This 3-day face-to-face training course provides you with training on the Energy Institute Model Safe Code of Practice 15: Area Classification for Installations Handing Flammable Fluids (EI15). This internationally recognised guidance provides methodologies for carrying out Hazardous Area Classification (HAC) studies on installations where flammable fluids are processed, stored or handled.
HAC is the assessed division of a facility where releases of flammable liquids and gases can occur, either intentionally or accidentally, into hazardous areas and non-hazardous areas. The EI15 guidance is relevant to all industry sectors where the classification of potential flammable zones is a requirement.
In this course, you develop the key knowledge they need to identify how flammable atmospheres can form and methods for classifying them into zones. The classification of zones then highlights where ignition sources must be controlled and is a key requirement of demonstrating a basis of safety.
You will be trained in all aspects of EI15 and reinforce the learning through practical exercises and examples.
This course will follow the new edition of The Energy Institute Model Safe Code of Practice 15: Area Classification for Installations Handing Flammable Fluids (EI15) guidance.
You will receive a certificate upon completion of the course.
Format
Length
Date
Location
Member
price
Non-Member
price
Face-to-face
N/A
03/12/24 - 05/12/24
London
Member price: £1599.00 + VAT
£1599.00 + VAT
Non-Member price: £1999.00 + VAT
£1999.00 + VAT
Face-to-face
N/A
08/04/25 - 10/04/25
London
Member price: £1599.00 + VAT
£1599.00 + VAT
Non-Member price: £1999.00 + VAT
£1999.00 + VAT
Face-to-face
N/A
04/11/25 - 06/11/25
London
Member price: £1599.00 + VAT
£1599.00 + VAT
Non-Member price: £1999.00 + VAT
£1999.00 + VAT
Agenda
Introduction to legislation and standards
- Statutory requirements for HAC in the UK and internationally.
Properties of flammable materials
- Properties of materials and their flammable and combustible characteristics.
Key area classification concepts
- Minimum volumes for the application of HAC
- The definition of the grades of release
- The relationship between the grades of release, ventilation and the resulting zone
- The concepts of blanket and point zones
- The procedures and methodology in carrying out a HAC study.
Techniques of area classification
- Point Source approach - Covering sample points, atmospheric vents, pig launchers and pools of liquids
- Risk-Based approach - How the Risk Level of an installation can be determined. The use of hole sizes in determining the zone 2 extents from secondary releases from pumps, pipework and compressors etc
- Direct Example approach - Particular attention will be given to storage tanks, road tanker operations and offshore well heads. How Direct Examples can incorporate the Point Source approach.
Ventilation
- Key change in EI15 on the effect ventilation has on releases. Its influence on zones will be considered in diluting releases both outdoors and inside enclosures.
Impact of external variables to area classification
- Effects of changes to external variables - how the application of the direct examples and the risk-based approach will change depending on the ambient or storage temperature and the resulting change in petroleum class or fluid category.
What will I learn?
- Statutory requirements for HAC in the UK and internationally.
- Properties of materials and their flammable and combustible characteristics.
- Key area classification concepts
- Understanding of the methodology in the EI15 guidance
- How to apply the EI15 guidance in practice
- When to use the EI15 guidance for relevant applications
Who is this suitable for?
- Anyone who is involved with process safety, including:
- Risk Analysts
- Chemical Engineers
- Mechanical Engineers
- Design engineers
- Those with a basic understanding of flammable products, area classification techniques and relevant standards and guidance.
How good is it?
- Based on the Energy Institute’s renowned EI15 guidance document, recognised as de-facto guidance worldwide and recommended as industry guidance in IEC 60079-10-1:2021 and in the DSEAR Approved Code of Practice, L138.
- Learn from an expert tutor, an engineer who was involved in the production of the EI15 guidance and has extensive experience of carrying out HAC studies for many companies in a wide variety of industry sector
- Throughout the course, delegates get the opportunity to practice the techniques on a real world example. A detailed practical exercise is completed to reinforce the learning from each section of the training. This practical element helps translate the learning into a real world scenario.
Tutor profile
Mr S Sherwen
A Chartered Mechanical Engineer, specialising in process fire and explosion issues, with many years of operational experience in the high hazard industry and high level of technical understanding. He is a member of the EI15 Working Group and contributed to large portions of the 4th Edition of the guidance and has extensive experience in HAC and the Oil and Gas industry.
Very interactive, adaptable to experience in room. Trainer was very experienced
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