Predicting incident energy to better manage the electric arc hazard on 600 v power distribution systems

Record of Conference Papers - Annual Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference

Volumn 1998-September, Issue , 1998, Pages 329-346

  Doughty, R L ^a   Neal, T E ^a   Floyd, H L ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc Burn; Arc Energy; Arc Protective Clothing; Incident Energy

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRODES; HAZARDS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SOFTWARE TESTING; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM PROTECTION; OVERCURRENT PROTECTION; SAFETY TESTING;

ARC BURN; ARC ELECTRODES; ARC ENERGY; ELECTRIC ARC HAZARDS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; INCIDENT ENERGY; POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; SIMPLE ALGORITHM;

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC ACCIDENTS;

ARC PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; ELECTRIC ARC HAZARD;

EID: 0032300101     PISSN: 00903507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PCICON.1998.728000     Document Type: Conference Paper

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