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2011 Underwriters Laboratories Inc.

2014 UL Eng in eerin g Ch allen g e:IIT GN Stu den ts

IIT GN

Underwriters Laboratories Inc.333 Pfingsten RoadNorthbrook, IL 60062 USA


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About UL

UL MISSION

TO PROMOTE SAFE LIVING ANDWORKING ENVIRONMENTS FOR

PEOPLE


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It all started with the Columbian Exposition(1893)

Electricity Building


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UL started with a modest beginning

Merrill opened the door forbusiness in early 1894 in atiny one room laboratorywith staff engineer W.S. Boyd

and lab technician FranklinWentworth.

The location was a small

room above Fire PatrolStation #1 on Monroe St. indowntown Chicago.


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He had one test bench, some testing equipment that wassophisticated for the day, and a $350 funding grant from

the Western Insurance Association.

Modest beginning


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The Safety Ecosystem

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CODES

STANDARDS

RESEARCH

TRAINING

TESTING

INSPECTION

SAFETY FORUMS& COUNCILS

ENFORCEMENT

CERTIFICATION


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Create a collaborative relationship with academia Engage students in challenging engineering problems to

create a range of innovative solutions

Develop awareness to build safety into design

Communicate solutions and ideas

Objectives for the UL Engineering Challenge

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Previous Engineering Challenges

1. Firefighter safety

2. National fire incident database

3. Performance of PV systems

4. Developing an EV research platform

5. Developing a water purification research platform

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2014 UL Engineering Challenge

Investigation of Electrically Induced Fires

Large number of fires in India are attributed to electrical

faults and product malfunction.

One estimate is that more than 80% of fires in India arecaused by electrical faults.

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Phase I

Conduct literature review to categorize types of electrically induced

fires. Develop statistical data of fires from electrical sources from the US,

UK, China and compare with data from India. Compare data between Gujarat and Karnataka

Investigate and document some well-known fires in attributed toelectrical faults. Examples are:

Electrical Fires at IIT GN Carlton Towers (Bangalore) Maharashtra Mantralaya (Mumbai) Electronic Trade Show (Meerut) Others (for extra credit)

Phase I report (due January 31, 2015)

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Phase II

Two teams will be selected to visit UL for training Conduct power quality measurements at IIT GN Design electrical safety lab at IIT GN Measurements of power quality Design of experiments to study electrically induced fires

Deploy power quality measurement equipment minimum of twocities in India and measurement power quality parameters UL and IIT GN will identify the locations

Communicate power quality study to stakeholders through

technical forums and presentation to UL India Fire Safety Council Develop a electrical safety lab at IIT GN

Experiments to study electrically induced fires, and methods ofprevention

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Project Outputs

Project Report

Presentation to Indian Electrical Manufacturers Association (IEMA)

Technical paper(s) (e.g., IEEE)

White paper presented to UL India Fire Safety Council in 2015

Electrical safety laboratory at IIT GN

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Project Mentors

IIT GNProf. Chinmay GhoroiProf. Naren Pindoriya

IEMATBD

ULR. Venkitachalam ( [email protected] )Pravinray Gandhi ( [email protected] )

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THANK YOU.

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