Legislation, Standards and Technology

Design, testing, certification,

installation & maintenance
of electrical equipment in hazardous locations in India
by Wolfgang Berner, Ashwini Bondale and Manikandan Parthasarathy
While there has been done a lot of harmonization in area of hazardous location classification and regarding the equipment design,
testing and installation around the world over
the last decades, there are still significant
differences in the product design, testing and
installation requirements between the International Electrical Commission (IEC) and Indian system. This makes it difficult for international manufacturers and end-users.
The paper will provide and overview on
the codes and standards currently used for
the testing, certification, installation and
maintenance of explosion protected electrical equipment in hazardous locations in India.
It will also discuss the basic requirements
and procedures for importers for getting
CCoE (Chief Controller of Explosives) product
approvals by PESO (Petroleum and Explosion
Safety Organization) or DMGS (Director General of Mines Safety), and the challenges of
this system.
The following topics will be addressed in
the paper:
> Product codes and standards
> Product testing and certification
> Product conformity assessment procedures
> Product approval - Statutory acts and
rules
> Product selection, installation and maintenance
> Differences and alignment with International codes, standards, processes and
procedures (ISO, IEC, NEC and CEC)

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Standardization in the field of

Explosion Protecion
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
The roots of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) date back to Indias pre-independence era. During this period standardization
activity was largely sporadic and was confined to a few government organizations. Today, BIS is the national code laying body in
India, established under the Bureau of Indian
Standards Act 1986. Its main objective is the
harmonious development of the standardisation activities, quality certification of goods
and services, and marking.
Standards Development Process
The standards formulation activity within
BIS is carried out through 14 Division Councils, each responsible for its respective field
of engineering, science and technology. The
Electrotechnical Division Council (ETDC) is
responsible for the standardization in the
field of electrical power generation, transmission, distribution and utilization equipment, insulating materials, winding wires,
measuring and process control instruments
and primary and secondary batteries.
The work of the Electro Technical Division
Council carried out through 37 Sectional
Committees. The primary duty of the Sectional Committees are the development and systematic review of Indian Standards within
their field. One of the EDTC Sectional Committees is ET 22 - Electrical Apparatus for

Explosive Atmospheres.
Its scope is to prepare guidelines and requirements for electrical equipment for use
in explosive atmospheres with the possible
presence of ignitable gas, vapor, liquid, or
dust. This includes area classification, equipment design and construction, testing, selection, installation, inspection, maintenance,
repair and overhaul of explosion protected
equipment.
ET 22 has in principle decided to further
harmonize the national standards with corresponding international standards. Therefore,
the standardization activity at national level
closely follows that of the International Electrotechnical Commission. ET 22 participates
in the standardization activity at international
level. India is a participating member of the
IEC Technical Committee TC 31 Equipment
for Explosive Atmospheres.
International Codes and Standards and their
Relevance in the Indian Scenario
IEC is the international body for developing codes and standards for electrical apparatus used in hazardous areas. CENELEC has
this role in Europe. The situation is slightly
different in the USA, where the National
Electrical Code (NEC) covers the installation
requirements, and product codes and standards are formulated by organizations like Underwriters Laboartories (UL),the International
Society of Automation (ISA), and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
Many countries in the world, including India,
in certain cases accept these international
codes and standards for imported explosion
protected products.
At present, the various Indian codes and
standards for explosion protected equipment
are very old. Many of the codes and standards are based on European EN, Internation-

al IEC, British or German VDE standards

which have undergone multiple changes and
updates in the meantime. Europe for example
has adopted the ATEX Directives 94/9/EC for
manufacturers and 99/92/EC for end-users,
and the CENELEC standards are completely
harmonized with the IEC standards. This has
led to the situation that BIS standards are not
up to date with the international codes and
standards anymore.
Due to this explosion protected products
designed, tested and approved to Indian BIS
standards are not meeting the requirements
to the current international markets, and vice
versa. This is a challenge for Indian manufacturers wanting to export their equipment
to countries based on an up-to-date IEC system, and for importers to India. Products
have to be designed, tested and approved to
both systems.
At present various BIS codes and standards for explosion protected equipment are
being harmonised with IEC standards. However some standards, like the one for the selection and installation of explosion protected electrical equipment, are adopted with a
lot of modifications and variations as Indian
standards. This puts Indian manufacturers
and users at a disadvantage with international manufacturers and users. One example is
that IEC allows the use of equipment of type
of protection Increased Safety e in Zone 1
locations whereas the BIS standard does not
permit this, and restricts its use to Zone 2 areas only. This leads to additional cost for users due to the required use of equipment of
type of protection Flameproof Enclosures d
in places where Ex e / Ex d equipment could
be used.
In addition, with the current standards development procedures and processes within
BIS, the adoption of the IEC standards takes

a very long time.

A list of the currently published standards
developed by ET 22 is shown in Table 4.

Product testing and certification

The testing and certification of explosion
protected products in India are being conducted to the relevant Indian standards under the product licensing scheme of the Bureau of Indian Standards.
The tests are carried out in one of the test
laboratories recognized by the Director General of Mines Safety (DGMS), Chief Controller
of Explosive (CCoE) and BIS:
In India, the Central Institute of Mining &
Fuel Research (CIMFR) in Dhanbad, the Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) in Bangalore, the Electronics Regional Testing Lab
(ERTL) in Kolkata, Karandikar Laboratories
Pvt. Ltd. (KLPL) and Intertek Lab offer product
testing and certification facilities for explosion protected equipment. Karandikar Laboratories also has a technical cooperation
with BASEEFA in England.
In case of products imported from other
countries, two different mechanisms are relevant in India. To obtain DGMS approval of
such products, testing at one of the DGMS
recognised laboratories in India is essential
as well as the field trail testing. Compliance
reports from the country of origin of such
products are currently not acceptable. For
PESO approval, on the other hand, test reports from the foreign test laboratory are
considered (for further information see para
graph titled Product Approval).

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Design, testing, certification, installation & maintenance in India

Product Conformity Assessment

The Bureau of Indian Standards BIS is
empowered to license manufacturers for the
use of the Indian Standards Quality Mark for
explosion protected equipment, and is governed by the provisions of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act 1986. Such a manufacturing license is only needed for equipment with
types of protection Flameproof Enclosures d
and Intrinsic Safety i. Other types of protection are not covered under the BIS quality license and mark scheme.
The BIS license is needed to receive a
product approval from the relevant statutory
bodies, which is described in the following
paragraph.

Product approval statutory acts and rules

Petroleum and Explosive
Safety Organization
The main objective of the Petroleum Explosive Safety Organization (PESO) formerly
Department of Explosives is to ensure safety and security of public and property from
fire and explosion.
The organization as a statutory authority
which is entrusted with the administration of
the Explosives Act, 1884 and the Petroleum
Act, 1934, and the rules framed under these
Acts; to regulate and monitor the manufacture, import, export, transport, possession,
sale and use of explosives, petroleum products and compressed gases as envisaged
under these Acts.
These Acts and their structures are described briefly in the following.
Explosive Act 1884
1. Explosives Rules, 2008
2. Gas Cylinder Rules, 2004
3. Static & Mobile Pressure Vessels (Unfired) Rules, 1981
4. Notification No. GSR 625(E) dated
07.08.1983 regarding Acetylene Generation
Petroleum Act 1934
1. Petroleum Rules, 2002
2. Calcium Carbide Rules, 1987
3. Cinematography Film Rules, 1948
The basic activities of the Petroleum explosive Safety Organisation for the above mentioned Acts and Rules are described briefly in
the following.

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Explosive Rules 2008

The major work of PESO under the Explosives Rules, 2008 relates to granting approval, licences for manufacture of explosives,
authorization of explosives, storage of explosives, import/export of explosives, transport
of explosives by road and packaging for explosives etc. prescribing safe procedures
and methods for manufacture of various
types of explosives including the tools, equipments and machineries.
The organization also carries out investigation of accidents involving explosives and
destruction of unserviceable and seized explosives in the interest of public safety and
security.
In addition PESO also carries out inspection and audit of the new premises for verification/endorsement at the time of grant of licences/approvals and also periodic
inspections of the licensed/approved premises.

Petruleum Rules 2002

Petroleum has been defined under the Act
and Rules as liquid hydrocarbon or a mixture
of liquid hydrocarbons and any inflammable
mixture containing liquid hydrocarbons. The
work relating to administration of these Rules
covers the approval of refineries, petrochemical, oil and gas processing facilities, transport of petroleum by water, land and pipeline,
flameproof and other safety equipments for
use in areas with flammable gases, and the
licensing of storage installations, tank trucks
for transportation by road and air. The organization carries out inspections of these premises to ensure the compliance with the rules
and safety measures.
The Petroleum Explosive Safety Organisa-

tion is currently involved in the regulation of

over 300 000 premises all over India.The approval of the Chief Controller of Explosives
(CCoE) is mandatory for all electrical equipment installed in potentially explosive atmospheres.
Rule 106 of the Petroleum Rules 2002 defines that all electrical equipment used in
hazardous locations requires a CCoE approval. The approval of such equipment is therefore limited to only such areas falling within
the jurisdiction of the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organization.
The Chief Controller of Explosives permits
the use of equipment with types of protection
Flameproof Enclosures d, Intrinsic Safety i,
and Encapsulation m for use in Zone 1 hazardous areas. Non-sparking n and Increased
Safety e equipment are permitted in Zone 2
areas only.

Process for CCoE Approval for Explosion

Protected Equipment
Both, electrical equipment for use in hazardous location manufactured in India or
manufactured outside of the country and imported into India, need a PESO approval before they can be installed and be put in use.
Table1 describes the procedure how to
obtain the PESO approval for electrical
equipment manufactured in India.
Table 2 shows the procedure to obtain a
PESO approval for imported electrical equip
ment:

Requirements

Description

Infrastructural
facilities

Details of infrastructural facilities for production available with

manufacturer. This includes details of manufacturing works, equipment available, testing facilities available, technical manpower
availability and quality control setup.

Engineering
infrastructure

Details of infrastructure available for providing engineering back

up for the products marketed.

Equipment
description

Technical details of the equipment including engineering drawings.

Certification

Certificate from approved test labs confirming that the prototype of

the equipment has passed the tests prescribed by the relevant
standards.

BIS license

Copy of the BIS license confirming that the manufacturing of the

equipment is covered under a quality control scheme. This requirement is mandatory for equipment of type of protection Flameproof
Enclosures d. For other types of explosion protected equipment,
the CCoE grants approval just based on a test certificate.

Note 1: The above mentioned documents have to be submitted before or during starting the manufacturing of
the equipment.
Table 1: PESO approval for equipment manufactured in India

Requirements

Description

Manufacturer's Company
Profile

Details of the profile of the manufacturer to be submitted.

Previous clients/projects
name list

Profile of the user of such type of equipment in other

countries to be submitted.

Company profile of the

Indian agent

Profile of the Indian agent for the manufacturer in the

country.

Infrastructural facilities

Infrastructural facilities available with the Indian agent

for providing technical support for the equipment in the
country.

Agreement between manufacturer and Indian

agent

A copy of the agreement between manufacturer and the

Indian agent spelling out the responsibilities for providing
technical back up for the equipment and training support
to personnel of the Indian agent for such support to be
submitted.

Technical description of
equipment

Technical description of the equipment including drawings wherever applicable.

Certification from IEC or EN

notified bodies

Certification for the equipment from an IEC or ATEX notified body. The certificate should also include both prototypes as well as conformity assessment certification (certificates like ATEX, IECEx etc.).

Note 1: Foreign vendors and original equipment manufacturers are required to receive the PESO approval
certificate before supplying the equipment to India.
Note 2: the above mentioned documents have to be submitted before or during starting the manufacturing of
the equipment.
Table 2: PESO approval for equipment imported into India

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Design, testing, certification, installation & maintenance in India

Area classification, selection, installation

and maintennace of equipment
Area classification
As described above, the Petroleum Explosive Safety Organisation has been entrusted
with the administration of two important Acts
of the Government of India. One is the Explosives Act. 1894 and the other one is the Petroleum Act. 1934.
Three important safety regulations, the
Petroleum Rules 2002, Static & Mobile Pressure Vessels Rules 1981 and Gas Cylinder
Rules 1981 fall within the jurisdiction of the
above Acts. These regulations cover safety
in activities ranging from refining, handling,
transportation to storage of petroleum as
well as other flammable compressed gases.
The Petroleum Rules 2002, provide specific directions in regards to hazardous areas,
their classification, the extent of hazardous
areas and the selection of equipment for use
in various types of hazardous areas.
These rules are used in conjunction with
the Indian Standard IS 5572-1994 Classification of hazardous areas (other than mines)
having flammable gases & vapors for electrical installation, using the IEC-based zone
classification system.
Selection of Equipment
The following information is required for
proper selection of explosion protected
equipment in hazardous areas:
> Classification of hazardous area
> Temperature class and ambient temperature
> Gas group classification
> Environmental condition

Selection of Equipment per Zone

Indian statutory and regulatory organizations
like PESO and BIS as well as consultants like
Engineers India Limited (EIL) follow the Indian Standard IS 5571-2009 Guide for Selection
and Installation of Electrical Equipment in
Hazardous Areas (other than Mines) for selecting and installing equipment in hazardous
locations.
Table 3 lists the equipment type of protection and its suitability for the appropriate hazardous location.
Installation of Equipment
Electrical installations in hazardous areas

shall comply with the following requirements

in addition to the appropriate requirements in
non-hazardous areas.
The electrical apparatus must be used
within power, current, frequency, duty ratings
and such other characteristics. It must be also ensured that temperature classification
for the apparatus has been established for
above ratings.
The selection and installation of the electrical apparatus follows IS 5571-2000 Guide
for selection of electrical equipment for hazardous area in conjunction with IS 134081992 Code of practice for the selection, installation and maintenance of electrical
apparatus for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (other than mining application or
explosive processing manufacture).

Type of Protection

Relevant IS Standard

Suitable for Zone

Intrinsic Safety Ex ia

IS/IEC 60079-11 - 2006

Zone 0, 1 and 2

Intrinsic Safety Ex ib

IS/IEC 60079-11 - 2006

Zone 1 and 2

Flameproof Enclosures Ex d

IS/IEC 60079-1 - 2007

Zone 1 and 2

Pressurized or Purged Ex p

IS/IEC 60079-2 - 2007

Zone 1 and 2

Encapsulation Ex m

IS/IEC 60079-18 - 2004

Zone 1 and 2

Powder Filled Ex q

IS/IEC 60079-5 - 2007

Zone 1 and 2

Oil Immersed Ex o

IS 7693
IEC 60079-6-1995

Zone 1 and 2

Increased Safety Ex e

IS/IEC 60079-7 - 2006*

Zone 2

Non-Sparking n

IS/IEC 60079-15 - 2005

Zone 2

Note *: Internationally the type of protection Ex e is allowed in Zone 1 areas per IEC 60079-7 and IEC 60079-14.
As per Indian Standard IS 5571 Guide for Selection and Installation of Electrical Equipment in Hazardous Areas
(other than Mines) an associated terminal housing of type Ex e is allowed in Zone 1. However other Ex e apparatus is not allowed in Zone 1, and is allowed in Zone 2 only.
Table 3: Equipment type of protection and hazardous location suitability

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> Type of Protection Flameproof

Enclosures d
Flameproof equipment having flange joints
must be installed in such a way that there
is no solid structural obstacle near the
flange joints. The minimum clearance
shall comply with the standard requirements.
Flameproof joints shall be protected
against corrosion and ingress of water.
Silicon grease may be used for protection
of flange joints from corrosion. The flange
joint should not be tapped for preventing
ingress of water. The use of gaskets is allowed only when permitted by the equipment documentation.
> Terminals
All terminals in equipment with type of
protection Ex e, Ex i, or Ex n shall be either
individually certified or certified along
with the equipment.
Hazardous areas like coal mines and other mines are covered under the standard IS
9959-1980 Guide for the selection of electrical and electronic equipment for coalmines
and IS 4501-1967 Code of practice for installation and maintenance of Ex equipment in
mines.
The installations in hazardous locations
have to be approved by statutory authorities
like the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO), the Director General of
Mines Safety (DGMS) or the Director General
of Factory Advise Service and Labor Institute
(DGFASLI), depending on the hazardous area.
This is very often a complicated and time
consuming process.

Inspection and Maintenance of Equipment

The basic inspection and maintenance requirements for electrical equipment used in
hazardous location electrical equipment are
covered in the Indian standard IS 13408-1992
Code of practice for the selection, installation and maintenance of electrical apparatus
for use in potentially explosive atmospheres
(other than mining application or explosive
processing manufacture.
The current standards in India harmonized
in this filed with international IEC standards
are IS/IEC 60079-17 and IS/IEC 60079-19.

Conclusion
The Bureau of Indian Standards BIS
needs to establish procedures and processes to adopt the IEC codes and standards
without any change and loss of time as Indian Standards. It is not logical to review IEC
codes and standards again, after they have
been reviewed, commented, changed and
voted on at the IEC level.
The role of the code and standards making committee ET 22 should be to review the
draft IEC standards, and the BIS should actively represent the recommendations of ET
22 at the IEC level and meetings. Once the
IEC code and standard has been revised and
adopted, it should be adopted as Indian
Standard without any change and delay, thus
bringing Indian Standards at par with International Standards.
It is important for India to adopt the international IEC standards and the processes
and procedures of the IECEx conformity as-

sessment scheme (IECEx scheme). It is essential that the IEC codes and standards pertaining to explosion protected electrical
equipment and related aspects are adopted
as as-is Indian standards. This would ensure the acceptance of Indian products at a
level with international products, and would
also remove disadvantage for Indian manufacturers competing in the world market,
which then creates a level playing field for
Indian manufacturers with international manufacturers and vice-versa.
This also would allow the Bureau of Indian Standards as member of the IEC to issue a
BIS marking license to foreign manufacturers
and their Indian subsidiaries and facilities
based on the available IECEx test report, certificate and quality assessment report QAR.
There is no point of re-testing the same product again to comply with the IS/IEC 60079 series of Indian standards.
Furthermore the guidelines for statutory
approval of installations in hazardous areas
need to be updated and streamlined to comply with IEC 60079-14. This should be done
jointly between BIS, users, authorities having
jurisdiction, third party inspection agencies

and equipment manufacturers.

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Design, testing, certification, installation & maintenance in India

IS Standard

Title of Indian Standard

IEC Standard

Title of IEC Standard

Status

IS/IEC 60079-0:
2004

Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres

General Requirements

IEC 60079-0
Ed 5 2007/10

Explosive atmospheres Part 0 : Equipments-General Requirements

Latest Version
Under Printing

IS/IEC60079-1:
2007

Explosive atmospheres Part 1: Euipment Protection by Flameproof Enclosures d

IEC 60079-1
Ed 6 2007/04

Explosive atmospheres Part1-Equipment Protection by Flameproof Enclosures d

Latest Version
Printed as IS

IS 9735-2003/
IEC60079-1-1:
2002

Electrical Apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres FlameIEC 60079-1-1:2002/07

proof enclosures d-Method of test for ascertainment of maxi- now merged with
mum experimental safe gap (First Revision)
IEC 60079-20-1:2010

Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres Part

1-1: Flameproof enclosures d: Method of test for ascertainment of maximum experimental safe gap

2002 Version
Printed as IS

IS / IEC60079-2:
2007

Explosive atmospheres Part 2: Equipment Protection by Pressurized enclosures p

Explosive atmospheres Part 2: Equipment Protection by

Pressurised enclosures p

Latest Version
Printed as IS

IS 7820: 2004/
IEC60079-4: 1975

Electrical Apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres: Method of IEC 60079-4:1975

test for ignition temperature
now merged with IEC
60079-20-1:2010

Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres Part 4:

Method of test for ignition temperature

1975 Version
Printed as IS

IS 7724-2004/
IEC60079-5:1997

Sand filled electrical apparatus for use in explosive atmospheres

IEC 60079-5
Ed 3 2007/03

Explosive Atmospheres Part 5: Equipment Protection by

Powder filling q

Latest Version
Under Printing

IS 7693-2004/
IEC60079-6: 1995

Electrical Apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres

Oil immersion o

IEC 60079-6
Ed 3 2007/03

Explosive atmospheres Part 6: Equipment Protection by Oil

immersion o

Latest Version
Under Printing

IS / IEC60079-7
2006

Explosive atmospheres
Equipment Protection by Increased Safety e

IEC 60079-7
Ed 4 2006/07

Explosive atmospheres Part 7: Equipment Protection by Increased safety e

Latest Version
Printed as IS

IS 5572-2009

Classification of hazardous areas (other than mines) having

IEC 60079-10-1
flammable gases & vapours for electrical installation (Third Re- Ed 1 2008/12
vision)

IEC 60079-2
Ed 5 2007/02

Explosive gas atmospheres Part 10-1: Classification of areas IEC Code printed
Explosive gas atmopheres
with national differences

IEC 60079-10-2
Ed 1 2009/04

Explosive gas atmospheres Part 10-2: Classification of areas Under Adoption

Combustistible dust atmospheres

IEC 60079-11
Ed 6 2011/06

Explosive atmospheres Part 11: Equipment protection by intrinsic safety i

IS / IEC60079-11
2006

Electrical Apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres

Intrinsic Safety i

IS 9570-1980

Classification of flammable gases & vapours with air according IEC 60079-12:1978
to their maximum experimental safe gaps and minimum igniting now merged with IEC
currents
60079-20-1:2010

Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres Part

1978 Version
12: Classification of mixtures of vapours with air according Printed as IS
to their maximum experimental safe gaps and minimum
igniting currents

IS 11064: 1984

Guide for construction & use of rooms or buildings protected

IEC 60079-13
by pressurization for installation of electrical apparatus for ex- Ed1 2010/10
plosive gas atmospheres

Explosive atmospheres Part 13: Equipment protection by

pressurized room p

1982 Version
Printed as IS

IS 5571-2009

Guide for selection & installation of electrical equipment for

hazardous area (other than mines) (third Revision)

IEC 60079-14
Ed 4 2007/12

Explosive Atmospheres Part 14: Electrical installations -Design, Selection & Erection

IEC Code printed

with national differences

IS/IEC 60079-15
2005

Electrical Apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres Part 15:

Construction, Test & Marking of Type of protection n Electrical Apparatus

IEC 60079-15
Ed 4 2010/01

Explosive atmospheres
Part 15: Equipment protection by type of protection n

2005 Version
Printed as IS

IS/IEC 60079-16
1990

Electrical Apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres Part 16:

Artificial Ventilation for the protection of analyzer houses

IEC 60079-16
Ed 1 1990/05

Electrical Apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres Part 16:

Artificial Ventilation for the protection of analyzer houses

Latest Version
Printed as IS

IS 13408 (Part 1)
1992

Code of practice for the selection, installation & maintenance

of electrical apparatus for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (other than mining application or explosive processing
manufacture) Part 1: General recommendation

IS/IEC 60079-17
2007

Explosive Atmospheres (Other than mines & explosives) Part

17: Electrical Installations - Inspection & Maintenance

IEC 60079-17
Ed 4 2007/08

Explosive Atmospheres
Part 17: Electrical installations inspection & maintenance

2006 Version
Printed as IS

IS/ IEC 60079-18

2004

Electrical Apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres Part 18:

Construction, Test & Marking of Type of protection m Electrical Apparatus

IEC 60079-18
Ed 3 2009/05

Explosive atmospheres
Part 18: Equipment protection by encapsulation m

Latest Version
under printing

IS/IEC 60079-19
2006

Explosive atmospheres
Part 19: Equipment. Repair, overhaul & reclamation

IEC 60079-19
Ed 3 2010/11

Explosive atmospheres Part 19: Equipment. Repair, overhaul 2006 Version

& reclamation
Printed as IS

IEC/IS 60079-20
1996

Electrical Apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres Part 20:

Data for flammable gases & vapours relating to use of electrical apparatus
Electrical Apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres
Part 25: Intrinsically Safe Systems

IEC 60079-20-1
Ed1 2010/01

Explosive atmospheres Part 20-1: Material characteristics

for gas and vapour classification Test methods and data

1996 Version
Printed as IS

IEC 60079-25
Ed 2 2010/02

Explosive atmospheres
Part 25: Intrinsically safe electrical systems

2003 Version
Printed as IS

IEC 60079-26
Ed 2 2006/08

Explosive atmospheres
Under Printing
Part 26: Equipment with Equipment Protection Level (EPL) Ga

IEC 60079-27
Ed 2 2008/01

Explosive atmospheres
Part 27: Field bus intrinsically safe concept (FISCO)

IS/IEC 60079-25
2003

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Latest Version
Printed as IS

Withdrawn

Under Printing

IS Standard

Title of Indian Standard

IEC Standard

Title of IEC Standard

Status

IEC 60079-28
Ed 1 2006/08

Explosive atmospheres Part 28: Protection of Equipments &

transmission system using optical radiation

Under Printing

IEC60079-29-1
Ed 1 2007/08

Explosive Atmospheres Part 29-1: Gas Detectors-Performance requirements of detectors for flammable gases

Under Printing

IEC60079-29-2
Ed 1 2007/08

Explosive Atmospheres Part 29-2: Gas Detectors-Selection, Under Printing

installation, use and maintenance of detectors for flammable
gases and oxygen

IEC60079-29-4
Ed 1 2009/11

Explosive atmospheres Part 29-4: Gas detectors - Performance requirements of open path detectors for flammable
gases

To be adopted

IS 14774 (Part 1)
2000

Resistance trace heating in potentially explosive atmospheres

Part 1: General & testing requirements

IEC60079-30-1
Ed1 2007/01

Explosive atmospheres Part 30-1: Electrical resistance trace Under Printing

heating General & testing requirements

IS 14774 (Part 2)
2000

Resistance trace heating in potentially explosive atmospheres IEC60079-30-2

Part 2: Informative application guide for design, installation and Ed 1 2007/01
maintenance

Explosive atmospheres Part 30-2: Electrical resistance trace Under Printing

heating Application guide for design, installation & maintenance

IEC 60079-31
Ed 1 2008/11
IS 5679-1986

Miners Cap lamp assemblies (incorporating lead acid type bat- IEC 62013-1
teries)
Ed 2 2005/10
IEC 62013-2
Ed 2 2005/10

Explosive atmospheres: Part 31: Equipment Dust Ignition

Protection by enclosure t

Under Printing

Cap lights for use in mines susceptible to firedamp Part 1:

General requirement Construction & testing in relation to
risk of explosion

To be adopted

Cap lights for use in mines susceptible to firedamp Part 2:

Performance & other safety related matters

To be adopted

IS 9836-1981

Exploders

IS 9959-1980

Guide for selection of electrical & electronic equipment for

coal mines

Under Revision

IS 4051-1967

Code of Practice for installation & maintenance of electrical

equipment in mines

Under Revision

IS 14154 (Part 1)
1996

Electrical apparatus with protection by enclosure for use in the

presence of combustible dusts:
Part 1 Specification for apparatus

To be withdrawn

IEC 61241-0
Ed 1 2004/07*
IS 12315 (Part 1) Method of determining the minimum ignition temperature of
IEC 61241-2-1
1988
dusts Part 1: Dust layer on a heated surface at a constant tem- Ed 1 1994/12
perature

Electrical apparatus for use in the presence of combustible Under Printing

dust Part 0: General Requirements
Electrical apparatus for use in the presence of combustible
dusts: Part 2: Test methods- Section 1: Method of determining the minimum ignition temperature of dust

Under Printing

Electrical apparatus for use in the presence of combustible

dusts: Part 2: Test methods- Section 2: Method of determining the electrical resistivity of dust in layers

Under Printing

Electrical apparatus for use in the presence of combustible

dusts: Part 2: Test methods- Section 3: Method of determining the minimum ignition energy of dust / air mixture

Under Printing

IEC 61241-4
Ed 1 2001/03

Electrical apparatus for use in the presence of combustible

dusts: Part 4: Type of protection pD

Under Printing

IEC 61241-11
Ed 1 2005/10

Electrical apparatus for use in the presence of combustible

dusts: Part 11: Protection by intrinsic safety iD

Latest Version
Printed as IS

IEC/ TS 61241-2-2
Ed 1 1993/08*
IS 12315 (Part 2) Method of determining the minimum ignition temperature of
IEC 61241-2-3
1988
dusts Part 2: Dust cloud in a furnace at a constant temperature Ed 1 1994/09*

IS/IEC 61241-11:
2005

Electrical apparatus for use in the presence of combustible

dusts: Part 11: Protection by intrinsic safety iD

IS 15142:2002

Guide to the use of Electrical Apparatus for potentially explosive atmospheres in the presence of combustible dust

To be withdrawn

IS 14154 (Part 2)
1997

Electrical apparatus with protection by enclosure for use in the

presence of combustible dusts: Part 2 Guide to selection, installation & maintenance

To be withdrawn

IS/IEC 61241-14:
2004

Electrical apparatus for use in the presence of combustible

dusts Part 14: Selection & Installation

IS/IEC 61241-18:
2004

Electrical apparatus for use in the presence of combustible

dusts: Part 18: Protection by encapsulation mD

IEC 61241-14
Ed 1 2004/07*

Electrical apparatus for use in the presence of combustible

dust part 14: Selection & Installation

2004 version
printed as IS

IEC 61241-17
Ed 1 2005/01*

Electrical apparatus for use in the presence of combustible Withdrawn

dusts Part 17: Inspection & maintenance of electrical inby IEC
stallations in hazarous areas

IEC 61241-18
Ed 1 2004/08*

Electrical apparatus for use in the presence of combustible 2004 version

dust Part 18: Protection by encapsulation mD
printed as IS

* Note: In future the series of IEC Standards IEC 61241 will be merged with the relevant standards of series IEC 60079

Table 4: List of Indian and IEC standards for hazardous areas

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