The ability to directly link between photovoltaics or energy storage mechanisms and direct current (DC) rated utilization equipment is an attractive option to avoid the potential energy losses and heat generation associated with power conversion from DC-to-AC-to-DC. Many pieces of utilization equipment, particularly IT, home electronics and appliances
Articles, by Professor J.C. Lin of the University of Illinois in Chicago, highlighting ICNIRP’s role in establishing limits for EMF exposure during MRI procedures were published in IEEE periodicals Microwave Magazine , vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 46-56, June 2011, and in Antennas and Propagation Magazine , vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 169-174, Feb.2011. The articles
Lately, a return to using low voltage DC power, at least in some applications, had gotten a lot of attention. There was a US workshop sponsored by NEMA, UL and NFPA that drew over 140 participants. A workshop was recently held in Europe that had over 70 attendees. Demonstration installations for data centers and community level distribution have been
In the world of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) there are several categories of membership for the countries that participate in that international standards body. Full members are those National Committees that have access to all technical and managerial activities and functions, at all levels of the IEC, including voting rights
The declaration from International Agency for Research on Cancer that cellphone emissions are possibly carcinogenic is not only old "news" but it is not scientifically substantiated. The conclusion IARC reached was based on a review of a set of published articles evaluating the effects of electromagnetic emissions on biological cells or animals
NEMA, UL and NFPA sponsored a very successful workshop in Crystal City, VA during April on the topic of Low-Voltage Direct Current. There were 17 presenters and over 140 attendees at this state-of-the-industry event. LVDC is of interest because establishing a direct connection between distributed power generators (especially photovoltaics) plus energy
Standards developed under the umbrella of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) facilitate international trade and enable manufacturers to maintain a single product for world market access. Many governments adopt IEC standards as their own and may even include them in their regulatory structure to help ensure the safety of their country's
Fire pump controllers, assemblies of electronic and electrical devices, are intended to ensure critical life-safety operation of fire-fighting pump motors in buildings. If the pump motors or the controllers fail to operate, there is significant potential for loss of life and loss of buildings and their contents. Why would anyone write a regulation that
In a statement issued on 2 June 2010, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has released an updated position statement concluding overall that "the balance of scientific evidence to date still does not indicate that harmful effects occur in humans due to low-level exposure to EMFs." EMF stands for Electric and Magnetic Fields
The Canadian Standards Association has been pursuing adoption of IEC 61000-3-2: Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 3-2 and 61000-3-12: Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 3-12 that provide requirements on limiting device harmonic current emissions. These documents, and IEEE 519 , provide requirements for limiting the effect of various