Energy Storage System Safety: Plan Review and Inspection Checklist

Technical Report · Wed Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1365458· OSTI ID:1365458

Cole, Pam C. ^[1]; Conover, David R. ^[1]

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1. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Codes, standards, and regulations (CSR) governing the design, construction, installation, commissioning, and operation of the built environment are intended to protect the public health, safety, and welfare. While these documents change over time to address new technology and new safety challenges, there is generally some lag time between the introduction of a technology into the market and the time it is specifically covered in model codes and standards developed in the voluntary sector. After their development, there is also a timeframe of at least a year or two until the codes and standards are adopted. Until existing model codes and standards are updated or new ones are developed and then adopted, one seeking to deploy energy storage technologies or needing to verify the safety of an installation may be challenged in trying to apply currently implemented CSRs to an energy storage system (ESS). The Energy Storage System Guide for Compliance with Safety Codes and Standards1 (CG), developed in June 2016, is intended to help address the acceptability of the design and construction of stationary ESSs, their component parts, and the siting, installation, commissioning, operations, maintenance, and repair/renovation of ESS within the built environment.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 1365458
• Report Number(s): SAND2017-3066R; 651935
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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