Area Classification
Area Classification
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Location Harar Brewery
Date 4/20/2017 Heineken Ethiopia Harar Brewery Document number: EX/10750/16/EPD/H
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Location Fuel Source of release Area Classifcation Gas Area Classifcation Dust Conclusion Zone reduction Area Classifcation Gas after measures Area Classification Dust after measures Conclusion Planning
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Process Subprocess Part Description Description Description Grade of Release Location Ventilation Release Type of Presence of Dust Location Ventilation / Type of Zone Extent of Zone Total room / area Technical measures Organisational measures Grade of release Location Ventilation Type of Presence of dust Location Ventilation / Source type Type of Zone Extent of Zone Total room / area
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Rate Source type Zone Extent of Zone Housekeeping Source Type Release rate Source type Zone Extent of Zone Housekeeping
Grain handling Grain intake Grain intake Malt dust and Dust Inside Dust cloud formation inside the grain Dust cloud, release Primary Zone 21 inside equipment Inside grain intake No No Dust cloud, release Primary Zone 21 inside equipment Inside the grain intake hopper:
hopper barley dust equipment intake hopper when emptying the > 0,1% operating hopper > 0,1% operating zone 21
grain bags time time
Grain handling Grain intake Bucket elevator Malt dust and Dust Inside Dust cloud formation during normal Dust cloud, release Primary Zone 21 inside equipment Inside bucket elevator No No Dust cloud, release Primary Zone 21 inside equipment Inside the bucket elevator No. 1
No. 1 (incl. rotary barley dust equipment operation of the bucket elevator > 0,1% operating > 0,1% operating (incl. rotary valves on inlet and
valves on inlet time time outlet): zone 21
and outlet)
Grain handling Grain cleaning Vibrating sieve Malt dust and Dust Inside Dust cloud formation during normal Dust cloud, release Primary Zone 21 inside equipment Inside vibrating sieve No No Dust cloud, release Primary Zone 21 inside equipment Inside the vibrating sieve: zone
barley dust equipment operation of the vibrating sieve > 0,1% operating > 0,1% operating 21
time time
Grain handling Grain cleaning Hopper scale Malt dust and Dust Inside Dust cloud formation during filling of Dust cloud, release Primary Zone 21 inside equipment Inside hopper scale No No Dust cloud, release Primary Zone 21 inside equipment Inside the hopper scale: zone 21
barley dust equipment the hopper scale > 0,1% operating > 0,1% operating
time time
Grain handling Grain cleaning Bucket elevator Malt dust and Dust Inside Dust cloud formation during normal Dust cloud, release Primary Zone 21 inside equipment Inside bucket elevator No No Dust cloud, release Primary Zone 21 inside equipment Inside the bucket elevator No. 2
No. 2 (incl. rotary barley dust equipment operation of the bucket elevator > 0,1% operating > 0,1% operating (incl. rotary valves on inlet and
valves on inlet time time outlet): zone 21
and outlet)
Grain handling Grain cleaning Screw conveyor Malt dust and Dust Inside Dust cloud formation at the conveyor Dust cloud, release Primary Zone 21 inside equipment Inside screw No No Dust cloud, release Primary Zone 21 inside equipment Inside the screw conveyor to the
to the malt silo barley dust equipment drop points > 0,1% operating conveyor at the > 0,1% operating malt silo: zone 21
time conveyor drop points time
Grain handling Grain cleaning Malt silo (incl. Malt dust and Dust Inside Dust cloud formation during filling of Dust cloud, release Primary Zone 21 inside equipment Inside silo No No Dust cloud, release Primary Zone 21 inside equipment Inside the malt silo (incl. rotary
rotary valve at barley dust equipment the silo > 0,1% operating > 0,1% operating valve at silo outlet): zone 21
silo outlet) time time
Grain handling Dust collection Dust collector of Malt dust and Dust Inside Dust cloud formation during cleaning Dust cloud, release Continuous Zone 20 inside equipment Inside dirty side of No No Dust cloud, release Continuous Zone 20 inside equipment Inside the dirty side of the dust
system of the the grain intake barley dust equipment of the filter elements > 10% operating dust collector > 10% operating collector of the grain intake and
grain intake and and cleaning time time cleaning sections: zone 20
cleaning sections sections (raw air
side)
Grain handling Dust collection Dust collector of Malt dust and Dust Inside Dust cloud formation if the filter Dust cloud, release Secondary Zone 22 inside equipment Inside clean side of No No Dust cloud, release Secondary Zone 22 inside equipment Inside the clean side of the dust
system of the the grain intake barley dust equipment elements of the dust collector fail < 0,1% operating dust collector and fan < 0,1% operating collector and fan downstream of
grain intake and and cleaning time downstream of the time the dust collector: zone 22
cleaning sections sections (clean dust collector
air side)
Grain handling Grain milling Roller mill and Malt dust and Dust Inside The grist falls from below the rolls in Dust cloud, release Continuous Zone 20 inside equipment No No Dust cloud, release Continuous Zone 20 inside equipment Inside the roller mill: zone 21
roller mill barley dust equipment a dense curtain. The dust > 10% operating > 10% operating
discharge hopper concentration of this curtain is time time Inside the roller mill discharge
(incl. rotary valve probably very high, near or above the hopper (incl. rotary valve at
at hopper outlet) upper explosion limit but there is a hopper outlet): zone 20
hopper below the roller mill where the
dust concentration could be lower,
and thus more optimal for ignition
Grain handling Grain milling Grist bin Malt dust and Dust Inside Dust cloud formation during filling of Dust cloud, release Continuous Zone 20 inside equipment Inside grist bin No No Dust cloud, release Continuous Zone 20 inside equipment Inside the grist bin: zone 20
barley dust equipment the grist bin > 10% operating > 10% operating
time time
Grain handling Grain milling Grist bin Malt dust and Dust Inside Dust cloud formation at the conveyor Dust cloud, release Primary Zone 21 inside equipment Inside screw No No Dust cloud, release Primary Zone 21 inside equipment Inside the grist bin discharge
discharge screw barley dust equipment drop points > 0,1% operating conveyor at the > 0,1% operating screw conveyor: zone 21
conveyor time conveyor drop points time
Grain handling Grain milling Screw conveyor Malt dust and Dust Inside Dust cloud formation at the conveyor Dust cloud, release Primary Zone 21 inside equipment Inside screw No No Dust cloud, release Primary Zone 21 inside equipment Inside the screw conveyor to the
to the mash tuns barley dust equipment drop points > 0,1% operating conveyor at the > 0,1% operating mash tun: zone 21
time conveyor drop points time
Grain handling Areas outside Malt intake room Malt dust and Dust Outside The generation of dust clouds of Dust layer Housekeeping: fair Dust layer Zone 22 No Dust layers should be non-existent Indoor areas of the malt intake
equipment & malt handling barley dust equipment explosive concentration is not or kept to negligible thickness. If room & malt handling plant:
plant expected but dust layers may be this is fulfilled then the risk of unclassified with a requirement
present. These dust layers may be occurrence of explosive dust to improve housekeeping (dust
lifted into clouds, creating explosive clouds from layers and the risk of control). Unclassified if
atmospheres fire due to layers will be prevented permanently clean (= dust layers
and the outside of the plant will not are non-existent or kept to
need to be classified as hazardous negligible thickness); otherwise
area zone 22. Good housekeeping
and clean premises are the first
essentials in the elimination of
dust explosion hazards.
Moreover, many pieces of
equipment are not designed for
use in Atex classified areas.
Therefore the rooms must be
kept permanently clean because
otherwise some equipment may
no longer be suitable
Heavy Fuel Oil Heavy Fuel Oil Vapor Inside The flash point of HFO is higher than Inside Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO)
(HFO) storage (HFO) vapours equipment 60°C. HFO is stored and handled storage tanks: unclassified
tanks below this temperature. There is because HFO is stored and
therefore no requirement to define a handled below its flash point of
hazardous area zone within the HFO 60°C
storage tanks
Ammonia cooling Inside the Ammonia Gas Outside Ammonia concentrations in air are Ammonia engine room:
plant ammonia engine equipment not likely to exceed 16% by volume unclassified because the
room ammonia engine room is
provided with ammonia leak
detectors and emergency
ventilation. The ammonia leak
detectors actuate an alarm and
activate the emergency
ventilation at 200 ppm and
automatically shut down the
plant at 800 ppm. Therefore,
ammonia concentrations in air
are not likely to exceed the lower
explosion limit, LEL (16% by
volume)
Ammonia cooling Relief valves Ammonia Gas Outside Discharge of relief valves. Possible Release < 0,1% Outside Natural ventilation, fair Secondary Zone 2 No No The area within 3 m in all
plant discharge points equipment release due to overpressure in the operating time capacity directions surrounding the NH3
(outside the system relief valves discharge points
building) should be classed as a zone 2
hazardous area
Ammonia cooling Ethanol transfer Ethanol Vapor Outside Leaks Release < 0,1% Closed building Natural ventilation, fair Secondary Zone 2 No No Opening on the drum top where
plant from the delivery equipment operating time capacity ethanol gets pumped out: zone 1
drums to the radius of 1 m surrounded by
mixing tank zone 2 radius of 2 m
Forklift battery Hydrogen Gas Hydrogen will be released from Battery charging area:
charging area batteries during charging. However unclassified (accumulation of
release rates are extremely low and hydrogen will not occur because
hydrogen is such a light gas that it a good level of ventilation is
will rapidly rise away from charging present)
stations and accumulation will not
occur because a good level of
ventilation is present
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Source gas Release Source type Presence of dust Presence of Source type Aggregation In/ outside equipment In/outside Location gas Location Location Ventilation gas Ventilation Ventilation dust Ventilation Release Release Priority
rate dust number equipment gas number dust number number rate rate number
Number number
Gas Gas Dust Dust
Release > 10% 1 Continuous Dust cloud, release > 10% 1 Continuous Dust Inside equipment 1 Outside 1 Outside No ventilation 1 No ventilation 1 >10g/s 1 I
operating time operating time
Release > 0,1% 2 Primairy Dust cloud, release > 0,1% 2 Primairy Vapor Outside equipment 2 Open building 2 Inside Wind > 0,5 m/s 2 Outside condition 2 <10g/s 2 II
operating time operating time building
Release < 0,1% 3 Secondary Dust cloud, release < 0,1% 3 Secondary Gas Closed building 3 Natural ventilation, poor capacity 3 Local forced ventilation, poor availability 3 <1g/s 3 III
operating time operating time
Dust layer 4 Dust layer Liquid Natural ventilation, fair capacity 4 Local forced ventilation, fair availability 4 <<<1g/s 4 IV
Mist General forced ventilation, poor availability 5 Local forced ventilation, good availability 5 V
General forced ventilation, fair availability 6 Local forced ventilation, good availability, 6
guaranteed
General forced ventilation, good availability 7 Housekeeping: poor 7
Local forced ventilation, fair availability 8 Housekeeping: fair 8
Relation between location, ventilation conditions and area classification
1 Introduction
Gas or vapour released into the atmosphere can be diluted by dispersion or diffusion into the air until its
concentration is below the lower explosive limit. Ventilation, i.e. air movement leading to replacement of the
atmosphere in a volume around the source of release by fresh air, will promote dispersion. Suitable ventilation
rates can also avoid persistence of an explosive gas atmosphere thus influencing the type of zone. The main types
of ventilation which will be discussed below are:
1. No Ventilation
2. Natural Ventilation
3. General Forced Ventilation – Indoors
4. Local Forced Ventilation
2 No Ventilation
If the ventilation in a building, which is not an open building, does not fulfil any of the following definitions.
3 Natural Ventilation
Natural ventilation can be used for areas with sources of gas and vapor.
3.1 Outdoor areas
The evaluation of ventilation needs to consider the local minimum wind speed and availability. If the minimum wind
speed is 0,5 m/s and will be present virtually continuously while not hindered by objects like tanks, the availability of
the ventilation can be considered as good.
Ventilation that does not even meet the requirement for poor availability must not be considered to contribute to the
ventilation of the area.
Blind flange Inside a tank with a floating roof > 10% of time
< 0,1% of time <1
Threaded connection
< 0,1% of time <1
Removable cap Locations where system components are < 10% of time
< 0,1% of time <1 frequently (dis)connected
Rupture Disk Gaskets or other sealing constructions which < 10% of time
(blowing off into open air) < 0,1% of time Determine can leak during normal operation
Open outlet with rain cap Drip tray < 10% of time
> 10% of time Determine
Liquid seal (open) Unprotected sight glass, fluid level indicator < 10% of time
< 0,1% of time 1 - 10
In-line sight-glass
< 0,1% of time <1
Fluid level indicator Flanges, threaded- and other connections < 0,1% of time
< 0,1% of time <1
Breather valve Cans and drums with flammable liquids < 0,1% of time
> 10% of time Determine
Automatic dearator Connections with gas cylinders (pressure < 0,1% of time
> 10% of time Determine vessel)
Compressor (general) Protected sight glass, fluid level indicator < 0,1% of time
< 0,1% of time <1
Oven, furnace, Kettle Gasked, glands and seals of rotary axes which < 0,1% of time
are basically closed
Loading fitting-not in use < 0,1% of time <1 Source Grade of release
Loading fitting-not frequently in Fully welded or brazed piping and connections No release
< 0,1% of time <1
use
Loading fitting-frequently in use UN-packaging without valves No release
< 10% of time <1
Man hole, Inspection hole 1) To determine
Decoupling without drip tray < 0,1% of time 1 - 10
Decoupling with drip tray < 0,1% of time <1
Floating roof
> 10% of time To determine
Open vessel or tank
Drip tray
< 0,1% of time To determine
Areas outside dust containment and in the immediate vicinity of access doors < 10% of time
subject to frequent removal or opening for operation purposes when internal
explosive dust atmospheres are present
Areas outside dust containment in the proximity of filling and emptying points, feed < 10% of time
belts, sampling points, truck dump stations, belt dump over points, etc. where no
measures are employed to prevent the formation of explosive dust atmospheres
Areas outside dust containment where dust accumulates and where, due to process < 10% of time
operations, the dust layer is likely to be disturbed and form explosive dust
atmospheres
Areas inside dust containment where explosive dust clouds are likely to occur (but < 10% of time
neither continuously, nor for long periods, nor frequently), e.g. silos (if filled and/or
emptied only occasionally) and the dirty side of filters, if large self-cleaning intervals
exist
Outlets from bag filter vents which, in the event of a malfunction, can emit explosive < 0,1% of time
dust atmospheres
locations near equipment opened at infrequent intervals or locations near < 0,1% of time
equipment, that from experience can easily form leaks where dust is blown out, for
example, pneumatic equipment or flexible connections that can become damaged,
etc
Storage of bags containing dusty products. Failure of bags can occur during < 0,1% of time
handling, causing dust emission
Areas that are normally classified as zone 21 can fall into zone 22 when measures, < 0,1% of time
including exhaust ventilation, are employed to prevent the formation of explosive
dust atmospheres. The measures should be carried out in the vicinity of (bag) filling
and emptying points, feed belts, sampling points, truck dump stations and belt dump
over points, etc
Areas where controllable dust layers are formed that are likely to be disturbed and < 0,1% of time
create explosive dust atmospheres. Only if the layer is removed by cleaning before
hazardous dust atmospheres can be formed, is the area designated non-hazardous.
This is the major purpose of good house keeping.
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