Inactive-Reserved Standard

IEEE 446-1995

IEEE Recommended Practice for Emergency and Standby Power Systems for Industrial and Commercial Applications

This Recommended Practice addresses the uses, power sources, design, and maintenance of emergency and standby power systems. Chapter 3 is a general discussion of needs for and the configuration of emergency and standby systems. Chapter 9 lists the power needs for specific industries. Chapters 4 and 5 deal with the selection of power sources. Chapter 6 provides recommendations for protecting both power sources and switching equipment during fault conditions. Chapter 7 provides recommendations for design of system grounding, and Chapter 10 provides recommendations for designing to reliability objectives. Chapter 8 provides recommended maintenance practices.

Sponsor Committee
IAS/ICPS/SDC - Industrial & Commercial Power Systems Standards Development Committee
Status
Inactive-Reserved Standard
PAR Approval
1992-06-18
Superseding
446-1987
Board Approval
1995-12-12
History
ANSI Approved:
1996-08-01
ANSI Withdrawn Date:
2011-09-09
Published:
1996-07-03
Reaffirmed:
2000-06-21
Inactivated Date:
2021-03-25

Working Group Details

Society
IEEE Industry Applications Society
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Sponsor Committee
IAS/ICPS/SDC - Industrial & Commercial Power Systems Standards Development Committee
Working Group
ADMIN_8218 - Project Administration_8218
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Patricia Roder
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