IECEx TEST REPORT
ISO 80079-36
Explosive atmospheres – Part 36:
Non-electrical equipment for explosive atmospheres –
Basic method and requirements
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1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 EPL and equipment groups
4.1 EPL
4.2 Group I
4.3 Group II
4.4 Group III
Equipment for specific
4.5
explosive gas atmospheres
5 Ignition hazard assessment
5.1 General requirements
5.2 Procedure of ignition hazard assessment
Formal Ignition hazard
5.2.1
identification and assessment
5.2.2 Group I equipment assessment
5.2.2.1 For EPL Ma equipment
5.2.2.2 For EPL Mb equipment
5.2.3 Group II and III equipment assessment
5.2.3.1 For EPL Ga or Da
5.2.3.2 For EPL Gb, Db
5.2.3.3 For EPL Gc or Dc
Assessment with
5.2.4
malfunctions
Basic information necessary
5.2.5 for the ignition hazard
assessments
Ignition hazard assessment
5.2.6
report
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6 Assessment of possible ignition sources and control means
6.1 General
6.2 Hot surfaces
6.2.1 General
6.2.2 Ambient temperatures
Establishing the maximum
6.2.3
surface temperature
6.2.4 Group I equipment
6.2.5 Group II equipment
6.2.6 Special cases for Group I and Group II equipment
6.2.6.1 Small surface areas
6.2.6.2 Enclosed volumes
6.2.6.3 External hot surfaces
6.2.7 Group III equipment
6.2.7.1 General
Maximum surface
6.2.7.2 temperature determined
without a dust layer
Maximum surface
6.2.7.3 temperature with respect to
dust layers
Flames and hot gases
6.3
(including hot particles)
6.4 Mechanically generated sparks and hot surfaces
6.4.1 General
6.4.2 Assessment of sparks generated by single impacts
Assessment of single impact
6.4.2.1 sparks as Potential Ignition
Sources
Assessment of single impact
6.4.2.2 sparks as effective ignition
sources
Assessment of sparks and
6.4.3 hot surfaces generated by
friction
External equipment parts
6.4.4
containing light metals
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Electrical ignition sources
6.5
except stray current
6.6 Stray electric currents, cathodic corrosion protection
6.6.1 Internal sources
6.6.2 External sources
6.7 Static electricity
6.7.1 General
Connection facilities for
6.7.2
earthing conducting parts
Prevention of highly efficient
charge generating
mechanisms (leading to
6.7.3
propagating brush discharges
on non-conductive layers and
coatings)
6.7.4 Equipment group I
6.7.5 Equipment group II
6.7.6 Equipment group III
Adiabatic compression and
6.8
shock waves
Exothermic reactions,
6.9
including self-ignition of dusts
7 Additional considerations
Dust deposits and other
7.1 material in the gap of moving
parts
Dust deposits and other
material in the flame
7.2
arresters incorporated in the
equipment
7.3 Opening times of enclosures
7.4 Non-metallic enclosures and non-metallic parts of the equipment
7.4.1 General
7.4.2 Specification of the materials
7.4.3 Thermal endurance
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7.5 Removable parts
7.6 Materials used for cementing
7.7 Light transmitting parts
7.8 Stored energy
8 Verification and tests
8.1 General
8.2 Determination of the maximum surface temperature
8.2.1 General
8.2.2 Hot Surface Ignition Test
8.2.2.1 General
8.2.2.2 Procedure
8.2.2.3 Acceptance criteria
8.3 Mechanical tests
8.3.1 Test for resistance to impact
8.3.2 Drop test
8.3.3 Required results
8.4 Additional tests of non-metallic parts of the equipment relevant for explosion protection
8.4.1 Test temperatures
8.4.2 Tests for Group I equipment
Tests for Group II and III
8.4.3
equipment
8.4.4 Thermal endurance to heat
8.4.5 Thermal endurance to cold
Resistance to chemical
8.4.6 substances for Group I
equipment
8.4.7 Mechanical resistance tests
Surface resistance test of
non-conductive parts of the
8.4.8 equipment relevant for
explosion prevention and
protection
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8.4.9 Thermal shock test
9 Documentation
9.1 Technical documentation
Conformity with the
9.2
documentation
9.3 Certificate
9.4 Responsibility for marking
10 Instructions
11 Marking
11.1 Location
11.2 General
11.3 Warning markings
Marking on very small
11.4
equipment
11.5 Examples of marking
Annex A
Methodology for confirming the EPL
(informative)
Annex B
Explanation of the ignition hazard assessment procedure
(informative)
Annex C
Examples of ignition hazard assessment
(informative)
Annex D
Charging tests with non-conductive materials
(normative)
D.1 General
D.2 Principle of the test
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D.3 Samples and apparatus
D.4 Procedure
D.4.1 Conditioning
D.4.2 Determination of the most efficient charging method
Rubbing with a pure
D.4.2.1 polyamide cloth (see Figure
D.1)
D.4.2.2 Rubbing with a cotton cloth
Charging with a DC high
D.4.2.3 voltage power supply (Figure
D.3)
D.4.2.4 Assessment of discharge
Annex E Consideration of misuse which can reasonably be anticipated during ignition hazard
(informative) assessment procedure
Annex F
Development of different types of incendive electrostatic discharges
(informative)
Protection concepts of types
Annex G of protection "d", "p" and "t"
(normative) acceptable for non-electrical
equipment
Annex H
Volume dependence of auto-ignition temperature
(informative)
Annex I
Relationship between Equipment protection levels (EPLs) and zoneso
(informative)
Measurement Section, including Additional Narrative Remarks (as deemed applicable)
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