PISCATAWAY, N.J., USA, 30 January 2007 Recent natural disasters
have surfaced a need for guidelines to help petroleum and chemical facilities
minimize how such events affect their electrical systems and to formulate processes
that speed recovery. In response to this need, the IEEE has begun work on IEEE
P1716™, "Managing Natural Disaster Impact on Key Electrical Systems
and Installations in Petroleum and Chemical Facilities".
IEEE P1716
will provide petroleum and chemical plants with recommendations for pre-assessing
their electrical facilities for damage potential in defined disasters. It also
will provide guidelines for protecting electrical systems during natural disasters,
identifying mitigation techniques, developing designs that reduce impact, and
putting processes in place to speed the recovery of key electrical systems after
a disaster. The standard will stress the need to place basic human needs first
during a natural disaster.
IEEE P1716 is sponsored by the IEEE Industry
Applications Society.
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