Course Description:

This course covers electrical installations in petroleum industry according to NEC regulations. It covers classification of hazardous atmospheres, prevention of external ignition and explosion, equipment for hazardous areas (switchgears, lighting fixtures & motors and generators), wiring methods and materials, testing and inspection, earthing and bonding in hazardous areas, monitoring and protective equipment

Course Goal:

To enhance the participant’s knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for performing good jobs

Course Objectives:

By the end of this course the participant will be able to:

1. Classify hazardous atmospheres.
2. Understand procedures of prevention of external ignition and explosion.
3. Be familiar with equipment for hazardous areas
4. Understand wiring methods and materials.
5. Understand testing and inspection procdures
6. Determine earthing and bonding in hazardous areas.
7. Be familiar with monitoring and protective equipment.

Course Outline:

• Classification of Hazardous Atmospheres.

• 1. Definitions.
  2. Class I, Class II & Class III atmospheric hazards.

• Prevention of External Ignition and Explosion.

• 1. Combustion principles & sources of ignition.
  2. Intrinsically safe equipment.
  3. Enclosures.
  4. Purging and pressurization systems.

• Equipment for Hazardous Areas (Switchgears, Lighting fixtures & Motors and generators).
• Wiring Methods and Materials.

Conduit, Cables and cable sealing.

• Testing and Inspection.

• 1. Electrical apparatus.
  2. Low power electrical apparatus.
  3. Inspection of petroleum facility electrical systems.
  4. Working with high-voltage equipment.

• Earthing and Bonding in Hazardous Areas.
• Monitoring and Protective Equipment.

• 1. Emergency generator checks.
  2. UPS checks.
  3. Types of power outages.
  4. Protective equipment for electrical circuits.
  5. Contractor control.
  6. Safe practices for handling energized circuit breakers, and motor starters.
  7. Personal protection items (Insulated gloves, H. voltage detectors (hot sticks), other items).