ATEX Passive Cooling Cabinet For Safety Critical System

Published 09 Dec 2019

ATEX Passive Cooling Cabinet

ATEX Passive Cooling Cabinet

ATEX Passive Cooling Cabinet

Application for Hazardous Areas

The client required a supply of a large double door panel ATEX enclosures to house two smaller panels complete with safety critical apparatus. The large panel must allow the passive cooling of the internal system without compromising IP integrity.

How Atex Cabinet Enclosures Solved The ProblemATEX Cabinet Enclosures

  • The ATEX enclosures specified were cost and time sensitive as well as having to fit a pre-determined footprint
  • The apparatus inside the internal ATEX enclosure could potentially become hot in normal operation and hence a unique passive cooling design was required
  • Flameproof enclosures (Ex d) were considered far too expensive, over engineered, cumbersome, heavy and unsuitable
  • The completed system needed to be ready for a pre allotted test and performance trial already pre -arranged by the client
  • The complete system needed to be assembled on site by no more than two persons

Solution – ATEX Cabinet Enclosures

  • T&D are able to design, manufacture and ship within the allotted time frame. Ingress and performance tests were carried out and passed with out incident
  • T&D specialise in difficult and time consuming ATEX panel designs using the most up to date software design tools available thus dramatically cutting down on cost, time and delivery
A weather canopy - allows free movement of air through the large panel without water ingress The larger external cabinet allows the fixing of the smaller enclosures The inner panel to house the apparatus. The outer panel to allow free air movement and inner panel access
A weather canopy – allows free movement of air through the large panel without water ingress The larger external ATEX cabinet allows the fixing of the smaller enclosures The inner panel to house the apparatus. The outer panel to allow free air movement and inner panel access
Apparatus panels to be fixed inside the large panel The large panel with double access doors and mounting plate Access to the large panel
Apparatus panels to be fixed inside the large panel The large panel with double access doors and mounting plate Access to the large panel

Hazardous Area Zones

Thorne & Derrick International are Specialist Distributors of Hazardous Area Electrical, Mechanical, Process & Instrumentation Equipment to the UK and global oil, gas, petrochem and hazardous area and explosive atmospheres industries.

Our extensive product range combined with the knowledge of our trained EX product specialists provides world-class customer service and support to the industry.

T&D consolidate your supply chain by providing single-source logistics delivered to any international location – supplying explosion proof Zone 1, Zone 21, Zone 2 and Zone 22 hazardous area equipment in compliance with ATEX & IECEx international classifications (Class/Division/Zone).

ELECTRICAL & PROCESS INSTRUMENTATION EQUIPMENT

FOR EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERES

Thorne & Derrick are Specialist Distributors of Hazardous Area & Explosion Proof Equipment with IECEx & ATEX Certifications suitable for Zone 1 and Zone 2 hazardous areas in the following onshore and offshore oil, gas, petrochemicals and process industries.

ATEX Solutions for the Oil & Gas Industry

Delivering safety critical ATEX cabinet enclosures and fabrications for client’s customised needs means that there cannot be compromise on a single component. Experts in steel fabrications ATEX enclosures are fast becoming a byword for the highest quality products with rapid delivery. Cost effectiveness and understanding that many of clients must work up to SIL 3 (Safety Integrity Level) – this is reflected in the design and build of every ATEX enclosure.

It’s crucial in the oil and gas industry for integration in all facets of the upstream, midstream and downstream processes, here are some examples of where ATEX enclosures and cabinets have been implemented:

  • Process control systems (SCADA)
  • Testing and sampling systems
  • BOP (Blow Out Preventers)
  • Shut down systems
  • Turbo compressor units
  • Fire and Gas systems
  • Control and instrumentation systems
  • Shale Gas Fracking control and process systems
  • Wellhead systems
  • High voltage and distribution solutions
  • Foundation Fieldbus
  • Battery and transformer crates
  • Intrinsically safe for use in Zones 1 & 2
  • Purge and pressure systems