Revised Standard from Last Update.

NATIONAL FOREWORD

This Indian Standard (Part 29/Sec 1) (First Revision) which is identical with IEC 60079-29-1 : 2016 ‘Explosive atmospheres — Part 29-1: Gas detectors — Performance requirements of detectors for flammable gases’ issued by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on the recommendation of the Electrical Apparatus for Explosive Atmospheres Sectional Committee and approval of the Electrotechnical Division Council.

This standard was originally published in 2012 as IS/IEC 60079-29-1 : 2007 ‘Explosive atmospheres: Part 29 Gas detectors, Section 1 Performance requirements of detectors for flammable gases’. The first revision of this standard.

This standard specifies general requirements for construction, testing and performance, and describes the test methods that apply to portable, transportable and fixed equipment for the detection and measurement of flammable gas or vapour concentrations with air.

The text of IEC Standard has been approved as suitable for publication as an Indian Standard without deviations. Certain conventions are, however, not identical to those used in Indian Standards. Attention is particularly drawn to the following:

a) Wherever the words ‘International Standard’ appear referring to this standard, they should be read as ‘Indian Standard’.

b) Comma (,) has been used as a decimal marker while in Indian Standards, the current practice is to use a point (.) as the decimal marker.