1、BRITISH STANDARDBS EN 14983:2007Explosion prevention and protection in underground mines Equipment and protective systems for firedamp drainageThe European Standard EN 14983:2007 has the status of a British StandardICS 13.230; 73.100.20g49g50g3g38g50g51g60g44g49g42g3g58g44g55g43g50g56g55g3g37g54g44g
2、3g51g40g53g48g44g54g54g44g50g49g3g40g59g38g40g51g55g3g36g54g3g51g40g53g48g44g55g55g40g39g3g37g60g3g38g50g51g60g53g44g42g43g55g3g47g36g58BS EN 14983:2007This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 29 June 2007 BSI 2007ISBN 978 0 580 54456
3、9National forewordThis British Standard was published by BSI. It is the UK implementation of EN 14983:2007.The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee FSH/23, Fire precautions in industrial and chemical plant.A list of organizations represented on this committee can
4、be obtained on request to its secretary.This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations. Amendments issued since publicationAmd.
5、 No. Date CommentsEUROPEAN STANDARDNORME EUROPENNEEUROPISCHE NORMEN 14983March 2007ICS 73.100.20English VersionExplosion prevention and protection in underground mines -Equipment and protective systems for firedamp drainageProtection contre lexplosion dans les mines souterraines -Appareils et systme
6、s de protection destins au captagedu grisouExplosionsschutz in untertgigen Bergwerken - Gerte undSchutzsysteme zur Absaugung von GrubengasThis European Standard was approved by CEN on 13 January 2007.CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the condit
7、ions for giving this EuropeanStandard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such nationalstandards may be obtained on application to the CEN Management Centre or to any CEN member.This European Standard exists in three of
8、ficial versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translationunder the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN Management Centre has the same status as theofficial versions.CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria,
9、 Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.EUROPEAN COMMITTEE F
10、OR STANDARDIZATIONCOMIT EUROPEN DE NORMALISATIONEUROPISCHES KOMITEE FR NORMUNGManagement Centre: rue de Stassart, 36 B-1050 Brussels 2007 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reservedworldwide for CEN national Members.Ref. No. EN 14983:2007: EEN 14983:2007 (E) 2 Contents Page
11、Foreword4 Introduction .5 1 Scope 6 2 Normative references 6 3 Terms and definitions .6 4 Equipment and protective systems for firedamp drainage.8 4.1 General8 4.2 Borehole standpipes .8 4.3 Drainage pipes for seals and stoppings .12 4.4 Water separators at drainage points .12 4.5 Firedamp pipes 12
12、4.5.1 General requirements for firedamp pipes .12 4.5.2 Measuring points for measuring equipment in firedamp drainage pipes13 4.6 Pressure vessels in firedamp drainage plant .13 4.7 Exhausters13 4.7.1 Requirements for exhausters .13 4.7.2 Reserve exhausters.14 4.7.3 Location of exhausters .14 4.8 Ve
13、nting of the drained firedamp.14 4.9 Explosion prevention systems for pipelines 15 4.9.1 Explosion barriers .15 4.9.2 Non-flammable firedamp vent pipe outlets and flame arrester outlets15 4.9.3 Reserve container and operating state .16 4.10 Requirements for the design of electrical safety devices .1
14、6 4.11 Electrostatic ignition risks16 5 Instructions for installation and use17 Annex A (informative) Installation and use of firedamp drainage system 18 A.1 General18 A.2 Work on firedamp pipes18 A.3 Measures to be taken when gas levels fall below or exceed limit values during firedamp drainage 19
15、A.4 Failure or shutdown of exhausters19 Annex B (informative) Monitoring of firedamp drainage system .20 B.1 Examination and inspection by competent persons .20 B.2 Measurement of the drained firedamp mixture and pressure.20 B.2.1 Measurements taken by hand 20 B.2.2 Fixed monitoring equipment 20 B.3
16、 Documentation.21 B.4 Firedamp circuit plan 21 Annex C (informative) Requirements for location of exhausters.22 Annex D (informative) Requirements for gas removal equipment for abandoned surface outlets23 Annex E (informative) Example for calculation of t90 path27 E.1 General27 E.2 Example for calcu
17、lation of t90-path.27 Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive 94/9/EC .29 EN 14983:2007 (E) 3 Bibliography31 Figures Figure 1 Example of connection of roof borehole to collector pipe when measurement and control are accessible
18、9 Figure 2 Example of connection of roof borehole to collector pipe when measurement and control are not accessible .10 Figure 3 Example of connection of floor borehole to collector pipe when measurement and control are accessible11 Figure 4 Example of connection of floor borehole to collector pipe
19、when measurement and control are not accessible .12 Figure 5 Example of explosion prevention system for pipelines with one firedamp vent pipe 15 Figure D.1 Passive gas removal equipment (Type II).25 Figure D.2 Passive gas removal equipment (Type III)26 Figure E.1 Schematic arrangement of a t90-path
20、.28 Tables Table D.1 Requirements for gas removal equipment for abandoned surface outlets24 Table ZA.1 Correspondence between the European Standard and Directive 94/9/EC.29 EN 14983:2007 (E) 4 Foreword This document (EN 14983:2007) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 305 “Potentially exp
21、losive atmospheres - Explosion prevention and protection”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN. This document shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by September 2007, and conflicting national standards shall
22、be withdrawn at the latest by September 2007. This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s). For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA, whic
23、h is an integral part of this document. According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gr
24、eece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. EN 14983:2007 (E) 5 Introduction Firedamp drainage is a technical process for selected gas removal, the
25、 purpose of which is to reduce the risks presented by inflammable gas and air mixtures. Firedamp drainage is therefore a measure for preventive explosion protection. In the mining industry, firedamp is drained from the underground workings of gassy mines, from boreholes and abandoned mine workings t
26、o ensure that mine workers are not exposed to the risks associated with the occurrence of an explosive atmosphere at their place of work. In this case, the explosion risk results from unacceptable accumulations of firedamp occurring in the waste areas and cavities left in the in the rock strata afte
27、r the coal has been extracted from the coal seam. In such cases, the need to drain these accumulations, and the complexity of the drainage system, depends on the amount of firedamp produced by the coal and the likelihood of it occurring in explosive quantities in the mine roadways and coal face. Exa
28、mples of situations that might cause firedamp to move in dangerous concentrations from the waste area or cavities into the mine roadways: a breakdown of the mine ventilation system or a sudden reduction in the underground atmospheric pressure. National legislation in EU coal mining member countries
29、requires workers to be withdrawn to a safe place if firedamp levels attain a specific nationally defined value in the general body of mine air. Firedamp drainage is therefore often used in gassy mines in an attempt to ensure that the concentration of firedamp in the general body of mine air is kept
30、well below this critical level, even during abnormal situations such as those described above. Once the accumulations of firedamp have been drained from the affected areas, it is usually discharged to the mine surface, but in some cases it is discharged into the mine return ventilation system. In sy
31、stems where the firedamp is brought to the mine surface, it is discharged to the atmosphere through an earthed metallic discharge stack or pressurized and delivered to a utilisation system, such as a gas-fired boiler. In abandoned mines, firedamp drainage is used to prevent gas pressure building up
32、and gas issuing at the surface in an uncontrolled manner, and to protect workers at an adjacent nearby mine or to allow it to be utilized, for example by burning it in a gas-fired boiler to produce heat or to generate electricity. EN 14983:2007 (E) 6 1 Scope This standard specifies the requirements
33、for equipment and protective systems for firedamp drainage at mines. It also contains requirements for the construction and monitoring of this equipment and protective systems (see EN 1127-2). This standard does not apply to firedamp utilization systems beyond the utilization shut-off device. 2 Norm
34、ative references The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. EN 1127-2:2002, Explosive atmosp
35、heres Explosion prevention and protection Part 2: Basic concepts and methodology for mining EN 1710:2005, Equipment and components intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres in underground mines EN 1333, Flanges and their joints Pipework components Definition and selection of PN EN 12874,
36、 Flame arresters Performance requirements, test methods and limits for use EN 13237:2003, Potentially explosive atmospheres Terms and definitions for equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres prEN 15089, Explosion isolation systems prEN 61024-1, Protectio
37、n of structures against fire, explosion and life hazards EN 61508 (all parts), Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems 3 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN 1127-2:2002 and EN 13237:2003 and
38、the following apply: 3.1 electrostatic leakage resistance electrical resistance measured between an object and earth 3.2 active explosion isolation system system which is designed to be activated by a detector and control and indicating equipment (CIE) which are inherent parts of the system and stop
39、 explosions from travelling through pipelines or limit destructive effects of the explosion prEN 15089:2004, 3.12.1 3.3 starting by-pass temporary and specific by-passing of a safety device when starting the exhauster of a firedamp drainage plant EN 14983:2007 (E) 7 3.4 design pressure pd pressure a
40、t the top of each chamber of the pressure equipment chosen for the derivation of the calculation pressure of each component2 EN 764-1:2004, 3.10 3.5 pressure pressure relative to atmospheric pressure, i.e. gauge pressure. As a consequence, vacuum is designated by a negative value EN 764-1:2004, 3.3
41、3.6 flame arrester device fitted to the opening of an enclosure or to the connecting pipework of a system of enclosures and whose intended function is to allow flow, but prevent the transmission of flame NOTE This device should not be confused with a fire barrier, which is ineffective in case of exp
42、losion. EN 13237:2003, 3.41 3.7 firedamp any potentially explosive mixture of flammable gases naturally occurring, which may form a hazardous mixture when combined with air NOTE As firedamp mainly consists of methane, in mining practice, the terms “firedamp” and “methane” are frequently used as syno
43、nyms. EN 1127-2:2003, 3.1 3.8 firedamp collector pipe gas pipes connected directly to one or more boreholes or gas drainage points 3.9 firedamp mains pipe gas pipes connected to more than one gas collector pipe 3.10 extinguishing system system that is used to discharge suppressant agent to extinguis
44、h flame and keep it from propagating into the vent pipe 3.11 technically leaktight made in such a way that no changes in gas composition occur. NOTE 1 Gas pipes, items of plant and equipment, including all detachable and non-detachable connections can be technically leaktight. NOTE 2 The term “techn
45、ically leaktight” means that diffusion through statically stressed seals can occur. EN 14983:2007 (E) 8 3.12 t90-path distance between the monitoring position and the shut-off device NOTE This distance depends on the measured gas/air mixture, taking account of the velocity of flow, the response time
46、 (according to EN 61779-1) of the measurement device, the tripping time and the closing time of the rapid shut-off device; the response time is the time taken to achieve 90% of the final indication. 4 Equipment and protective systems for firedamp drainage 4.1 General Electrical and mechanical equipm
47、ent used in firedamp drainage shall not pose an explosion risk. For this reason: equipment used in the firedamp drainage systems where flammable gas is likely to occur shall be explosion protected either Group I Category M1 or M2, or, if on the surface, Group II Category 1 or 2; where measuring equi
48、pment is in direct contact with firedamp/air concentration within the explosive range (e.g. the purity measuring instruments), it shall be category M1 ignition protected. In surface installations, Group II, Category 1 equipment may be used; the drainage system shall have a facility to allow it to be
49、 shut down, usually automatically, where the concentration of extracted firedamp in the pipework reaches a prescribed limit, taking into account the response time of the monitoring equipment and the t90-path (see Annex E). NOTE 1 Care is needed during start-up of the firedamp drainage system when the pipework will be full of air and will at some stage pass through the explosive range. NOTE 2 Normally, the explosive range for firedamp/air mixtures is specified within a range of about 5 % by volume to 15 % by volume methane.
