A Study on Emergency Power Systems in Hospital Buildings during Massive Power Outage to Ensure Maintenance of System Functions

The damages caused by natural disaster are unpredictable. It is almost out of control because its scale is entirely different from what we have experienced before. Natural disaster of climatic change is getting force. The effects of the disaster like flood block the energy supply route which is the municipal Lifeline. This is very dangerous and causes states of emergency. The blackout occurred in September 2011 showed that it causes extensive damage to the whole society. Especially important facilities like hospitals even suffer worse situations which cause casualty. This study selected twelve hospitals in Daegu city and inspected the selection of hospitals on power supply installation status, energy load model which we compared to the emergency power standards by a literature search. Considering the current equipment status and management status of the hospital buildings, we offer some suggestions for emergency maintenance functions.