Intrinsic safety (IS) is an electrical design approach that prevents explosions from occurring by ensuring that the energy transferred to a hazardous area is well below the energy required to initiate ...

If you’re responsible for overseeing operations in high-risk industries like oil and gas, mining, or chemical manufacturing, you know the threat of accidents in explosive atmospheres is ever-present.

Intrinsically safe circuits are designed so that there is insufficient energy in the power supply to cause local heating or a spark that could ignite an inflammable gas. There are two main levels of ...