Taking Medium Voltage Motor Control Centers to New Levels of Safety

Medium voltage motor control centers, designed around the requirements of UL 347 [1], have been successfully utilized in the petrochemical industries for many decades. As they continue to provide consistent control of large medium voltage assets, they have also become key components within the intelligent control requirements of today’s complex petrochemical facilities. Through the incorporation of proven technologies employed in other safety-based products used globally, these control products can be moved beyond their traditional safety requirements specified by the current product design and testing standards. This paper will cover the implementation and utilization of these proven technologies that can provide additional levels of personnel safety within these traditional designs.