Title: Modelling of design parameters of intrinsically safe instruments for the safety of oil, gas and coal industries

Authors: Jitendra Kumar Singh; Gautam Banerjee; Arvind Kumar Singh; Rajendra Kumar Vishwakarma

Addresses: Mine Mechanization and Technology Development, CSIR – Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, Barwa Road, Dhanbad-826 015, India ' Mine Mechanization and Technology Development, CSIR – Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, Barwa Road, Dhanbad-826 015, India ' Flameproof and Equipment Safety, CSIR – Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, Barwa Road, Dhanbad-826 015, India ' Nagpur Research Centre – Fuel Sciences, CSIR – Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, 17/C, Telangkhedi Area, Civil lines, Nagpur-440 001, India

Abstract: Intrinsic safety is the safest technique to prevent explosions that might occur in underground coal mines and process industries in the presence of explosive atmosphere. Designing of intrinsically safe equipment require keeping its energy below the minimum ignition energy of the explosive gases. In this work, three empirical relations based on standard IS/IEC 60079-11 have been proposed for the first time and used in the calculation of short circuit current (I), permitted capacitance (C) and inductance (L) of intrinsically safe circuits designed for gas groups IIA, IIB, IIC and I. The calculated values are compared with the available experimental and reported values. A fairly good agreement has been obtained between them. The designers of intrinsically safe circuits can use these relations as a very handy tool especially for the explosive gas atmosphere of underground coal mines and process industries. This research will contribute to the reduction of fatal accidents due to explosive gases. [Received: August 20, 2017; Accepted: March 11, 2018]

Keywords: coal technology; ex-equipment; explosive gas group; inductance; intrinsic safety; intrinsically safe instrument; permitted capacitance; modelling; process industry; short circuit current; IS/IEC 60079-11.

DOI: 10.1504/IJOGCT.2019.103086

International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology, 2019 Vol.22 No.3, pp.417 - 431

Received: 20 Aug 2017
Accepted: 11 Mar 2018
Published online: 15 Oct 2019 *

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