Book Description
The demand for continuous, reliable, high-quality electric power is critical. Many installations require uninterruptible power that is virtually free of frequency excursions and voltage dips, surges, and transients. However, the nature of electric power failures, interruptions, frequency excursions, and voltage dips, the duration of which can span a wide range in time, may be due to elements out of human control. The IEEE Orange Book was developed to provide guidance to industrial users and suppliers of emergency and standby power systems.
The IEEE Orange Book presents the recommended engineering practices for the selection and application of emergency and standby power systems. It provides commercial and industrial facility designers, operators, and owners with guidelines for ensuring uninterrupted power. In this aspect, the IEEE Orange Book addresses the uses, power sources, design, and maintenance of emergency and standby power systems.
Practically all aspects of emergency power are addressed by the IEEE Orange Book. A general discussion of the needs for, and the configuration of, emergency and standby power systems is given. The IEEE Orange Book also lists the power needs for specific industries and deals with the selection of power sources. Recommendations are also given for protecting both power sources and switching equipment during fault conditions, for the design of system grounding, and for designing to reliability objectives. |
