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Installation of Electrical Equipment in Hazardous Areas Denial of Ignition Sources to flammable Gases ? It cannot be stressed how important the philosophies followed to deny ignition sources to flammable gases are. ? The smallest ignition source can lead to the most dire consequences……, Both far away – Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, April 2023 And close to home Pingyu Coal Electric Co Ltd, Yuzhou, Henan Province, October 2023 This presentation is based on the International Elecrotechnical Commission’s publication IEC60079 There are other publications such as the National Electric Code (NEC) in the USA that have also produced standards for hazardous areas but the equipment in this project will be to IEC standards The IEC has over a century of experience producing electrical standards ? The first hazardous area standards were created for the mining industry and then expanded to include the oil and gas sector ? IEC standards are not frozen in time but evolve for many reasons such as new materials being produced, technical advances are made and findings from disaster enquires to name bu