My question to the professional engineers is how to apply the demand factors for the medical equipment in health care facilities. As you know the critical loads is too heavy and logically it is not possible to work all of these on the same time.
Demand factor for the medical equipments
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Can you be more specific?? Are you talking about all the equipment in an OR?? Or calculating a total building service?? Or medical imaging equipment?
Sometimes we do plan for all equipment to run. Sometimes the code allows demand factors, or other calculations. Sometimes historical usage data can be applied.
Sometimes we do plan for all equipment to run. Sometimes the code allows demand factors, or other calculations. Sometimes historical usage data can be applied.
Medical Imaging equipment load is inherently intermittent. You are usually safe to use the diversification allowed in 517, article V of the NEC, keeping in mind that the rules may change for longer-duration diagnostic equipment such as MRI's and high-slice CT scanners as well as special voltage regulation requirements of the equipment.
Other medical loads such as sterilization and plug equipment should be treated no differently than any other equipment when figuring system demand.
Other medical loads such as sterilization and plug equipment should be treated no differently than any other equipment when figuring system demand.
thank you, as you know the NEC code does not discuss whole information about medical equipments except radiology. but for the other equipmets such as (BHU, head wall, patient bed, sterlization equipments, fridges, flushers...etc)
we do need to apply a demand factor because i think it is not possible to work all the critical equipments in the same time.
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