IEEE 1187-2002 Recommended Practice for Installation Design and Installation of Valve-Regulated Lead-Acid Storage Batteries for Stationary Applications
Forward(This introduction is not part of IEEE Std 1187-2002?@ IEEE Recommended Practice for Installation Design and Installation of Valve-Regulated Lead-Acid Storage Batteries for Stationary Applications.) Valve-regulated lead acid (VRLA) batteries are playing an ever-increasing role in control and power systems. In many cases@ VRLA batteries are being substituted for vented lead-acid batteries. Their use is also expanding into many other applications where their unique characteristics are desirable. Both gelled electrolyte and absorbed electrolyte VRLA designs@ covering a range of sizes and capacities@ are now available for use in many traditional and nontraditional battery applications. This recommended practice fulfills the need within the industry to provide a common understanding of VRLA batteries and is applicable to float-service stationary installations. Alternative energy applications are not covered. This recommended practice was prepared by the IEEE 1187 Working Group@ Installation and Maintenance Subcommittee of the Standards Coordinating Committee 29 on Stationary Batteries. At the time this recommended practice was completed@ the IEEE 1187 Working Group had the following membership: Eddie Davis@ Chair The following members of the balloting committee voted on this standard. Balloters may have voted for appproval@ disapproval@ or abstention. Curtis Ashton Richard T. Bolgeo Ron Burgin William Cantor Thomas Carpenter Jay Chamberlin Steve Clark Bruce Cole Garth Corey Dan Cox John Coyle Thomas Croda Peter DeMar Mike Flack Robert Fletcher Paul Foley Daniel Funk Timothy FurlongJerry Gordon Thomas Gorlitz Wayne Johnson Peter Langan Jose MarreroJames McDowall Nick Nichols Edward Rafter Thomas Ruhlmann Saba N. Saba Amiya Samanta Robert Schmitt Frank Tarantino Shawn Tyler Michael Weeks Walter Wylie James Anderson Curtis Ashton Gary Balash Robert Beavers Richard T. Bolgeo William Cantor Jay Chamberlin Mark Clark Garth Corey John Coyle Eddie Davis Peter DeMar Harold Epstein Robert Fletcher Daniel Funk Timothy Furlong Jerry Gordon Thomas Gorlitz Richard Greco Randall Groves Paul Houck J. H. Kelly Alan LambPeter Langan Daniel Levin Demetrios N. Logothetis Joel Long Jose Marrero James McDowall Bansi Patel Hal Priestley Thomas Ruhlmann Saba N. Saba Amiya Samanta Richard Setchell Sam Shah Shawn Tyler Kurt Uhlir Michael Weeks Walter Wylie When the IEEE-SA Standards Board approved this standard on 21 March 2002@ it had the following membership: James T. Carlo@ Chair James H. Gurney@ Vice Chair Judith Gorman@ Secretary *Member EmeritusAlso included is the following nonvoting IEEE-SA Standards Board liaison: Alan Cookson@ NIST Representative Satish K. Aggarwal@ NRC Representative Don Messina IEEE Standards Project Editor National Electrical Code and NEC are both registered trademarks of the National Fire Protection Association@ Inc. Sid Bennett H. Stephen Berger Clyde R. Camp Richard DeBlasio Harold E. Epstein Julian Forster* Howard M. Frazier Toshio Fukuda Arnold M. Greenspan Raymond Hapeman Donald M. Heirman Richard H. Hulett Lowell G. Johnson .Joseph L. Koepfinger* Peter H. Lips Nader Mehravari Daleep C. Mohla William J. Moylan Malcolm V. Thaden Geoffrey O. Thompson Howard L. Wolfman Don WrightScopeThis recommended practice provides recommended design practices and procedures for storage@ location@ mounting@ ventilation@ instrumentation@ preassembly@ assembly@ and charging of valve-regulated lead-acid (VRLA) storage batteries. Required safety practices are also included. This recommended practice is applicable to float-service stationary installations. This recommended practice also contains six informative annexes. These provide additional tutorial information relating to topics introduced in the body of the document. Battery sizing@ maintenance@ capacity testing@ charging equipment@ battery protection@ and consideration of other types of batteries are beyond the scope of this recommended practice. Alternative energy applications are also beyond the scope of this recommended practice. The portions of this recommended practice that specifically relate to personnel safety are mandatory instructions and are designated by the word shall; all other portions are recommended practices and are designated by the word should
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