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BS EN 50402:2017

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Electrical apparatus for the detection and measurement of combustible or toxic gases or vapours or of oxygen. Requirements on the functional safety of gas detection systems
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Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

03-31-2017

European foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General requirements
5 Functional modules and elements - Characterization
   and requirements
6 Software
7 Combining Functional Modules to Safety Functions
8 Determination of hardware failure rates for each safety
   function
9 Gas detection as part of an overall safety function
10 Information requirements
11 Validation
12 Functional safety management
13 Functional safety assessment
14 Documentation
Annex A (normative) - Transformation of the
        SIL-capabilities of gas detection systems
Annex B (normative) - Transformation from generic
        standard requirements to modules
Annex C (informative) - Determination of SIL-capability
        of a safety function of the gas detection system
Annex D (informative) - Failure modes for specific
        measuring principles

Pertains to detection and measurement apparatus and systems for flammable or toxic gases or vapours or oxygen.

This European Standard is applicable to detection and measurement apparatus and systems for flammable or toxic gases or vapours or oxygen. It covers apparatus intended to measure reliably, gas concentration and to provide an output signal (alarm and/or measurement signal), the purpose of which is to give a warning of a potential hazard.

This European Standard is a product standard which is based on EN 61508 (all parts) and for gas detection systems covers both low and high demand mode at SIL capabilities of 1, 2 or 3 only. Gas detection apparatus and gas detection systems are developed as generic products. This European Standard covers part of the phase 10 “realization?? of the overall safety lifecycle defined in EN 61508-1:2010, Figure 2. Configuration and integration into specific applications is not covered by this European Standard.

In the event of conflict between the requirements of this European Standard and those of EN 61508, EN 50402 will take precedence.

NOTE 1 Applications requiring a SIL capability of 4 for a gas detection system are not practicable.

This European Standard is dedicated mainly to fixed apparatus and systems. However, it can also be applied to transportable gas detectors which are intended to be used as temporary replacements for fixed apparatus.

This European Standard supplements the requirements of the European Standards for electrical apparatus for the detection and measurement of flammable gases, vapours (e.g. EN 60079-29-1 or EN 60079-29-4), toxic gases (e.g. EN 45544) or oxygen (e.g. EN 50104).

NOTE 2 These European Standards are called in the text “metrological standards??.

The examples above show the state of the standardization for industrial applications at the time of publishing this European Standard. There may be other metrological standards covering other application fields, for which this European Standard is also applicable.

EN 50271 specifies minimum requirements for apparatus using software and/or digital components. It also defines additional optional requirements for compliance with SIL 1 in low demand mode operation. EN 50402 includes all requirements of EN 50271.

EN 50402 is also dedicated to apparatus and gas detection systems and/or components and should be used instead of EN 50271 in the following cases:

  • at SIL 1 when the system contains components not covered by EN 50271;

  • at SIL 1 high demand mode operation;

  • at SIL 2 and SIL 3;

  • at all SILs when non-digital based apparatus is used.

Applying the above-mentioned metrological standards will ensure the performance is adequate in normal operation of a gas detection system. Additionally, the requirements of this European Standard address the functional safety of gas detection systems and encompass criteria for reliability, fault tolerance and avoidance of systematic failures. The avoidance and control of systematic failures will be covered by the requirements for the development processes and techniques and diagnostic measures chosen in the design. This European Standard will lead to the characterization of the gas detection system by a SIL-capability and related hardware failure rate representing a hierarchical order of safety levels. This will allow the user to incorporate the gas detection system into an overall safety system according to the safety integrity levels of EN 61508 (all parts).

This European Standard is applicable for gas detection systems, which may consist of the following functional units:

  • gas-sampling;

  • sensor;

  • signal transmission;

  • input to control unit;

  • signal processing in control unit;

  • output from control unit.

This European Standard does not specify requirements for the installation and maintenance of gas detection systems. It also does not specify the physical positioning of measuring points / locations.

This European Standard does not specify which SIL-capability is sufficient for which application.

NOTE 3 The SIL-capability required for an application will be specified by the user (see Clause 9 and Annex A).

Committee
EXL/31/1
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 04/30115623 DC. (01/2006) Supersedes 07/30168062 DC. (06/2009) Supersedes 13/30260728 DC. (03/2017)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
102
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

Standards Relationship
NBN EN 50402 : 2006 AMD 1 2009 Identical
NEN EN 50402 : 2017 Identical
NF EN 50402 : 2017 Identical
EN 50402:2017 Identical
I.S. EN 50402:2017 Identical
UNE-EN 50402:2006 Identical
DIN EN 50402 : 2018 Identical

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EN 61326-3-2:2008 Electrical equipment for measurement, control and laboratory use - EMC requirements - Part 3-2: Immunity requirements for safety-related systems and for equipment intended to perform safety-related functions (functional safety) - Industrial applications with specified electromagnetic environment
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IEC 60079-29-3:2014 Explosive atmospheres - Part 29-3: Gas detectors - Guidance on functional safety of fixed gas detection systems
IEC 61508-5:2010 Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems - Part 5: Examples of methods for the determination of safety integrity levels (see Functional Safety and IEC 61508)
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IEC 61508-1:2010 Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems - Part 1: General requirements (see Functional Safety and IEC 61508)
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IEC 61508-7:2010 Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems - Part 7: Overview of techniques and measures (see Functional Safety and IEC 61508)
EN 60079-29-3:2014 Explosive atmospheres - Part 29-3: Gas detectors - Guidance on functional safety of fixed gas detection systems
EN 61326-3-1:2017 Electrical equipment for measurement, control and laboratory use - EMC requirements - Part 3-1: Immunity requirements for safety-related systems and for equipment intended to perform safety-related functions (functional safety) - General industrial applications
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