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the Latest National Electrical Safety Code
The 2007 edition of the National
Electrical Safety Code (NESC) is now available. This is a landmark
event since the code offers essential guidance in how to safeguard employees
and the public to those who design, install, operate and maintain electrical
and communication lines. The code is used throughout the U.S. and in more
than 100 countries.
The NESC, which is updated every five years, is a comprehensive document
that considers topics ranging from grounding, rotating equipment, storage
batteries, transformers and conductors to switchgear, clearances, cable
terminations, safety signs and protective clothing.
Updates made in the 2007 edition affect many areas of the code, including
metal grounding poles, starting voltages and clearances, grounding and
insulation for guys, clearances between transmission lines, loading due
to freezing rain and wind, fiber-reinforced polymer elements, arc exposure
analysis, and antenna radiation exposure limits. This edition also contains
new appendices on loading and conductor movement, extreme wind loading,
and maximum over-voltage at a work site.
Order your copy of the new 2007
National Electrical Safety Code today.
Communicating During Traffic Incidents
Efficient communication is essential when managing traffic incidents.
With this in mind, the IEEE has updated one of its standards that foster
consistent communications in traffic accidents, roadway closures, natural
disasters and other transportation-related events.
This standard,
IEEE 1512.1™, "Standard for Common Traffic Incident Management Message
Sets for Use by Emergency Management Centers", addresses the exchange
of vital data about public safety and emergency management in transportation
incidents.
This standard is designed to help all parties involved share information
easily and to improve response times and the control of resources. It
concerns messages sent from an emergency management center to such entities
as other incident management centers, fleet and freight management centers
and planning subsystems. The revision brings IEEE 1512.1 in line with
changes to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and to relevant
standards, such as those for national intelligent transportation systems
architecture.
The updated version of IEEE
1512.1 is available now.
It is also featured in “IEEE
VuSpec: Safety & Security Standards Series, Volume I: Critical Infrastructure”.
Standard Defines Arc Flash Danger
Arc flash is a dramatic and dangerous phenomenon. When electric current
leaves its assigned path and short circuits through air, the temperature
of the arc formed can soar well beyond that at the surface of the sun
in a fraction of a second. Employers need to understand how to protect
workers from this dramatic release of energy.
IEEE 1584, “Guide for Performing Arc-Flash Hazard Calculations”
and IEEE 1584A (an amendment to this standard) provides a first
step for any arc flash safety program. This standard offers designers
and facility operators a systematic approach to defining arc flash hazard
distance and the energy in calories/cm² to which employees may potentially
be exposed when working on or near electrical equipment.
The calculations in the standard are often used in conjunction with NFPA
70E, “Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace”, which is widely
cited by OSHA and which sets requirements for companies whose employees
work on energized equipment.
A copy of
IEEE 1584 and IEEE 1584A as a set is available now.
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March Publications
386-2006
IEEE Standard for Separable Insulated Connector Systems for Power Distribution
Systems Above 600 V
Definitions, service conditions, ratings, interchangeable construction
features, and tests are established for loadbreak and deadbreak separable
insulated connector systems rated above 600 V and, 600 A or less, for
use on power distribution systems.
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434-2006
IEEE Guide for Functional Evaluation of Insulation Systems for AC Electric
Machines Rated 2300 V and Above
This guide describes a procedure that may be used to evaluate and
compare insulation systems used, or proposed for use, in large ac electric
machines.
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404-2006
IEEE Standard for Extruded and Laminated Dielectric Shielded Cable Joints
Rated 2 500 V to 500 000 V
This standard establishes electrical ratings and test requirements of
cable joints used with extruded and laminated dielectric shielded cable
rated in preferred voltage steps from 2500 to 500 000V. In addition, it
defines test requirements for cable jacket and cable shield restoration
devices. It also defines a variety of common joint constructions.
This standard is designed to provide uniform testing procedures that can
be used by manufacturers and users to evaluate the ability of underground
power cable joints, and associated cable shield and cable jacket restoration
components, to perform reliably in service.
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762-2006
IEEE Standard for Definitions for Use in Reporting Electric Generating
Unit Reliability, Availability, and Productivity
This standard provides a methodology for the interpretation of electric
generating unit performance data from various systems and to facilitate
comparisons among different systems. It also standardizes terminology
and indexes for reporting electric generating unit reliability, availability,
and productivity performance measures.
This standard is intended to aid the electric power industry in reporting
and evaluating electric generating unit reliability, availability, and
productivity while recognizing the power industry’s needs, including marketplace
competition. Included are equations for equivalent demand forced outage
rate (EFORd), newly identified outage states, discussion of commercial
availability, energy weighted equations for group performance indexes,
definitions of outside management control (OMC), pooling methodologies,
and time-based calculations for group performance indexes.
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IEEE
Power Switchgear, Substation, and Relay Standards, VuSpec Edition (formerly
known as ANSI C37) VuSpec
This product replaces SE108, SE109, SE110, and SE112
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after September 28: $1,295/$1,195.)
New for 2007-2008
Imagine having immediate access to, and easily searching through, all
140 standards. For the first time on VuSpec CD, IEEE offers you this complete
collection of all Power Switchgear, Substation, and Relay standards.
Search by titles, keywords, abstracts, extended descriptions, HTML tags,
or on the full text of the standards themselves.
Over 140 IEEE Standards
A complete collection of all IEEE Power Switchgear, Circuit Breaker, Fuse,
Substation, and Relay Standards. Includes 70 Switchgear standards, 35
Substation standards, 30 Relaying standards, and a handful of key referenced
standards from other areas.
Powerful new and improved IEEE VuSpec Interface with integrated search,
links, and navigation features
New Power Switchgear, Substation, and Relay Online Glossary of nearly
1,400 terms derived from the official standards.
Portable VuSpec CD-ROM for Microsoft Windows (limited PDF-only access
for MacOS, Linux, UNIX, and others).
Includes related bonus material on disc, including select historic ANSI/NEMA
standards, key reference standards, and exclusive linked abstracts, keywords,
and extended standard descriptions.
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IEEE Approves Substation Standard On Electrical Clearance And Insulation
Levels
PISCATAWAY, N.J., USA, 6 March 2007
The IEEE has approved a new standard on electrical clearances and insulation
levels at substations. It also has begun to work on an amendment to the
standard on connections used in substation grounding standard and revisions
to those for safety considerations for substation grounding and for the
oil spills at substations.
The IEEE has approved IEEE 1427™, “Guide for Recommended Electrical Clearances
and Insulation Levels in Air Insulated Electrical Power Substations”.
This new standard, which covers three-phase ac systems from l to 800kV,
develops guidelines for design, operating and safety clearances. It includes
insulation coordination procedures and design procedures for selecting
and coordinating the insulation levels for substation clearances.
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the full press release here
IEEE Sets System Requirements For Broadband-Over-Powerline Standard, Issues
Call For Proposals
PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA, 6 March 2007
Proposals Sought for Bringing Internet Signals to Homes,Allowing Digital
Content on Home Wiring, Interoperability
The effort to create a broadband-over-powerline (BPL) standard at the
IEEE has passed a significant milestone. The working group for this standard,
which contains major companies at all points of the BPL value chain, has
developed over 400 requirements for the baseline BPL standard and issued
a call for proposals to obtain technical solutions for systems that meet
these requirements. Proposals are due by June 4.
The standard, IEEE P1901™, “Standard for Broadband over Power Line Networks:
Medium Access Control and Physical Layer Specifications”, will be a comprehensive
specification needed to send high-speed digital data over the power lines
between substations and homes and offices. It also will provide for digital
voice, data and video signals to be carried over and accessed from electrical
lines within structures
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the full press release here
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The Authoritative
Dictionary of IEEE Standards Terms 7th Edition
IEEE standards establish an authoritative common language that defines
quality and sets technical criteria. By guaranteeing consistency and conformity
through an open, consensus setting, IEEE standards add value to products,
facilitate trade, help drive markets, and ensure safety. That’s why leading
companies and organizations from around the globe and across industry
sectors use them.
A critical component of this common language is the vast collection of
terms and definitions standardized in IEEE standards. In the past decade
alone, hundreds of terms have entered the multi-sector technology lexicon
under the IEEE umbrella, describing tools, techniques, and best practices.
In the newly updated Authoritative Dictionary of IEEE Standards Terms,
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and appreciation for the breadth of coverage of IEEE standards terms and
definitions—not found in any other single source.
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IEEE 802.11 Handbook: A Designer’s Companion, Second Edition
The first generation 802.11™ wireless market, once struggling to expand,
has spread from largely vertical applications such as healthcare, point
of sale, and inventory management to become much more broad as a general
networking technology being deployed in offices, schools, hotel guest
rooms, airport departure areas, airplane cabins, entertainment venues,
coffee shops, restaurants, and homes. This has led to the tremendous growth
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16085: 2006
Systems and Software Engineering-Life Cycle Processes-Risk Management
A process for the management of risk in the life cycle is defined. It
can be added to the existing set of software life cycle processes defined
by the ISO/IEC 12207 or ISO/IEC 15288 series of standards, or it can be
used independently
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551-2006 VIOLET BOOK
IEEE Recommended Practice for Calculating Short-Circuit Currents in Industrial
and Commercial Power Systems
This recommended practice provides short-circuit current information including
calculated short-circuit current duties for the application in industrial
plants and commercial buildings, at all power system voltages, of power
system equipment that senses, carries, or interrupts short-circuit currents.
Equipment coverage includes, but should not be limited to, protective
device sensors such as series trips and relays, passive equipment that
may carry short circuit current such as bus, cable, reactors, and transformers
as well as interrupters such as circuit breakers and fuses.
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IEEE Wireless Dictionary
Wireless technology, like many other technical fields, has its own
set of jargon and acronyms. Many times, these acronyms are used simply
to reduce the effort required to describe concepts.
The goal of this book is to provide meaning for the acronyms and jargon
used in the wireless industry with a particular emphasis on commercial
systems. Although not exhaustive, an additional goal was to include the
most commonly used terms. Individuals who are experts in one particular
field, e.g., 3G cellular or WLANs, will find terms from other fields with
which they are unfamiliar. Individuals who need to have broad view of
the wireless landscape will find that this book covers most of the topics
and terms that are important in today’s market.
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