valves, and Valve Operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651

37、0.16 Control Panels Containing Instrumentation Utilizing or MeasuringFlammable Liquids, Gases, or Vapors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6611 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DETERMINING DEGREE AND EXTENT OFCLASSIFIED LOCATIONS ON MOBILE OFFSHORE DRILLING UNITS(MODUS) . . . . . .

38、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6711.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6711.2 Definitions Specific to MODUS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

39、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6811.3 Reserved for Future Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6811.4 Classified Locations on Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUS) . . . . . . . . 6811.5 Basis for Area Classification . . . . . . . . .

40、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6911.6 Classification of Hazardous (Classified) Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7011.7 Drill Floor and Derrick Areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7111.8 Substructure or M

41、oonpool Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7111.9 Mud System Processing Equipment Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7811.10 Mud Tanks (After Discharge of Final Degasser) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7811.11 Mud Di

42、tches or Troughs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8011.12 Mud Pumps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8011.13 Mud Processing Equipment (Between the Bell Nipple and Mud Discharge

43、of Final Degasser). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8211.14 Desander or Desilter (Between Mud Discharge of Final Degasser andthe Mud Pit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

44、 . 8211.15 Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8311.16 Diverter Line Outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8411.17 Blowout Preventer (BOP). . . . . . .

45、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8411.18 Well Test Equipment Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8411.19 Rooms Used to Store Paint (Paint Lockers). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8411.20 Bat

46、tery Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8411.21 Reserved for Future Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8411.22 Helicopter Fuel Storage Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

47、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8411.23 Classification of Adjacent Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8412 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DETERMINING DEGREE AND EXTENT OFCLASSIFIED LOCATIONS AT DRILLING RIGS AND PRODUCTIONFACILITIES ON FLOATING PRODUCTION UNI

48、TS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8512.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85viPage12.2 Floating Production Storage and Offloading Units (FPSOS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8512.3 Tension Leg Platfor

49、ms (TLPS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8512.4 Spars, Caissons, and Similar Units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8512.5 Classification of Adjacent Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8513 RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8914 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DETERMINING DEGREE AND EXTENT OFCLASSIFIED LOCATIONS AT PETROLEUM PIPELINETRANSPORTATION FACILITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .