Paper title

“Combining Hazardous Location Practices and Technologies in a Large Capital Project”

Author: Marty Cole
Affiliation: Killark Specifications Engineer and IEC Product Manager, Hubbell Canada LP, Canada

The paper describes how North American and European installation methods and equipment were blended on a large capital project to achieve enhanced safety while at the same time achieving significant capital and installation cost reductions.  The IEC Zone area classification system was used.  The existing Canadian Electrical Code (CEC^®) permitted the use of equipment certified to either Zone or Division hazardous location standards.  Working with the local regulatory authority, traditional mindsets were challenged to enable the use of practices proven in various installation codes, with the fundamental principle of achieving equal or better safety compared to the existing code.   The major areas that will be discussed are:

• Re-certifying or adapting Division type equipment to IEC standards

• Re-certifying or adapting IEC Equipment to CEC^® requirements

• Obtaining approval for products not certified to Canadian Standards

• Using European installation concepts for North American certified cables

• Challenging specific Canadian Electrical Code rules

• Costs savings over traditional approaches are quantified where possible