This standard provides test criteria to determine the suitability of heating devices and fittings that are used for commercial applications. The standard also includes detailed recommendations for the design, installation, and maintenance of electrical resistance trace heating in these applications. Commercial applications include installations both inside and outside commercial business buildings, such as office buildings, hospitals, and airports. Typical applications include freeze protection… read more of water pipes; temperature maintenance of hot water piping and other lines and tubing; protection of sprinkler systems; roof, gutter, and pavement deicing; and other applications as shown in Table 1. For commercial applications involving hazardous (classified) locations, refer to IEC/IEEE Std 60079-30-1 and IEC/IEEE Std 60079-30-2 as well as any other applicable codes and standards. read less
This recommended practice covers the evaluation of the electrical service requirements of industrial and commercial power systems. It describes various ways to take power from the serving utility (e.g., radial, loop). It then covers the specific requirements for service entrance equipment, as well as service equipment rooms, vaults and pads, and other ways of connecting to the utility's service point. Special application requirements are also discussed.
This recommended practice covers the design of power systems supplying lighting loads of industrial and commercial facilities. Common power system considerations specifically related to lighting loads are covered, including voltage drop, transients, flicker, and circuiting recommendations for various applications. General fundamental concepts of lighting design, including common light sources, control methods, and application techniques, are discussed. Industry-recognized lighting design… read more organizations and applicable lighting codes are discussed and identified as further resources for the lighting designer. read less
This recommended practice describes how to conduct load-flow studies and analysis for industrial and commercial power systems. It will be of greatest value to the power-oriented engineer with limited experience in this area. It can also be an aid to all engineers responsible for the electrical design of industrial and commercial power systems.
This recommended practice describes how to conduct motor-starting studies and analysis of industrial and commercial power systems. It is likely to be of greatest value to the power-oriented engineer with limited experience in this area. It can also be an aid to all engineers responsible for the electrical design of industrial and commercial power systems.
This recommended practice covers the protection of of power cables and busway used in industrial and commercial power systems against damage from short circuits and overloads as well as against physical damage from mechanical hazards, adverse environmental conditions, and improper handling.
This recommended practice describes how to use probability methods for conducting a reliability analysis of industrial and commercial power systems. It is likely to be of greatest value to the power-oriented engineer with limited experience in the area of reliability. It can also be an aid to all engineers responsible for the electrical design of industrial and commercial power systems.
Electric power systems in industrial plants and commercial and institutional buildings are designed to serve loads in a safe and reliable manner. One of the major considerations in the design of a power system is adequate control of short circuits or faults as they are commonly called. Uncontrolled short-circuits can cause service outage with accompanying production downtime and associated inconvenience, interruption of essential facilities or vital services, extensive equipment damage,… read more personnel injury or fatality, and possible fire damage. Short-circuits are caused by faults in the insulation of a circuit, and in many cases an arc ensues at the point of the fault. Such an arc may be destructive and may constitute a fire hazard. Prolonged duration of arcs, in addition to the heat released, may result in transient overvoltages that may endanger the insulation of equipment in other parts of the system. Clearly, the fault must be quickly removed from the power system, and this is the job of the circuit protective devices—the circuit breakers and fusible switches. A short-circuit current generates heat that is proportional to the square of the current magnitude, I2R. The large amount of heat generated by a short-circuit current may damage the insulation of rotating machinery and apparatus that is connected into the faulted system, including cables, transformers, switches, and circuit breakers. The most immediate danger involved in the heat generated by short-circuit currents is permanent destruction of insulation. This may be followed by actual fusion of the conducting circuit, with resultant additional arcing faults. The heat that is generated by high short-circuit currents tends not only to impair insulating materials to the point of permanent destruction, but also exerts harmful effects upon the contact members in interrupting devices. The small area common between two contact members that are in engagement depends mainly upon the hardness of the contact material and upon the amount of pressure by which they are kept in engagement. Owing to the concentration of the flow of current at the points of contact engagement, the temperatures of these points reached at the times of peak current are very high. As a result of these high spot temperatures, the material of which the contact members are made may soften. If, however, the contact material is caused to melt by excessive I2R losses, there is an imminent danger of welding the contacts together rendering it impossible to separate the contact members when the switch or circuit breaker is called upon to open the circuit. Since it requires very little time to establish thermal equilibrium at the small points of contact engagement, the temperature at these points depends more upon the peak current than upon the rms current. If the peak current is sufficient to cause the contact material to melt, resolidification may occur immediately upon decrease of the current from its peak value. Other important effects of short-circuit currents are the strong electromagnetic forces of attraction and repulsion to which the conductors are subjected when short-circuit currents are present. These forces are proportional to the square of the current and may subject any rotating machinery, transmission, and switching equipment to severe mechanical stresses and strains. The strong electromagnetic forces that high short-circuit currents exert upon equipment can cause deformation in rotational machines, transformer windings, and equipment bus bars, which may fail at a future time. read less
This guide is intended to provide a basic understanding of the application, evaluation, and safety considerations of electromagnetic interference (EMI) power-line filters used in both ac and dc applications. It includes a basic description of the construction of an EMI power-line filter and its functions in providing suppression of conducted noise. In addition, it provides explanations of why seemingly identical filters may not give the same performance in a particular application. Finally,… read more proper installation of these filters in equipment is discussed. read less
This recommended practice provides a guide for installation, splicing, terminating and field proof testing of cable systems as used in industrial and commercial applications. It is not intended to be a design document. Although many of the problems of installation can be avoided by designing cable layouts with the installation limits of this recommended practice.