Navigating Petrochemical Industry Induction Motor Standards

Petrochemical Industry companies utilize standards in the specification and procurement of AC motors. They may be internally developed or they may be based on standards developed by industry associations. This paper will identify and focus primarily on the three most commonly used industry standards for induction motors. As there is overlap in the scope of these three standards, the paper explains their separate scopes and offers a guide to selecting and applying them to assist those responsible for choosing motor standards. This paper updates the comparison of petrochemical industry standards presented at the PCIC^reg in 2004 (Malinowski et al.).