Upgrading Hazardous Area Lighting To LED Fittings With ATEX Compliance | Case Study

Published 24 Sep 2019

Hazardous Area Lighting To LED Fittings

Hazardous Area Lighting

LED Fittings With ATEX Compliance

The ongoing benefits of LED hazardous area lighting in terms of cost of ownership and overall performance were critical factors taken in to consideration when the UK’s largest Steel producing company needed to upgrade their lighting due to regulation changes.

THE CHALLENGE

Petrel were asked to provide a detailed solution to the clients requirements of improved lighting efficiency, in terms of energy consumption, lumen performance, ongoing maintenance costs and compliance to ATEX directives for explosive atmospheres.

THE PROCESS

Petrel commenced a detailed survey of the site in conjunction with the client to establish the best possible solution in terms of product and installation method to minimise labour costs and potential disruption to the client’s 24/7 production operation.

THE SOLUTION

The solution was to supply products from the Petrel XN LED range which are rated at Zone 2 Ex Na This offered the client full protection and compliance as well as industry leading performance in terms of light output, energy efficiency and quality.

Petrel XN is a LED light fitting suitable for Zone 2 hazardous area lighting for use in gas and dust areas. Available in a range of sizes from 2-5ft with light output up to 10,000 Lumens.

The project was also time critical and Petrel were able to meet the tight and specific delivery criteria to ensure the project was completed during the clients planned shutdown periods that were outside normal working hours.

Petrel XN LED Luminaire – Zone 2 Hazardous Area ATEX Certified

THE RESULTS

The client now enjoys vastly improved levels of light with a higher CRI as well as significant energy savings.

The areas concerned are now fully compliant in terms of the lighting installation.

In addition to this, maintenance costs have been vastly reduced as a result of using our XN LED products which have industry leading performance in terms of product life with our driver units and LED arrays rated at 50,000 hours life.

Zone 2: Petrel LED Luminaire, Fluorescent Luminaire, Floodlights & Bulkheads – all ATEX Certified for hazardous area Zone 2 lighting.

ELECTRICAL & PROCESS INSTRUMENTATION EQUIPMENT

FOR EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERES

Thorne & Derrick are Specialist Distributors of Hazardous Area & Explosion Proof Equipment with IECEx & ATEX Certifications to the onshore and offshore oil, gas, petrochemicals and process industries.

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