TY - GEN
T1 - A practical guide to the mechanics of performing an Arc Flash Study at commercial and industrial facilities
AU - Maxwell, William H.
AU - Kessler, Joseph
AU - Kelkenberg, Corey
AU - Safiuddin, Mohammed
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - This paper presents practical engineering aspects of conducting an Arc Flash Study. For about twenty years, the study and application of Arc Flash Analysis has focused on the individual bus application as per IEEE stnd 1584. And same is done with NFPA 70E. We find that most of the articles written about conducting an arc flash study are based on having all the information readily available. However, there is very little, if anything, documented on how to conduct this huge effort of collecting all the necessary information safely. A methodology on how to efficiently and categorically gather all the necessary information in a safe manner is needed. This involves considerations such as, naming conventions, various personnel and departments involved, outages, and lastly but most importantly the time needed to collect all the data. Furthermore, based upon our experiences we would share some mitigation strategies for equipment installations which do not easily fit into nominal situations. An example of a recently conducted study is presented.
AB - This paper presents practical engineering aspects of conducting an Arc Flash Study. For about twenty years, the study and application of Arc Flash Analysis has focused on the individual bus application as per IEEE stnd 1584. And same is done with NFPA 70E. We find that most of the articles written about conducting an arc flash study are based on having all the information readily available. However, there is very little, if anything, documented on how to conduct this huge effort of collecting all the necessary information safely. A methodology on how to efficiently and categorically gather all the necessary information in a safe manner is needed. This involves considerations such as, naming conventions, various personnel and departments involved, outages, and lastly but most importantly the time needed to collect all the data. Furthermore, based upon our experiences we would share some mitigation strategies for equipment installations which do not easily fit into nominal situations. An example of a recently conducted study is presented.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/72849143085
U2 - 10.1109/IAS.2009.5324856
DO - 10.1109/IAS.2009.5324856
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:72849143085
SN - 9781424434763
T3 - Conference Record - IAS Annual Meeting (IEEE Industry Applications Society)
BT - 2009 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting
T2 - 2009 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting
Y2 - 4 October 2008 through 8 October 2008
ER -