ANSI UL 60079-0-2009 UL Standard for Safety Explosive atmospheres C Part 0 Equipment C General requirements (Fifth Edition Reprint with Revisions Through and Including December 08 .pdf

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2、L NOT AUTHORIZED FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION ORDISTRIBUTION WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM ULUL Standard for Safety for Explosive atmospheres Part 0: Equipment General requirements, UL60079-0Fifth Edition, Dated October 21, 2009Summary of TopicsThis revision to ANSI/UL 60079-0, the Standard for Safety for Exp

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11、RIZED FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION ORDISTRIBUTION WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM ULISA The International Society of AutomationANSI/ISA 60079-0 (12.00.01)-2009Fifth EditionUnderwriters Laboratories Inc.ANSI/UL 60079-0Fifth EditionExplosive atmospheres Part 0: Equipment General requirementsOctober 21, 2009(Title

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19、ndards, visit Comm 2000 at http:/m- call toll-free 1-888-853-3503.UL COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL NOT AUTHORIZED FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION ORDISTRIBUTION WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM ULCONTENTSGeneral Notes 7Preface (ISA) .8National Differences .12FOREWORD .131 Scope 152 Normative references .183 Terms and defini

20、tions 264 Equipment grouping 344.1 Group I 344.2 Group II 354.3 Group III .354.4 Equipment for a particular explosive atmosphere 365 Temperatures .365.1 Environmental influences .365.2 Service temperature .375.3 Maximum surface temperature 386 Requirements for all electrical apparatus 416.1 General

21、416.2 Mechanical strength of equipment .426.3 Opening times 436.4 Circulating currents 436.5 Gasket retention 446.6 Electromagnetic and ultrasonic energy radiating equipment .447 Non-metallic enclosures and non-metallic parts of enclosures .467.1 General 467.2 Thermal endurance 487.3 Resistance to l

22、ight .487.4 Electrostatic charges on external non-metallic materials 497.5 Threaded holes .528 Metallic enclosures and metallic parts of enclosures .528.1 Material composition .528.2 Threaded holes .559 Fasteners .559.1 General 559.2 Special fasteners 559.3 Holes for special fasteners .5610 Interloc

23、king devices .5711 Bushings 5712 Materials used for cementing .5713 Ex components .5813.1 General .5813.2 Mounting 5813.3 Internal mounting .5813.4 External mounting 5914 Connection facilities and termination compartments .5914.1 General .59OCTOBER 21, 2009 ANSI/ISA 60079-0 (12.00.01)-2009 ANSI/UL 6

24、0079-0 3UL COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL NOT AUTHORIZED FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION ORDISTRIBUTION WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM UL14.2 Termination compartment .5914.3 Type of protection 5914.4 Creepage and clearance 5915 Connection facilities for earthing or bonding conductors .5915.1 Equipment requiring earthing 59

25、15.2 Equipment not requiring earthing .6015.3 Size of conductor connection 6115.4 Protection against corrosion .6215.5 Secureness of electrical connections .6216 Entries into enclosures 6216.1 General .6216.2 Identification of entries 6316.3 Cable glands 6316.4 Blanking elements 6316.5 Temperature a

26、t branching point and entry point 6416.6 Electrostatic charges of cable sheaths 6417 Supplementary requirements for rotating electrical machines .6617.1 Fans and fan hoods 6617.2 Ventilation openings for external fans .6617.3 Construction and mounting of the ventilating systems .6617.4 Clearances fo

27、r the ventilating system .6717.5 Materials for external fans and fan hoods .6717.6 Equipotential bonding conductors 6718 Supplementary requirements for switchgear 6718.1 Flammable dielectric 6718.2 Disconnectors .6818.3 Group I Provisions for locking 6818.4 Doors and covers 6919 Supplementary requir

28、ements for fuses 6920 Supplementary requirements for plugs, socket outlets and connectors 6920.1 Interlocking 6920.2 Energized plugs 7121 Supplementary requirements for luminaires 7121.1 General .7121.2 Covers for luminaires of EPL Gb or EPL Db .7121.3 Covers for luminaires of EPL Gc or EPL Dc .7221

29、.4 Special lamps 7222 Supplementary requirements for caplights and handlights 7222.1 Group I caplights .7222.2 Group II and Group III caplights and handlights 7323 Equipment incorporating cells and batteries 7323.1 General .7323.2 Batteries 7323.3 Cell types .7323.4 Cells in a battery .7423.5 Rating

30、s of batteries .7423.6 Interchangeability 7523.7 Charging of primary batteries 7523.8 Leakage 7523.9 Connections .7523.10 Orientation .7523.11 Replacement of cells or batteries 7523.12 Replaceable battery pack 76OCTOBER 21, 2009ANSI/ISA 60079-0 (12.00.01)-2009 ANSI/UL 60079-04UL COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL

31、 NOT AUTHORIZED FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION ORDISTRIBUTION WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM UL24 Documentation .7625 Compliance of prototype or sample with documents .7626 Type tests .7626.1 General .7626.2 Test configuration 7726.3 Tests in explosive test mixtures 7726.4 Tests of enclosures .7726.5 Thermal tes

32、ts 8226.6 Torque test for bushings 8526.7 Non-metallic enclosures or non-metallic parts of enclosures .8626.8 Thermal endurance to heat 8726.9 Thermal endurance to cold 8726.10 Resistance to light .8826.11 Resistance to chemical agents for Group I electrical equipment .8826.12 Earth continuity .8926

33、.13 Surface resistance test of parts of enclosures of non-metallic materials 9126.14 Charging tests 9226.15 Measurement of capacitance .9627 Routine tests .9728 Manufacturers responsibility .9728.1 Conformity with the documentation .9728.2 Certificate .9828.3 Responsibility for marking .9829 Marking

34、 9829.1 Location .9829.2 General .9929.3 Ex marking for explosive gas atmospheres .10029.4 Ex marking for explosive dust atmospheres 10329.5 Combined types of protection .10629.6 Multiple types of protection .10629.7 Ga using two independent Gb types of protection .10729.8 Ex components .10729.9 Sma

35、ll equipment and small Ex components 10829.10 Extremely small equipment and extremely small Ex components .10929.11 Warning markings 10929.12 Alternate marking of equipment protection levels (EPLs) 11029.13 Cells and batteries .11229.14 Examples of marking311329.15DV.1 External grounding or bonding

36、terminals 11929.16DV.1 Class I, Division 2, Equivalency Marking 11929.16DV.2 Class I, Division 2, Group C 12029.16DV.3 Class I, Division 2, Group B .12029.16DV.4 Class I, Division 2, Group A .12029.17DV.1 Class I, Division 1, Equivalency Marking 12029.17DV.2 Class I, Division 1, Group C 12029.17DV.3

37、 Class I, Division 1, Group B .12129.17DV.4 Class I, Division 1, Group A .12129.18DV.1 Abbreviated Markings 12130 Instructions .12130.1 General 12130.2 Cells and batteries 122OCTOBER 21, 2009 ANSI/ISA 60079-0 (12.00.01)-2009 ANSI/UL 60079-0 5UL COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL NOT AUTHORIZED FOR FURTHER REPRODU

38、CTION ORDISTRIBUTION WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM ULAnnex A (normative) Supplementary requirements for cable glandsA.1 General 123A.2 Constructional requirements 123A.2.1 Cable sealing 123A.2.2 Filling compounds 124A.2.3 Clamping 124A.2.4 Lead-in of cable 125A.2.5 Release by a tool .126A.2.6 Fixing .126A

39、.2.7 Degree of protection 126A.3 Type tests .126A.3.1 Tests of clamping of non-armoured and braided cables .126A.3.2 Tests of clamping of armoured cables 129A.3.3 Type test for resistance to impact 130A.3.4 Test for degree of protection (IP) of cable glands .130A.4 Marking 130A.4.1 Marking of cable

40、glands .130A.4.2 Marking of cable-sealing rings .131Annex B (normative) Requirements for Ex componentsAnnex C (informative) Example of rig for resistance to impact testAnnex D (informative) Introduction of an alternative risk assessment method encompassing“equipment protection levels” for Ex equipme

41、ntD.1 Historical background .136D.2 General 137D.2.1 Mines susceptible to firedamp (Group I) .137D.2.2 Gases (Group II) .137D.2.3 Dusts (Group III) .138D.3 Risk of ignition protection afforded 139D.4 Implementation .139Annex E (informative) Motors supplied by convertersAnnex DVF (Informative) Common

42、 Standards Safety Requirements for Electrical EquipmentAnnex DVG (informative) Equipment groundingBibliographyOCTOBER 21, 2009ANSI/ISA 60079-0 (12.00.01)-2009 ANSI/UL 60079-06UL COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL NOT AUTHORIZED FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION ORDISTRIBUTION WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM ULGeneral NotesThis is

43、 the common ISA and UL Standard for Explosive atmospheres Part 0: Equipment Generalrequirements. It is the Fifth edition of ANSI/ISA 60079-0 and the Fifth edition of ANSI/UL 60079-0. Thisdocument is a modification of the IEC document and includes U.S. deviations encompassing bothadditions and deleti

44、ons of information.ISA 60079-0 and UL 60079-0 contain identical requirements, and identical publication dates. Thepresentation and format of the standards material may differ between the two published standards.This common standard was prepared by International Society of Automation (ISA) and Underw

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