Downeast Maine Section
Downeast Maine Section
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ISA Meeting Announcement Thursday January 27, 2005 Downeast ISA's next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, January 27th, 2005. This event will be hosted at New England Controls, Bangor, Maine. I encourage all ISA members and other interested parties to attend DownEast ISA's first 2005 event. The agenda for the day is as follows: 9:00 AM - INTRINSIC SAFETY Presentation by Bob Hamm and Jim Peterson of MTL Instruments Topics of discussion 1) Introductions 2) Definitions (what is Intrinsic Safety?) 3) Origins of I.S. 4) Design Objectives 5) Barriers Electrical Characteristics 6) Gas, Temperature, and Area Classifications 7) I.S. System (loop) 8) I.S. Apparatus 9) Entity Parameter concept 10) I. S. Grounding requirements 11) Zener (shunt diode safety barriers) VS Galvanically Isolated Barriers 12) Methods of Protection in Hazardous Areas in comparison to I.S. 13) Future and current state if I.S. 14) I.S. Major advantages 15) Introduction to Lightning and Surge Protection 16) Grounding and Bonding of Surge Protection Devices and Systems 17) Considerations for Surge Protection in conjunction with Intrinsically Safe Systems.
12:00 Noon - Lunch at the Twin City Buffet in Brewer, Maine and a quick ISA meeting. Lunch is $25.00/person payable to the DownEast ISA. Please feel free to contact our President, Joe Pilsbury jpilsbury@pondtechnicalsales.com with any questions or concerns. |
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