1. Protecting your Energy Storage System
US-Africa Clean Energy Standards Program
February 28, 2017| Richard Bielen, PE-Division Manager of Fire Protection Systems

2. 2012 Wind farm fire on Hawaii
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3. Agenda Involvement with electrical projects Applicable NFPA standards
New standard on ESS

4. Who is the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)?
Nonprofit Organization
Standards Development Organization (SDO)
Research, Training, Education
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5. Who is the NFPA? NEC is directly adopted in: 13 different countries
Mexico
Central and South America
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6. Who is the NFPA? Over 200 translations of NFPA's codes and standards.
Spanish
French
Portuguese
Mandarin
Korean
Japanese
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7. South Africa Connection
In 2013 the NFPA signed a MOU with Forest Fire Association, address wildfire safety concerns in the wildland/urban interface (WUI).

8. NFPA involvement with Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicle Safety for Emergency First Responders
Batteries reigniting

9. NFPA codes and standards-ESS
NFPA 1, Fire Code, Chapter, 52  Stationary Storage Battery Systems
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10. Suppression Standards
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11. Electrical Standards
NFPA 70, National Electrical Code- Article 706, Energy Storage Systems
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12. NFPA codes and standards-ESS
Smoke control:
NFPA 91, Standard for Exhaust Systems for Air Conveying of Vapors, Gases, Mists, and Particulate Solids
NFPA 92, Standard for Smoke Control Systems
Emergency power systems
NFPA 110, Standard for Emergency and Standby Power Systems
NFPA 111, Standard on Stored Electrical Energy Emergency and Standby Power Systems
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13. NFPA codes and standards-ESS
Electric generation:
NFPA 850, Recommended Practice for Fire Protection for Electric Generating Plants and High Voltage Direct Current Converter Stations
NFPA 853, Standard for the Installation of Stationary Fuel Cell Power Systems
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14. NFPA codes and standards-ESS
Incident Response
NFPA 472, Standard for Competence of Responders to Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents
NFPA 1620, Standard for Pre-Incident Planning
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15. NFPA codes and standards-ESS
Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Storage Safety CS WG
Analysis of existing codes and standards
Identified gaps
Developed a draft installation standard for ESS
Submitted to the NFPA for a new project
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16. NFPA 855, Standard for the Installation of Stored Energy Systems
Technical Committee (TC) formed in August 2016
December 2, 2016 conference call with TC
TC met January 10-12, 2017 for Pre First Draft Meeting
Draft available to the public around August 2017
Projected publication date of August/September 2020
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17. NFPA 855, Standard for the Installation of Stored Energy Systems
Chapter 1, Administration
Chapter 2, Referenced Publications
Chapter 3, Definitions
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18. NFPA 855, Standard for the Installation of Stored Energy Systems
Chapter 4, General Equipment Configurations
Chapter 5 Electro-Chemical Energy Storage Systems
Chapter 6 Capacitors
Chapter 7 Superconducting Magnet Energy Storage – Reserved
Chapter 8 Flywheel – Reserved
Chapter 9 Pumped Hydro – Reserved
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19. NFPA 855, Standard for the Installation of Stored Energy Systems
Chapter 10 Compressed Air Energy Storage Systems – Reserved
Chapter 11 Hydrogen ESS
Chapter 12 Thermal ESS – Reserved
Chapter 13 Commissioning
Chapter 14 Operations, Maintenance, Testing and Repairs
Chapter 15 Decommissioning
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20. NFPA 855, Standard for the Installation of Stored Energy Systems
Annex A Explanatory Material
Annex B Hazard Discussion of Batteries
Annex C Firefighting Considerations for Battery Systems
Annex D Status of Technologies
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21. First Responders
NFPA received a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant to develop training
Product
On-line training
Instructor led classroom course
Training video
Quick reference material to educate fire service
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22. Fire Service Training Overview Section I-Energy Storage Systems
Section V-Failure Modes and Hazards
Section II-Basic Electrical Theory
Section VI-System Install and Pre-Incident Planning
Section III-Battery Energy Storage Systems
Section VII-Emergency Response
Section IV-Battery Chemistry Types
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23. Conclusions NFPA has the knowledge and information to address ESS
NFPA has experience with similar electrical issues
NFPA is currently developing a new standard on ESS
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24. Thank You