TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON PULVERIZED FUEL SYSTEMS NFPA 85 First Draft Meeting Minutes March 2, 2017 10:00 AM 2:00 PM Eastern Time Web Meeting/Teleconference Attendees Committee Members: Joseph Bittinger, Chair Denise Beach Vaughn Boley John Dage Rory Eastman Gray Kahl Qingsheng Lin William Martin Roy Reeves Cleveland Skinker William (Andy) Smith Frederick Wehe Yancy McWain Glenn Richter Laura Moreno, Staff Liaison American Electric Power Company, Inc., OH FM Global, MA Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance, CT DTE Electric Company, MI General Electric/ALSTOM Power Inc., CT Apex Power Services Pty Ltd., Australia Riley Power, Inc./Babcock Power Inc., MA Babcock & Wilcox Company, OH Emerson Automation Solutions, PA Bechtel Infrastructure and Power Corporation, VA American International Group, Inc., GA Luminant, Big Brown SES, TX Babcox & Wilcox PPG Inc., OH Emerson Automation Solutions, WI National Fire Protection Association, MA Page 1 of 7
1. Call to Order. Joseph Bittinger, Chair, called the meeting to order at 10:00 AM and welcomed the participants to the meeting. 2. Introductions. Committee members introduced themselves and identified their affiliation. 3. Approval of Minutes. The minutes from January 7-8, 2014 were approved. 4. Staff Updates. Laura Moreno provided an overview of the Fall 2018 revision cycle schedule and the NFPA process (attached). 5. Review of Public Inputs: NFPA 85 Chapter 9. The Technical Committee reviewed Public Inputs and developed First Revisions and Committee Inputs as necessary. The following items should be brought to the attention of the Fundamentals Technical Committee and the Correlating Committee: Committee Inputs 729 and 730 new definitions The definition of explosion vents should use the term deflagration pressures rather than explosion pressures 6. Review of Fundamentals Technical Committee actions. The Technical Committee reviewed two First Revisions that were flagged by the Fundamentals Technical Committee for their review, and created First Revisions as necessary. 7. Task Group Reports. Operations, Section 9.6. The task group was created at the 2014 Second Draft meeting but has not been active. The Technical Committee decided to reconstitute the task group at the 2018 Second Draft meeting to perform a complete review of section 9.6 and related annex material to ensure that it is complete and accurate to current practices, and create recommendations for revisions or additional annex material for the next edition. 8. New Business. The Technical Committee reviewed the use of the term flue gas in 9.6.1.1.2 as mentioned in the minutes from the 2014 Second Draft meeting. After some discussion, the committee decided to have the Operations Task Group review this for the next edition. The Technical Committee also discussed replacing the term coal with pulverized fuel throughout Chapter 9 and its Annex material. It was decided that a global change would not be appropriate at this time without additional review, so a task group will be formed at the Second Draft meeting to complete this for the next edition. 9. Next Meeting. The Technical Committee decided to hold the Second Draft meeting by teleconference on January 30, 2018. 10. Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 1:13 PM. Page 2 of 7
Technical Committee on Pulverized Fuel Systems Teleconference At this and all NFPA committee meetings we are concerned with your safety. If the fire alarm sounds, please proceed to an exit. March 2, 2017 Staff liaison: Laura Moreno Chair: Joseph Bittinger nfpa.org 2 Members Members, please verify/update your contact information Use of audio recorders or other means capable of reproducing verbatim transcriptions of this or any NFPA meeting is not permitted Guests All guests are required to sign in and identify their affiliations. Participation is limited to TC members or those individuals who have previously requested time to address the committee. Other participation is granted at the discretion of the Chair. Guest chairs are located around the room as a courtesy. nfpa.org 3 nfpa.org 4 Enforcers 0% Insurers 19% Members: 3 Installer/Maintainer 0% Labor 0% Manufacturers 31% Members: 5 Research & Testing 0% Special Experts 31% Members: 5 Users 19% Members: 3 Consumer 0% Technical Committee on Pulverized Fuel Systems 16 Voting members 19 Total committee members 3 Principals with alternate Alternates can apply at www.nfpa.org/85tc 5 Public Input Stage (First Draft): First Draft Meeting: TODAY Posting of First Draft for Balloting Date: 4/27/17 Posting of First Draft for Public Comment: 9/7/17 Comment Stage (Second Draft): Public Comment Closing Date: 11/16/17 Second Draft Meeting Period: 11/16/17-2/8/18 Posting of Second Draft for Balloting Date: 3/22/18 Posting of Second Draft for NITMAM: 8/2/18 Tech Session Preparation: NITMAM Closing Date: 8/30/18 NITMAM /CAM Posting Date: 10/11/18 NFPA Annual Meeting: June 2019 Standards Council Issuance: Issuance of Consent Documents: 11/5/18 Issuance of Documents with CAM: August 2019 nfpa.org 6 Page 3 of 7 1
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