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Zener Barriers
SingleZenerBarrier
MountedZenerBarriers
SimpleProtectionwithZenerBarr
Zenerbarriersandsurgeprotectionbarriersprovide reliableprotectionandensureahigh level of plant
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intrinsic safetyprotection for circuitsby limitingenergy transferred toahazardous location to safe
levels. Surgeprotectionbarriersdivert harmful voltage transientsandsurgecurrents toground. They
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hazardousarea.
Typical Z-SystemApplications
Zener barriersprevent the transmissionof excessivelyhigh
energy levels from thesafearea to thehazardousarea.
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Oil andgas industries
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Petrochemical industry
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Mixedapplicationswithhazardous
andnonhazardousareas
Technical Featuresof theZ-System
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Limitationof energysupplied in intrinsicallysafecircuits
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Highpackingdensitywithup to threechannels
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More than75variants for ACandDCaswell asone-, two-,
and three-channelmodules
