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June 2016

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JUNE 2016

FIELD EVALUATION OF POWER GENERATION & CONVERSION EQUIPMENT

by András Szende

Power generation and conversion equipment has

always been the forefront in industrial applications.

Since it has been around for a long time and has

been a steady field with gradual changes, the

related regulations have also been relatively steady.

Power generation using oil or gas is common due

to the still relatively low price and availability of the

power source and also inexpensive and flexible

systems available today. A gas turbine powered

station may satisfy urgent power needs for small or

large communities. Standby systems, solar stations, battery backup solutions using more

environmentally friendly power generation methods are used in hospitals, data centers,

or production facilities where power loss may be a critical problem. All installations need

to meet local building codes and electrical safety requirements, so the NEC and multiple

standards may apply for parts of the installations. There are control panels, electrical

power generation, storage and conversion components, all with specific distinct safety

codes, all of which are typically field evaluated and labeled.

Power conversion components also come in many flavors and can be extremely versatile.

A simple “brick” 24 V power supply is a standard item in an installation, expected to be

listed and not field labeled. A large motor control center, an electric car charging station

or a power station precipitator power supply are all very complex installations, which

often need to be evaluated on site as a field inspection with detailed product review and

some specific testing. Safety standards for these power supplies vary, and need to be

well followed to guarantee safety. TUV Rheinland can be trusted with good engineering

knowledge and experience to inspect them.

Top Product Safety

Recalls

Tommee Tippee

Electric Bottle and Food

Warmers

Ecovent Recalls Room

Sensors

Direct Distributors Angle

Grinders

STIHL Battery-Powered

Hedge Trimmers

Sony VAIO Laptop

Computer Battery Packs

UL Warns of Hazardous

Immersion Heater

Auldey Toys Sky Rover

360 Electrical Recalls

Surge Protectors

POWER

GENERATION & CONVERSION

EQUIPMENT

NEWS

The 40th

Annual

Power

Generation

Order

Survey

Power

Generation

Will Drive

The Global

Gas Turbine

Market

Broan-NuTone

Ventilation Fans

Mirka Electric Random

Orbital Sanders

UL Warns of

Potentially Hazardous

Communications Cable

Rheem to Repair Water

Heaters

Rixson Exterior Gate

Closers Recalled

Water Heating

Technologies Gas Water

Heaters

Unauthorized UL Mark on

Incandescent Surfacemounted

Luminaires

Mohu Boomboxes

Southwire Voltage

Detectors

UL Warns of Potentially

Hazardous A21 LED

Lamp

Injury

Hazard

Fire/Burn

Hazard

Counterfeit

Mark

Shock

Hazard

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A 57%

Increase In

Workplace

‘accidents’

Electrical

Fire Destroys

Home Near

Troutman NC

Underground

Transformer

Explodes In

Downtown St.

Petersburg

10

Shock And Fire

Hazards Hidden In

Plain Sight

Monkey

Stumbles Into

Hydroelectric

Power Plant

4-hour

Blackout

OSHA Cites

NauticStar For

Fire, Explosion

And Electric

Shock

Hazards

Canadian

Worker

Electrocuted On

Solar Farm

Project

Feds Cite Los

Alamos National

Laboratory For 8

Serious Health,

Safety

Violations

Man

Risks Life To

Save Another

From Drowning

In Electrified

Pool

Transformer

explosion in

Branford CT stalls

Amtrak

Major

Electrical Fire At

Market Common

Clarendon

4 Common

Mistakes Using

Extension

Cords

Hotel

Engineer

Seriously Burned

In Electrical

Explosion

&

ELECTRICAL

WORKPLACE

INCIDENTS

1st Avenue

Reopens After

Transformer

Blows

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RESOURCE LINKS

OSHA

ACCREDITATION

ACCREDITATIONS

SCC

ACCREDITATION

29CFR1910.303A

SUBPART S

ELECTRICAL

OSHA/US DOL BULLETIN:

CERTIFICATION OF

WORKPLACE PRODUCTS

BY NATIONALLY

RECOGNIZED TESTING

LABS

OSHA:

INDUSTRIAL

MACHINERY

IS ELECTRICAL

EQUIPMENT

FEDERAL LAWS FOR THE

WORKPLACE

OSHA: ALL

EQUIPMENT MUST BE

NRTL APPROVED

NRTL

PART 1

NRTL

PART 2

29CFR1910.399

DEFINITIONS

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Foldimate

Is The Laundry

Robot That Will

Save You From

Tedious

Folding

The

Elderly May

One Day Swap

Their Motorized

Scooters For

Robotic Suits

ARTIFICIAL

INTELLIGENCE

There’s An

AI That’s

Making Music

To Improve

Your Brain

Function

What Are You

Printing For

Dinner?

World’s First

Passenger

Drone Cleared

For Testing In

Nevada

Hyperloop

Firm Has Yet To

Attempt A Test

Run - But It’s

Already Working

On The App

Lawyers,

Insurance

And Self-

Driving Cars

Ray Kurzweil’s

Four Big Insights

For Predicting The

Future

What 3-D

Printing Can Do

For Metals

Electromagnetic

Projectile

Launchers That

Fire At

4500 MPH

3-D Printing

Set To Disrupt

Products Liability

Law

Elevated

Bus That Drives

Above Traffic

Jams

Perovskite

Solar Cells

Surpass 20

Percent

Efficiency

Sound The

Alphorns:

World’s Longest,

Deepest Tunnel Is

Officially

Open

Yes, The Jetpowered

Hoverboard Is

Real

New

Approach To

Building Magnets

Yields New

World

Record

Facial

Recognition Tech

Will Soon End

Your Anonymity

In Public

Why Microsoft

Just Bought

LinkedIn: It’s All

About The

Data

10 Places

You’re Not

Allowed To See

On

Google

Maps

Wearable

Keyboard Lets

Users Tap To

Type

CUTTING

EDGE

TECHNOLOGY

NEWS

New

“half-bike”

Could Be Next

Urban Hipster

Hit

Jetpacks

Are One Step

Closer To

Becoming

Standard For U.S.

Soldiers

All IOS

Apps Must

Encrypt Web

Connections

By Year End

The Biggest

Aircraft In

The World -

Antonov-225

Mriya

New

“Iron Man”

Special Forces

Exoskeleton

Stops Bullets With

Liquid

Armor

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CUTTING

EDGE

TECHNOLOGY

NEWS

CONTINUED

BIOLOGY AND

TECHNOLOGY

Scientists

Turn Bacteria

Into Living

Hard Drives

Scientists Are

Closer To The

First ‘Universal

Cancer

Vaccine’

3D Printing

Neural Cells Of

The Brain

Minimally

Invasive

“Stentrode”

Shows Potential

As Neural

Interface

3D Printing

To Lead Fight

Against Brain

Tumors

Injection

Reverses

Alzheimer’s

Symptoms In

Mice In Just

One Week

Carbon

Capture Plants

That Suck CO2

Out Of The Air

Bionic Leaf

Now 10 Times

More Efficient

Than Natural

Photosynthesis

Wearable

That Could

Saves Lives

By Monitoring

Blood Alcohol

Level

US Bid To Grow

Human Organs

For Transplant

Inside Pigs

ASTRONOMY AND

TECHNOLOGY

A Mysterious

Dark Vortex

Just Appeared

Over Neptune

Dormant

Black Hole

Eats Star,

Becomes X-Ray

Flashlight

Medieval

Remedy

For Modern

Superbugs

NASA Just

Confirmed That

Earth Has A New

“Mini-Moon”

Black

Holes May

Actually Be 2D

Holograms

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