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02/540556 DC : DRAFT JULY 2002

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EN 14491 - DUST EXPLOSION VENTING PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS
Superseded date

30-06-2006

Published date

23-11-2012

1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations
4 Venting of enclosures
5 Sizing of vent areas
  5.1 General
  5.2 Venting of isolated enclosures
  5.3 Special dust cloud conditions
  5.4 Protection of pipelines and interconnected enclosures
  5.5 Protection of buildings
  5.6 Influences of vent ducts
  5.7 Hybrid mixtures
6 Positioning of vents
7 Supplementary design considerations
  7.1 General
  7.2 Explosion effects external to the vent
  7.3 Deformation of the vented enclosure
8 Information for use
Annex A (informative) Estimating the L/D ratio when calculating
        vent areas for elongated enclosures
Annex ZA (informative) Clauses of this European Standard addressing
         essential requirements or other provisions of EU
         Directives

EN 14491

Committee
FSH/23
DocumentType
Draft
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

Standards Relationship
PREN 14491 : DRAFT 2011 Identical

EN 1127-1:2011 Explosive atmospheres - Explosion prevention and protection - Part 1: Basic concepts and methodology
PREN 13237-1 : DRAFT 1998 POTENTIALLY EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERES - EXPLOSION PREVENTION AND PROTECTION - PART 1: TERMS AND DEFINITIONS FOR EQUIPMENT AND PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS INTENDED FOR USE IN POTENTIALLY EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERES

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