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Electrical installations in hazardous areas /

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The Health and Safety at Work Act, together with current and impending EU Directives, obliges those responsible for hazardous areas, those who work in such areas and those who supply equipment for use in such areas to demonstrate that they have taken all necessary and reasonable steps to prevent fir...

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Main Author: McMillan, Alan
Corporate Author: Knovel (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1998.
Subjects:
Explosionproof electric apparatus and appliances.
Electric apparatus and appliances > Safety measures.
Hazardous substances > Safety measures.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Electrical.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Electrical Installations in Hazardous Areas; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Area classification; Chapter 3. Area classification practice for gases, vapours and mists in freely ventilated situations; Chapter 4. Calculation of release rates and the extents of hazardous areas; Chapter 5. Area classification practice for gases, vapours and mists in areas which are not freely ventilated; Chapter 6. Area classification practice for dusts; Chapter 7. Design philosophy for electrical apparatus for explosive atmospheres.