The treatment of dangerous substances, where the risk of explosion or fire exists that can be caused by an electrical spark, arc, or hot temperatures, requires specifically defined instrumentation located in a hazardous location. It also requires that interfacing signals coming from a hazardous location be unable to create the necessary conditions to ignite and propagate an explosion.
This document deals with the physical principles and fundamentals of explosion protection. Regardless of geographic location, the physical principles of explosion protection are identical.
8. Once the reaction is ignited, and depending on how the exothermic energy is released, the results can be a controlled combustion, flame wave or explosion. All protection methods used today are based on eliminating one or more of the triangle components in order to reduce the risk of explosion to an acceptable level.
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