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http://dx.doi.org/10.14346/JKOSOS.2018.33.3.39

A Study on Gas Explosion Hazardous Ranges for International Electrotechnical Commission Technical Standards  

Jung, Jae Yong (Department of Safety Engineering, Pukyong National University)
Lee, Chang Jun (Department of Safety Engineering, Pukyong National University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Safety / v.33, no.3, 2018 , pp. 39-45 More about this Journal
Abstract
The occupational safety and health act defines how to evaluate the explosion hazardous areas according to KS (Korean Industrial Standards). Current KS have to follow IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) 60079-10-1 1st edition and there has been no change since 2008. And its 2nd edition has been revised in 2015. In this study, IEC 1st Ed. (IEC 60079-10-1 1st edition) is compared with IEC 2nd edition. Total 112 case studies including four materials (methane, propane, benzene, methanol) are selected to test and explosion hazardous ranges evaluated by IEC 1st and 2nd Ed. are analyzed according to various leakage pressures and hole sizes. In order to verify the results calculated by them, PHAST, which is one of the most representative consequence analysis programs, is employed. As a result, it can be concluded that there are many differences between IEC 1st and 2nd Ed. due to the discharge and the ventilation parameters. As comparing with PHAST, it is confirmed that IEC 1st provides more conservative values than PHAST. Even if IEC 2nd Ed. provides more conservative for gases, this fails to provide more conservative values for liquids. Therefore, it is worth to note that a large value between the explosion hazardous ranges value calculated by the IEC 1st Ed. and 2nd Ed. should be selected until further investigation and analysis is made. Morevover, the full consideration for IEC 2nd Ed. have to be needed.
Keywords
explosion hazardous range; international electrotechnical commission 60079-10-1;
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