I would look into the "Intrinsic Safety - Electrical Apparatus for Potentially Explosive Atmospheres" standards. EN 50014 and EN 50020 cover these. Factory Mutual, UL, and the Instrument Society of America also have similar standards for this type of equipment. Hope this helps.
Mel Pedersen Midcom, Inc. Homologations Engineer Phone: (605) 882-8535 mailto:[email protected] Fax: (605) 882-8633 -----Original Message----- From: Brian At Work [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 10:49 AM To: IEEE Group Subject: Flamible Liquids and Vapors Hello Group, Our company is working on a small laboratory device, about the size of a computer tower, that contains, in addition to electronic components, about 1 gallon (3.8 liter) of a solvent chemical. The solvent can be one or a combination of several different chemicals such as acetone, methanol, ethanol, etc.. These chemicals and/or vapors are flammable and could possibly cause a fire or explosion under the right conditions. Protection against the ignition or explosion of a flammable liquid is not directly covered in the EN61010 safety standard (or not as I have found). Is there another standard that addresses these requirements more specifically? Does anyone with experience in this area have some advice or a summary of requirements they could give me? Thank you for your time, Brian Kunde --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators).
