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FISCO
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Fieldbus
Fieldbus
Safety analysis for conventional intrinsically safe instrument loop
using the “Entity Concept”
Hazardous area
Intrinsic Safety
Interface
IS certified device
Certified
Transmitter :
Safe area
Cc : 0.12 m F
Lc : 4.1mH
Intrinsically safe
IIC/Group A T4
Ui : 30V
Ii : 100mA
Ci : 0.01 m F
Li : 100 m H
 IEC 60079/14 :
 calculate cable parameters
 compare safety descriptions
 prepare System Descriptive
document
Centralised control
equipment
Certified IS interface :
Intrinsically safe
IIC/Group A
Uo : 28V
Io : 93mA
Co : 0.13 m F
Lo : 4.2mH
SYSTEM : IIC/Group A T4
Fieldbus
Safety analysis for conventional intrinsically safe instrument loop
using the Entity Concept
Hazardous area
IS certified device
Safe area
C:cable = 0.12 m F
L:cable = 4.1mH
Intrinsic Safety
Interface
Centralised control
equipment
Certified IS interface :
Intrinsically safe
IIC/Group A
Certificate
for
each
field
device
required
Uo : 28V
Io : 93mA
Co : 0.13 m F
Lo : 4.2mH
Fieldbus network
Re-calculate
if any
subsequent
modifications
Fieldbus
 FF-816 Physical Layer Profile Specification
 for hazardous area devices
 recommends minimum input
 voltage
 current &
 power levels
 maximum
 input capacitance &
 input inductance
FF-816
Ci
4
Ui
24 Volts
Ii
250 mA
Pi
1.2 watts
Ci
5 nF
Li
20 uH
 Bus interface output parameters
 Field device input parameters
Fieldbus
Fieldbus Intrinsically Safe Concept
(FISCO)

PTB, the German Test Authority, in collaboration with German
industry, examined the intrinsically safe needs of the
31.25 kbit/s physical layer of Fieldbus and developed an
approach which is applicable to IEC 61158-2
 the physical layer employed by both Profibus ‘PA’ &
Foundation Fieldbus ‘H1’ systems
 A PTB report dated August 1994 provided details of the
experimental evidence, from which the IEC standard has
emerged
 The resulting document covers all aspects of a low frequency
Fieldbus system
 allows a system to be built with only a minimum analysis of
the safety requirements
 allows very simple documentation
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Fieldbus
The FISCO model
published in 1994
 IEC 60079-27 defines the FISCO model
“Fieldbus Intrinsically Safe Concept”
provides clear guidelines for the design
& installation of fieldbus networks in
explosion protected environments
Fieldbus network
Foundation Fieldbus H1
& Profibus PA
Host
interface
Tree
Spur
Daisy-chain
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Fieldbus
Fieldbus Intrinsically Safe Concept
(FISCO)
 The experimental work covered a defined range of cable
parameters, circuit voltage & current;
 hence the permitted cable parameters in a FISCO IS circuit
are limited to :
Parameter
Loop resistance
Loop inductance
Capacitance
Max length of each
spur cable
Max length of each
trunk cable
15 ohm
0.4 mH
80 nF
Value
to 150 ohm / km
to
1 mH / km
to 200 nF / km
30 m in IIC & IIB
1 km in IIC & 5 km in IIB
Table 1 - FISCO cable parameters
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 These limits are not difficult to achieve, since a typical Fieldbus
trunk cable has parameters of :
50 /km, 0,8 mH/km & 120 nF/km
 The length of the trunk is usually determined by the
operational requirements.
Fieldbus
Fieldbus Intrinsically Safe Concept
(FISCO)
 The original Foundation Fieldbus specification
(FF-816; IEC61158-2) was for a ‘ia IIC’ resistive power
supply, which suffers from very restrictive voltage &
current
18.4V
V
Resistive
I
MTL5053
non-FISCO
EEx II (1) GD
EEx [ia] IIC [-20 OC to +60 OC]
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80 mA
Fieldbus
Fieldbus Intrinsically Safe Concept
(FISCO)
 The FISCO standard examined the ignition capability of constant
current power supplies
 it proposed acceptable levels of power for supplies with a
‘trapezoidal’ characteristic, as opposed to those with a
falling, resistor-limited characteristic.
 This permits a greater useable power for the Fieldbus trunk;
 particularly if the less sensitive gas group IIB (Ethylene)
is declared
 by use of a constant current power supply, its application
into Zone 0 is not allowed
17.5
Trapezoidal
V
Resistive
I
9
380
Fieldbus
FISCO in North America
 The use of active semiconductors to limit the current
 results in power supplies being restricted to ‘ib’ level of
protection in accordance with IEC & CENELEC
apparatus standards
 ie, system is not directly applicable to Zone 0
applications
 However, the design of MTL power supplies satisfies the
North American requirement for intrinsically safe
apparatus for Divisions 1 & 2
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Fieldbus
The FISCO model
 Power Supply : constant current control :
 trapezoidal fall-off
 V max up to 17.5 volts

IIC
 Imax
183 mA
 Pmax
2.56 Watts
IIB
380 mA
5.32 Watts
 Safety Factor of 1.5 has been incorporated
17.5
Trapezoidal
V
Resistive
I
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380
Fieldbus
Comparison of Safety Parameters
FOUNDATION
Fieldbus
FF-816
Ci
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FISCO
Parameters
FISCO
IIC
FISCO
IIB
Ui
24 Volts
17.5 Volts
17.5 Volts
Ii
250 mA
183 mA
380 mA
Pi
1.2 watts
2.56 watts
5.32 watts
Ci
5 nF
5 nF
5 nF
Li
20 uH
10 uH
10 uH
Fieldbus
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The FISCO model
 The FISCO model is based on the following mandate :
 Each segment has only one source of power
& no additional power is fed to the bus
 the field devices act as passive current sinks
 Passive line termination is in place at both ends of the
main bus line
 Line length limited to : 1 Km in IIC
: 1900 m in IIB (FF-816 limit)
 Spur length limited to : 30 metres (60 metres proposed)
 Each device : capacitance & inductance limited to
Ci < 5 nF, Li < 10 uH
 Linear, tree, & star networks are permitted
Fieldbus
Documentation & Inspection
 Major benefits of the FISCO system are :
 no detailed analysis is necessary to ensure the safety of
the system
 additions do not require reassessment of the whole
system
 the documentation is only a list of the connected
apparatus
 electronic format sufficient
 can simply cross-refer to the certification documents
of the apparatus
 the inspection procedure is that of ensuring the system
is unchanged & undamaged
 The reader is referred to Application Note AN9026 :
Section 1.7 : Documentation & Inspection
Section 8
: Certification & Safety;
Documentation of FISCO Systems
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Fieldbus
FISCO - Detailed Design
 The calculation of how many field devices can be powered on a bus
is a simple application of ‘Ohms Law’
 take the current consumption of each field device,
 deduce the voltage drop in the trunk cable,
 remembering that the field devices require 9V to operate.
 If the assumption is :
 all field devices take 20mA
 all are located at the remote end of the IS trunk
 typically, the number of devices which can be powered from a
IIC power supply is 5 at the end of a 600m trunk
 The corresponding IIB power supply will supply
13 devices at the end of a 300m trunk
 demonstrating the desirability of a IIB gas classification where
possible
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 In practice most instruments take less than 20 mA
thus permitting an increase in population
Fieldbus
Terminators
 FISCO power supplies typically contain a permanently connected
terminator which defines one end of the IS trunk
 The field end of the IS trunk also requires to be terminated
 Terminators are used to present a 100  impedance to each end
of the trunk
 to match the cable characteristic impedance
 to avoid reflections
 typical certification :
 ATEX Category II 1
 CENELEC EEx ia IIC T4
FBT1-IS
 Typically, the terminator is FISCO approved, and hence can be used
without any further consideration of the system safety
R
L
C
R
L
C
R
L
C
Terminator
100 
1 F
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Fieldbus
Host
Typical application
L
N
E
DC
supply
T
T
Power
conditioner
T
Safe Area
Zone 1 / Div1
Hazardous Area
 The Fieldbus
 The incoming
power supply is
converted to an
intrinsically safe
supply to feed
the IS trunk
20
T
signal, which is
superimposed on the
IS voltage, is fed via
the interface device
to & from the field
devices
Fieldbus
Summary
 FISCO serves all gas groups & hazardous areas
 The number of field devices that can be connected to a
fieldbus segment will be limited only by :
 the power available
 the resistivity of the cable connection
 The segment can be extended without the need for new
calculations
(within the boundaries of the FISCO model )
 FISCO devices from different suppliers can be
interchanged without any re-calculation

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No System certification required
Fieldbus
Summary
Entity
Approach
FISCO
Application
Line length limit all gases
: 1.9 Km (FF-816)
Max spur length : 120 m
Full calculation of safety parameters
Line length limit : 1 Km in IIC
: 1.9 Km in IIB (FF-816)
Max spur length : 30 m ( 60 m proposed )
No cable parameter considerations
required
Simple interchange of devices
Tree
Spur
Daisy-chain
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31.25
kbit/s