Foreword
1 General
1.1 Scope
1.2 References
1.3 Purpose
2 Definitions and terms
2.10 Explosive limits
3 Safety and area classification
3.1 Safety principles
3.2 Area classification objective
4 Area classification procedure
4.1 General
4.2 Sources of release
4.3 Type of Zone
4.4 Extent of Zone
4.5 Extent of zone - General comments
5 Ventilation
5.1 General
5.2 Main types of ventilation
5.3 Degree of ventilation
5.4 Availability of ventilation
6 Documentation
6.1 General
6.2 Drawings, data sheets and tables
Annex A (Informative) Examples of sources of release
A.1 Process plants and facilities
A.2 Openings
Annex B (Informative) ventilation
B.1 Natural ventilation
B.2 Artificial ventilation
B.3 Degree of ventilation
B.4 Assessment of degree of ventilation and its
influence on the hazardous area
B.5 Availability of ventilation
B.6 Practical guide
B.7 Calculations to ascertain the degree of ventilation
Annex C (Informative) Examples of hazardous area classification
Annex D (Informative) Use of combustible gas detection equipment
Annex E (Informative) United States major deviations