Power Connect Newsletter

The Museum of the Bible (MOTB), located just three blocks from the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., opened to the public in 2017. A 1920s-era, refrigerated warehouse was completely renovated to house the 430,000 square foot museum complex. The transformation came with a unique set of needs to fit the MOTB’s vision of becoming one of the most technologically advanced and engaging museums in the world.

Through the expansion into larger gaseous gen-set nodes, Generac Industrial Power continues to dominate the market in cost-effective natural gas solutions. Generac’s 750 kW generator is the company’s largest and most powerful gaseous generator to date.

Beyond disaster protection, a backup generator’s role to provide power is important when utility providers consider rolling blackouts and brownouts and data center operators see reduced utility service reliability.

Demand Response (DR) or Demand Side Response (DSR) programs reduce demand on the utility supply in the event of a utility grid emergency. They do this by allowing the local electric utility — typically an Independent System Operator (ISO) or regional electric utility company — to automatically and remotely use an organization’s on-site generators, transferring some or all of a facility’s load from the grid to the generator.

Electrical engineers must consider many factors when designing backup, standby, and emergency power systems. Specific requirements for emergency power vary based on the mission critical facility, such as a hospital or data center.

When designing generator systems, electrical engineers must ensure that generators and the building electrical systems that they support are appropriate for the specific application.

A hospital needed to upgrade emergency power equipment with a new generator while maintaining some current equipment. For this project, the owner wanted to increase emergency power capacity by adding a third diesel generator and correct NFPA 110 7.2.3 code and 2008 NEC 700.9 B (now 2017 NEC 700.10 B) violations associated with emergency power system (EPS) and emergency power supply system (EPSS) locations and configurations.