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

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 257-279

  Doughty, Richard L ^a   Neal, Thomas E ^a   Landis Floyd II, H ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc burn; Arc energy; Arc protective clothing; Incident energy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC ACCIDENTS; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRODES; HAZARDS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SAFETY TESTING;

ARC BURN; ARC ENERGY; ARC PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; ELECTRIC ARC HAZARD; INCIDENT ENERGY; THREE PHASE ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

ELECTRIC ARCS;

EID: 0033875952     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/28.821823     Document Type: Article

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