EU ATEX Directive (Directive 2014/34/EU)
Annex II: Essential health and safety requirements – EU ATEX Directive (Directive 2014/34/EU)

EU ATEX Directive (Directive 2014/34/EU) EHSR-3: Protective systems: dimensioning, preventing propagation, power failure, pressure relief, suppression and decoupling

What does EHSR-3 require?

Protective systems must be sized so that an explosion's effects fall to a safe enough level; be designed and positionable so explosions do not spread through chain reactions or flashover and incipient explosions do not become detonations; keep working through a power failure long enough to avoid danger; and not fail through outside interference. At planning stage they must allow for the expected explosion pressure under extreme conditions and the flame's heating effect; systems that resist or contain explosions must withstand the shock wave without losing integrity, and connected accessories must withstand the maximum explosion pressure; reactions in peripheral equipment and pipework must be considered; pressure relief must be provided where stresses may exceed structural strength, without endangering people nearby; suppression systems must react at the earliest stage with regard to the maximum rate of pressure rise and maximum pressure; decoupling systems must stay proof against transmission of internal ignition and keep their strength; and protective systems must be integrable into an alarm circuit that stops product feed and shuts down parts that can no longer run safely.

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