Hazop assessments, and the reports that follow on from them, are a great way of capturing and identifying processes and practices that could lead to the ignition of flammable atmospheres through discharges of static electricity.
What Hazop reports are not so great at doing is identifying what the grounding solution to eliminate the risk should look like.
The task of identifying the right grounding solution falls to people like you and members of your team and it’s not likely to be something you deal with on a day to day basis. For most people, identifying and specifying the right static grounding solution is probably the kind of project they’ll handle once or twice in their career. But get it right first time and it quickly becomes an area where you can bring value to the table throughout your career. This 3 Step Guide is about helping you get started on the right path and can be best described as a door opener to the subject of hazardous area static control.
The 3 Step Guide is broken down into three distinct sections. The first section deals with industry guidelines that provide guidance on controlling static electricity in hazardous areas The second section helps you work out the “best-fit” for controlling electrostatic hazards at your site and the third section touches on hazardous area equipment approvals, specifically what you should be looking for when selecting an EX Certified approved static grounding solution.
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