What is BS 60080 about?
BS 60080 provides guidance on the placement of permanently installed F&G detectors, including coverage and technology selection in addition to optical flame detection (along with ultraviolet, infrared, and imaging/visual), flammable gas/vapor detection, and toxic gas detection.
BS 60080 also provides guidance on the most used methods of mapping and/or modelling: prescriptive, volumetric-based, and scenario-based.
NOTE- BS 60080 doesn’t provide guidance for:
- Addressing hazards that are a product of vehicle exhaust fumes
- Applications in the domestic and public environment; mining and tunnelling, heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), medical applications or environments
- Smoke detection; or toxic gas detection about business continuity, e.g., food tainting.
- An important aspect of F&G detection design, Mitigation effectiveness is out of scope of BS 60080
Who is BS 60080 for?
BS 60080 on hazard detection mapping is for:
- Industries where gas pipelines are used
- Natural gas and oil production company
- Petrochemical industry
- Gas turbine enclosures
- Automotive manufacturing facilities
- Aircraft hangers
- Munitions plants
- Nuclear plants facilities
Why should you use BS 60080?
The selection of incorrect sensing technologies leads to incidents not being detected or an increase in spurious trips.
BS 60080 provides guidance on sensing technologies and the physical format of detectors which could greatly affect coverage (quantity and position), as the most challenging activity faced by a design engineer is deciding the quantity and location of gas detectors and/or flame detectors.
BS 60080 offers information related to the full life cycle of gas detection or flame detection system, emphasizing that mapping and/or modelling is a continuous activity and is not carried out just once.
Routine surveillance of detector coverage during the full life cycle of a facility mentioned in BS 60080 ensures that facility modification and changes in hazards are addressed.
BS 60080 is beneficial for the industries because it offers directions on operations, maintenance, and the availability/ reliability of the system to complement the relevant standards.
