Indian Maritime University: 3) Intrinsic Safety
Indian Maritime University: 3) Intrinsic Safety
Indian Maritime University: 3) Intrinsic Safety
1) Hazards of petroleum
2) Static electricity & bonding wire
3) Intrinsic safety
4) Gas sampling equipment
5) Gas freeing, Tank entry & Tank cleaning
6) Ship / shore safety check-list
7) Pressure vacuum valves
8) Emergency shut down system
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Safety on tankers
1.4.3
Intrinsic safety
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Indian Maritime University
BNA 023 CARGO HANDLING & STOWAGE
Block no. 1 Cargo handling and Care
Unit No. 1 Cargo pumps and Piping Systems
Topic 1.4 Safety on tankers
3) Intrinsic safety
• Intrinsically safe
• An electrical circuit or part of a circuit is intrinsically
safe if any spark or thermal effect produced normally
(i.e. by breaking or closing the circuit) or accidentally
(e.g. by short circuit or earth fault) is incapable, under
prescribed test conditions, of igniting a prescribed
gas mixture.
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Indian Maritime University
BNA 023 CARGO HANDLING & STOWAGE
Block no. 1 Cargo handling and Care
Unit No. 1 Cargo pumps and Piping Systems
Topic 1.4 Safety on tankers
3) Intrinsic safety