82 FR 50844 - Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Electric Motors and Small Electric Motors
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 211 (November 2, 2017)
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 211 (Thursday, November 2, 2017)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 50844-50847] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-23634] ======================================================================== Proposed Rules Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules. ======================================================================== Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 211 / Thursday, November 2, 2017 / Proposed Rules [[Page 50844]] DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 10 CFR Part 431 [EERE-2017-BT-TP-0047-0001] Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Electric Motors and Small Electric Motors AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy. ACTION: Notice of petition and request for public comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt and publishes petitions from the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) and UL LLC (UL) requesting that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) incorporate the IEC 60034-2-1:2014 (2014) test methods 2-1-1A and 2-1-1B as alternative test methods in addition to the existing test methods referenced in its regulations for determining the energy efficiency of certain electric motors and small electric motors: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standards 112-2004 Method B (2004) and 114-2010 (2010); and Canadian Standards Association standards (CSA) C390-10 (2010) and C747-09 (2009). NEMA found IEC 60034-2-1:2014 Method 2-1-1B to be equivalent to IEEE 112-2004 Method B and CSA C390-10 UL testing found IEC 60034-2-1:2004 Method 2-1-1B results to be in close agreement with those of CSA C390-10, and noted that the respective methodologies of IEC 60034-2-1:2014 Method 2-1-1A and CSA C747 were also in accord. DOE solicits comments, data, and information concerning NEMA's and UL's petitions. DATES: Written comments and information are requested and will be accepted on or before January 2, 2018. ADDRESSES: Interested persons are encouraged to submit comments using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Alternatively, interested persons may submit comments, identified by docket number EERE-2017-BT- TP-0047-0001, by any of the following methods: 1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. 2. Email: to [email protected]. Include docket number EERE-2017-BT-TP-0047-0001 in the subject line of the message. 3. Postal Mail: Appliance and Equipment Standards Program, U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Office, Mailstop EE-5B, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 586-6636. If possible, please submit all items on a compact disc (``CD''), in which case it is not necessary to include printed copies. 4. Hand Delivery/Courier: Appliance and Equipment Standards Program, U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Office, 950 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Suite 600, Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: (202) 586-6636. If possible, please submit all items on a CD, in which case it is not necessary to include printed copies. No telefacsimilies (faxes) will be accepted. For detailed instructions on submitting comments and additional information on this process, see section IV of this document. Docket: The docket for this activity, which includes the two petitions, Federal Register notices, comments, and other supporting documents/materials, is available for review at http://www.regulations.gov. Specifically, the petition and supporting documentation from NEMA is available at https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EERE-2017-BT-TP-0047-0028 and the petition from UL is available at https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EERE-2017-BT-TP-0047-0029. All documents in the docket are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index. However, some documents listed in the index, such as those containing information that is exempt from public disclosure, may not be publicly available. The docket Web page can be found at https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EERE-2017-BT-TP-0047. The docket Web page contains simple instructions on how to access all documents, including public comments, in the docket. See section IV for information on how to submit comments through http://www.regulations.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jeremy Dommu, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Office, EE-5B, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 586-9870. Email: [email protected]. Ms. Mary Greene, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, GC-33, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585- 0121. Telephone: (202) 586-1817. Email: [email protected]. For further information on how to submit a comment or review other public comments and the docket, contact the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program staff at (202) 586-6636 or by email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Table of Contents I. Authority and Background II. Petitions of NEMA and UL A. Petition of NEMA for Incorporating IEC 60034-2-1:2014 Method 2-1-1B B. Petition of UL for Incorporating IEC 60034-2-1:2014 Methods 2-1-1B and 2-1-1A 1. IEC 60034-2-1:2014 Method 2-1-1B 2. IEC 60034-2-1:2014 Method 2-1-1A III. Request for Comments IV. Submission of Comments I. Authority and Background Electric motors are included in the list of ``covered equipment'' for which DOE is authorized to establish and amend energy conservation standards and test procedures. (42 U.S.C. 6311(1)(A)). Additionally, EPCA directed DOE, subject to a determination of feasibility and justification, to establish energy conservation standards and test procedure for small electric motors. (42 U.S.C. 6317(b)) DOE's test procedures for electric motors are prescribed at appendix B to subpart B of part 431. DOE's test procedures for small electric motors are prescribed at 10 CFR part 431, subpart X. [[Page 50845]] DOE test procedures reference IEEE 112-2004 Method B \1\ and CSA C390-10 \2\ as the approved test methods for determining the energy efficiency of polyphase electric motors with a horsepower greater than or equal to 1 hp; and for determining the energy efficiency of polyphase small electric motors with a horsepower greater than 1 hp. Both industry standards are incorporated by reference at 10 CFR 431.15 and 10 CFR 431.443. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ IEEE Std 112-2004, Test Procedure for Polyphase Induction Motors and Generators, approved February 9, 2004, Section 6.4, Efficiency Test Method B, Input-Output with Loss Segregation. \2\ CSA C390-10, Test methods, marking requirements, and energy efficiency levels for three-phase induction motors, March 2010. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Additionally, DOE's small electric motors test procedures at subpart X of part 431 reference: (1) IEEE 114-2010 \3\ and CSA C747-09 \4\ as the approved test methods for determining the energy efficiency of single-phase small electric motors, and (2) IEEE 112-2004 Method A \5\ and CSA C747-09 as the approved test methods for determining the energy efficiency of polyphase small electric motors with a horsepower less than or equal to 1. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ IEEE Std 114-2010, Test Procedure for Single-Phase Induction Motors, approved September 30, 2010. \4\ CSA C747-09, Energy efficiency test methods for small motors, October 2009. \5\ IEEE Std 112-2004, Test Procedure for Polyphase Induction Motors and Generators, approved February 9, 2004, Section 6.3, Efficiency Test Method A, Input-Output. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- On July 31, 2017, DOE published a request for information (the ``July 2017 RFI'') initiating a data collection process to consider whether to amend DOE's test procedure for small electric motors and electric motors, and whether new test procedures are needed for motors beyond those subject to the existing Federal test procedures. 82 FR 35468. The petitions of NEMA and UL request modifications to the current test procedures for small electric motors and electric motors, and accordingly, DOE is entering this petition into the same docket that houses the July 2017 RFI. The docket is available at: https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EERE-2017-BT-TP-0047. II. Petitions of NEMA and UL A. Petition of NEMA for Incorporating IEC 60034-2-1:2014 Method 2-1-1B NEMA submitted a petition letter requesting that DOE incorporate the IEC 60034-2-1:2014 Method 2-1-1B \6\ test method as an alternative to the existing IEEE 112-2004 Method B and CSA C390-10 approved test methods of appendix B to subpart B of part 431. The petition further includes a ``work paper'' that summarizes an evaluation conducted by the NEMA Motor and Generator Section technical committee which found the IEC 60034-2-1:2014 Method 2-1-1B test method to be equivalent to the IEEE 112-2004 Method B and CSA C390-10 test methods.\7\ This evaluation relied on: (1) A comparison of instrumentation accuracy, test method, and calculation approach among the IEC, IEEE, and CSA industry standards, (2) analysis of test results from over 500 motors tested at the Hydro-Quebec Research Institute, and (3) reference to one scientific research paper (the ``Angers et al. paper'') which also concluded that all three methods \8\ were equivalent.\9\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \6\ IEC 60034-2-1:2014 Method 2-1-1B (2014), ``Rotating Electrical Machines--Part 2-1: Standard methods for determining losses and efficiency from tests (excluding machines for traction vehicles),'' ``Summation of losses, additional load losses according to the method of residual loss.'' \7\ The NEMA petition and work paper are available at https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EERE-2017-BT-TP-0047-0028. \8\ The paper compared 2013 draft updates of IEEE 112-2004 and IEC 60034-2-1:2007 (not the 2014 version the NEMA petition requests that DOE reference). \9\ Pierre Angers-Hydro-Qu[eacute]bec's Research Institute, Andrew Baghurst--CalTest Laboratory, Martin Doppelbauer--Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Review of Energy Efficiency Measurement Standards for Induction Motors in the Context of the IECEE Global Efficiency Labeling Initiative. EEMODS conference 2013. Available at: https://e3p.jrc.ec.europa.eu/publications/proceedings-8th-international-conference-eemods2013-energy-efficiency-motor-driven. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEMA's petition letter claimed that the results of the Hydro-Quebec Research Institute testing typically showed a loss deviation of less than2 percent. The NEMA petition letter also stated a loss difference of 2 percent is: (1) Within the variation of two tests performed using the same motor and test equipment but with different operators and at different times of day; and (2) well below the typical variation of 10 percent of losses when different labs are used to test the same motor. B. Petition of UL for Incorporating IEC 60034-2-1:2014 Methods 2-1-1B and 2-1-1A UL submitted a petition letter \10\ requesting that DOE incorporate two IEC 60034-2-1:2014 IEC test methods in its test procedures for electric motors and certain small electric motors. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \10\ The UL petition and supporting documentation is available at https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EERE-2017-BT-TP-0047-0029. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. IEC 60034-2-1:2014 Method 2-1-1B First, UL requested that IEC 60034-2-1:2014 test method 2-1-1B be approved for appendix B to subpart B of part 431 and section 431.444 of subpart X of part 431 (as an alternative to CSA C390-10). Regarding the first request, the petition further included two papers comparing the respective test standards. The first paper,\11\ which is the same paper (Angers et al.) cited in NEMA's petition's attachment, compared IEEE 112-2004, Method B (a 2013 year draft version), CSA C390-10, and IEC 60034-2-1, Method 2-1-1B (a 2013 year draft version). The comparison focused on instrumentation accuracy, test method, and calculation approach among the IEC, IEEE, and CSA industry standards and concluded that all three methods \12\ were equivalent. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \11\ Pierre Angers--Hydro-Qu[eacute]bec's Research Institute, Andrew Baghurst--CalTest Laboratory, Martin Doppelbauer--Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Review of Energy Efficiency Measurement Standards for Induction Motors in the Context of the IECEE Global Efficiency Labeling Initiative. EEMODS conference 2013. Available at: https://e3p.jrc.ec.europa.eu/publications/proceedings-8th-international-conference-eemods2013-energy-efficiency-motor-driven. \12\ The paper compared 2013 draft updates of IEEE 112-2004 and IEC 60034-2-1:2007. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The second paper \13\ (the ``Cao paper'') compared the respective methodologies of IEEE 112-2004, Method B and IEC 60034-2-1:2007, Method 2-1-1B and also conducted comparison testing, applying both standards' test methods to the same six motors of varied output power. The resulting efficiency values were found to be closely aligned, with respective maximum and mean deviations of 0.1 and 0.03 percentage points. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \13\ Cao, W. Comparison of IEEE 112 and new IEC standard 60034- 2-1. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion. 2009. 24(3): pp. 802- 808. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- UL's petition letter claimed that the test results of the Cao paper testing aligned with UL's own, firsthand testing experience using the same methods. UL's own comparison testing found a difference in calculated efficiency of less than 0.1 percentage points, when using measurements from a single test to reduce variability. 2. IEC 60034-2-1:2014 Method 2-1-1A Second, UL requested that IEC 60034-2-1:2014 test method 2-1-1A be approved for section 431.444 of subpart X of part 431 (as an alternative to CSA C747-09). UL stated that the IEC and CSA standards use the same method, but that the IEC equipment specifications are more rigorous. UL did not provide a quantitative test result comparison to support the similarity between the standards. III. Request for Comments DOE solicits comments from interested parties on any aspect of the petition. In particular, DOE seeks [[Page 50846]] comment on the matters described in this section. DOE seeks comment on the differences among IEC 60034-2-1:2014 Method 2-1-1B, IEEE 112-2004 Method B, and CSA C390-10, and data characterizing the degree to which choice of test procedure alters measured efficiency. DOE seeks comment on the differences among IEC 60034-2-1:2014 Method 2-1-1A, IEEE 114-2010, and CSA C747-09 and data characterizing the degree to which choice of test procedure alters measured efficiency. DOE seeks comment regarding whether IEC 60034-2-1:2014 Method 2-1- 1B should be considered as an alternate for testing certain small electric motors under 10 CFR part 431, subpart X. DOE also seeks comment on whether the comparison test results presented in the petitions, which concern the test procedures under 10 CFR part 431, subpart B, would also apply to testing of certain small electric motors under Subpart X of 10 CFR 431. DOE seeks comment on NEMA's claims: (1) That the Hydro-Quebec test results support a typical loss deviation between IEEE 112-2004 Method B and IEC 60034-2-1:2004 Method 2-1-1B of less than 2 percent, (2) that a 2 percent loss deviation is characteristic of substituting a test operator with the test equipment unchanged, and (3) that a 10 percent loss deviation is characteristic of testing the same motor at different laboratories. DOE seeks comment on whether Angers et al. paper's findings of similarity between IEEE 112-2004 (2013 draft revision) and IEC 60034-2- 1:2007 (2013 draft revision) would hold for the latest adopted versions of those standards: IEEE 112-2004 and IEC 60034-2-1:2014. DOE seeks comment on UL's claims that the difference in calculated efficiency between IEC 60034-2-1:2014 Method 2-1-1B and IEEE 112-2004 method B is less than 0.1 percentage points, if using measurements from the same test. DOE seeks comment regarding similarity in methods, differences in equipment specifications, and expected efficiency percentage point differences between the test results of IEEE 114-2010, CSA C747-09, and IEC 60034-2-1:2004, Method 2-1-1A. IV. Submission of Comments DOE invites all interested parties to submit in writing by January 2, 2018, comments and information on matters addressed in this notice and on other matters relevant to DOE's consideration of amended test procedures for electric and small electric motors. These comments and information will aid in the development of a test procedure NOPR for electric and small electric motors if DOE determines that amended test procedures may be appropriate for these products. Submitting comments via http://www.regulations.gov. The http://www.regulations.gov Web page will require you to provide your name and contact information. Your contact information will be viewable to DOE Building Technologies staff only. 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determining the energy efficiency of information on this process, see section
certain electric motors and small I. Authority and Background
IV of this document. II. Petitions of NEMA and UL
electric motors: Institute of Electrical Docket: The docket for this activity, A. Petition of NEMA for Incorporating IEC
and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) which includes the two petitions, 60034–2–1:2014 Method 2–1–1B
standards 112–2004 Method B (2004) Federal Register notices, comments, B. Petition of UL for Incorporating IEC
and 114–2010 (2010); and Canadian and other supporting documents/ 60034–2–1:2014 Methods 2–1–1B and 2–
Standards Association standards (CSA) materials, is available for review at 1–1A
C390–10 (2010) and C747–09 (2009). http://www.regulations.gov. 1. IEC 60034–2–1:2014 Method 2–1–1B
NEMA found IEC 60034–2–1:2014 Specifically, the petition and supporting 2. IEC 60034–2–1:2014 Method 2–1–1A
Method 2–1–1B to be equivalent to IEEE documentation from NEMA is available III. Request for Comments
112–2004 Method B and CSA C390–10 IV. Submission of Comments
at https://www.regulations.gov/
UL testing found IEC 60034–2–1:2004 document?D=EERE-2017-BT-TP-0047- I. Authority and Background
Method 2–1–1B results to be in close 0028 and the petition from UL is
agreement with those of CSA C390–10, available at https:// Electric motors are included in the list
and noted that the respective www.regulations.gov/ of ‘‘covered equipment’’ for which DOE
methodologies of IEC 60034–2–1:2014 document?D=EERE-2017-BT-TP-0047- is authorized to establish and amend
Method 2–1–1A and CSA C747 were 0029. All documents in the docket are energy conservation standards and test
also in accord. DOE solicits comments, listed in the http://www.regulations.gov procedures. (42 U.S.C. 6311(1)(A)).
data, and information concerning index. However, some documents listed Additionally, EPCA directed DOE,
NEMA’s and UL’s petitions. in the index, such as those containing subject to a determination of feasibility
DATES: Written comments and information that is exempt from public and justification, to establish energy
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information are requested and will be disclosure, may not be publicly conservation standards and test
accepted on or before January 2, 2018. available. procedure for small electric motors. (42
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are The docket Web page can be found at U.S.C. 6317(b)) DOE’s test procedures
encouraged to submit comments using https://www.regulations.gov/ for electric motors are prescribed at
the Federal eRulemaking Portal at docket?D=EERE-2017-BT-TP-0047. The appendix B to subpart B of part 431.
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the docket Web page contains simple DOE’s test procedures for small electric
instructions for submitting comments. instructions on how to access all motors are prescribed at 10 CFR part
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Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
information. The street address for the Model AW189 helicopters, serial
[FR Doc. 2017–23634 Filed 11–1–17; 8:45 am]
Docket Operations Office (telephone numbers 49007 through 49021, 49023,
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 800–647–5527) is in the ADDRESSES 49029, 49033, 49035, 89001, 89003,
section. Comments will be available in 89004, 92001, 92003, and 92005. The
the AD docket shortly after receipt. EASA AD does not apply to windows
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION that have been reinstalled at least once
For service information identified in
since helicopter delivery and windows
this proposed rule, contact Leonardo
Federal Aviation Administration that are part of bubble window kit part
S.p.A. Helicopters, Matteo Ragazzi,
number (P/N) 8G5620F00111.
Head of Airworthiness, Viale G.Agusta
14 CFR Part 39 EASA advises that during a scheduled
520, 21017 C.Costa di Samarate (Va)
replacement of emergency exit window
[Docket No. FAA–2017–0111; Product Italy; telephone +39–0331–711756; fax
seals on helicopters in service, an
Identifier 2016–SW–079–AD] +39–0331–229046; or at http://
excessively high level of pushing force
RIN 2120–AA64 www.leonardocompany.com/-/bulletins.
was required to jettison some of the
You may review the referenced service
windows. According to EASA, further
Airworthiness Directives; information at the FAA, Office of the
investigation determined the windows
AgustaWestland S.p.A. Helicopters Regional Counsel, Southwest Region,
were installed with glue applied in
10101 Hillwood Pkwy, Room 6N–321,
AGENCY: Federal Aviation locations that were not in accordance
Fort Worth, TX 76177.
Administration (FAA), DOT. with the approved design.
nlaroche on DSK9F9SC42PROD with PROPOSALS
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: This condition, if not corrected, could
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking
Martin R. Crane, Aviation Safety prevent the jettisoning of helicopter
(NPRM). Engineer, Regulations & Policy Section, emergency exit windows, possibly
SUMMARY: We propose to adopt a new Rotorcraft Standards Branch, FAA, affecting the evacuation of crew and
airworthiness directive (AD) for certain 10101 Hillwood Pkwy, Fort Worth, TX passengers during an emergency
AgustaWestland S.p.A. 76177; telephone (817) 222–5110; email situation, EASA advises. EASA
(AgustaWestland) Model AW189 martin.r.crane@faa.gov. consequently requires replacement of
helicopters. This proposed AD would SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: the seal and the filler wedges of the
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| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Proposed Rules | |
| Action | Notice of petition and request for public comments. | |
| Dates | Written comments and information are requested and will be accepted on or before January 2, 2018. | |
| Contact | Mr. Jeremy Dommu, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Office, EE-5B, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 586-9870. Email: [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 50844 |
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