Abstract
Natural gas (methane) is a colourless, odourless, non-toxic (but asphyxiating) highly flammable gas with a composition normally falling in the framework indicated in Table 9.1.
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IGEM/SR/25, Edition 2, Communication 1748 “Hazardous area classification of natural gas installations”, 2010
EN 60079-10-1 “Explosive atmospheres - Part 10-1: Classification of areas - Explosive gas atmospheres”
RR630 Research Report “Area classification for secondary releases from low pressure natural gas systems”, HSE, 2008
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Jespen, T. (2016). Zone Classification—Natural Gas. In: ATEX—Explosive Atmospheres. Springer Series in Reliability Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31367-2_9
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