Classification of hazardous areas produced by maintenance interventions on N.G. distribution networks and in the presence of open surface of flammable liquid

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 593-602

  Tommasini, Riccardo ^a   Pons, Enrico ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hazardous area classification; inflammable liquid; natural gas

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; FLAMMABILITY; HAZARDS; LIQUIDS; NATURAL GAS;

AREA CLASSIFICATION; CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS; FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS; GAS DISTRIBUTION NETWORK; HAZARDOUS AREA; INFLAMMABLE LIQUIDS; NATIONAL STANDARD; RISK OF EXPLOSIONS;

GAS EMISSIONS;

EID: 84859051877     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2011.2180690     Document Type: Article

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