Precautions To Be Taken To Prevent From Static Electricity As Per NFPA 77
Static has always been a problem in the chemical industry. It has been discovered to be the culprit of many industrial fires. Static electricity is the branch of electrical science dealing with the effects of the accumulation of electric charge. NFPA 77, Recommended Practice on Static Electricity, provides guidance on identifying, evaluating, and controlling static electric hazards for the purpose of preventing fires and explosions. Although this recommended practice originated in 1937 and has continuously evolved for the last several decades, static electricity incidents continue to occur. In the chemical industry, say a storage tank farm, two of these …
Is Driving Electric Vehicle Safe??
Electric Vehicle Fire Statistics As per Electric Vehicle News India AutoinsuranceEZ.com conducted a recent study to find answers on which type of vehicle is more likely to catch fire. The study collected and analyzed data from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), and Recalls.gov. This is what the data on car fire statistics as well as data on sales threw up. For every 100K sales of gas vehicles, 1,529 fires were reported. For every 100K sales of hybrid vehicles, 3,474 fires were reported. For every 100K sales of electric vehicles, 25 fires were reported. …
Accurately designed solar based water pumping system – a way to cost effective and sustainable farming!!
11000 agricultural workers are dying due to electrocution in India every year. On average 30 persons are dying every day. The reasons are attributed to standards not being followed in wiring, cutting, and fallen transmission lines due to aging, corrosion, and formation of the conductive path on the motor casing and control box under damp conditions. The unavailability of electrical power leaves the rural farmers at the mercy of other sources of water generation to irrigate their farmland and the use of human power to carry the water source to the field. To obtain optimum yield on such land efficient, sustainable …
Arc Flash: What It Is and How to Reduce Risk
Understand the arc flash hazard, what a study establishes, and which risk-reduction decisions need engineering review. What is an arc flash? An arc flash is a hazardous release of energy from an electrical arc. It can expose people to intense heat and other damaging effects. An arc flash study estimates incident energy and the arc flash boundary for defined equipment and operating conditions; it supports risk-reduction decisions but does not make electrical work safe by itself. What is the difference between an arc flash and electric shock? Electric shock involves current passing through the body. Arc flash exposure can injure …
Paradigm Shift With Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning!!
As an industry or production house, it becomes essential to perform at par by adapting newer technologies to streamline the processes. Cost optimization to increase profit margins has become the company’s dream due to globalization and compilation. In current times, the following methods are being adopted by the management of different industries to make them more profitable. Reduction of the energy/fuel cost with alternative resources Uses of efficient and reliable production methodology with system To maintain the energy efficiency of system and equipment Managing system reliability & continuous operation are equally important for the organization. “Asset Management” is a key …