IEEE
STARTS STANDARD TO DEFINE CONTENT
FOR TRAINING STATIONARY BATTERY PERSONNEL
Also Starts Revision of Standard for Sizing Lead-Acid Batteries
in Stationary Applications
Contact:
Karen
McCabe, IEEE Senior Marketing Manager
+1 732 562 3824, k.mccabe@ieee.org
For Release:
Immediate
PISCATAWAY,
N.J., USA, 6 May 2004 The IEEE has started work on a standard
to define the qualifications of and training content needed by
personnel who work with stationary batteries. It also begun to
revise the standard for sizing lead-acid batteries in stationary
applications.
The new standards
project, IEEE P1657™, "Guide for theQualifications for
Stationary Battery Installation, Maintenance, and Operations Personnel,"
will help those who develop training programs for stationary battery
installation, operations and maintenance by outlining the areas
of knowledge personnel who work on these batteries should have.
It also will provide training recommendations for related systems
to the extent they affect the battery.
The project
to revise IEEE P485™, "Recommended Practice for Sizing
Lead-Acid Batteries for Stationary Applications," will offer
added guidance on sizing for various battery applications and
load types. It also will address the impact that revisions to
related documents have on this standard. This standard describes
methods for defining dc load and sizing in lead-acid batteries
used in full float operations. It also includes factors
relating to cell selection.
These projects
are sponsored by the Power Engineering Society Stationary
Batteries Committee.
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