Safeguarding of industrial process plants by means of process control engineering (PCE) - Application of functional safety in the context of explosion protection
This guideline forms the link between the topics of functional safety and explosion protection. It illustrates possibilities for establishing effective relationships between existing intrinsically safe areas, demand-oriented risk reduction and the available adequate PCE installations (including possible SIL classification). The principles discussed in this guideline are not restricted to just process industries; they also can be used for explosion protection in other industries. Specifying defined sample solutions for precise problems is not the object of this guideline. Such solutions must be developed by means of individual risk assessments. This guidelin