Overview

This part of DIN EN 60079 (VDE 0170) gives requirements for the design, construction, testing and marking of electrical equipment for use in explosive atmospheres in which a) a protective gas maintained at a pressure above that of the external atmospheres is used to guard against the formation of an explosive gas atmosphere within enclosures which do not contain an internal source of release of flammable gas or vapour; b) a protective gas maintained at a pressure above that of the external atmosphere is used to guard against the formation of an explosive gas atmosphere within enclosures and is supplied to an enclosure containing one or more internal sources of release in order to guard against the formation of an explosive gas atmosphere; or c) a protective gas maintained at a pressure above that of the external atmosphere, is used to prevent the entry of combustible dust which might otherwise lead to the formation of an explosive dust atmosphere within enclosures, but only where there is no internal source of release of combustible dust. This standard includes requirements for the equipment and its associated equipment including the inlet and exhaust ducts, and also for the auxiliary control equipment necessary to ensure that pressurization and/or dilution is established and maintained. This standard supplements and modifies the general requirements of DIN EN 60079-0 (VDE 0170-1). The responsible committee is DKE/K 241 "Schlagwetter- und explosionsgeschützte elektrische Betriebsmittel" ("Electrical apparatus for potentially explosive atmospheres") of the DKE (German Commission for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies) at DIN and VDE.

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Responsible national committee

DKE/K 241 - Schlagwetter- und explosionsgeschützte elektrische Betriebsmittel