Staged tests increase awareness of arc-flash hazards in electrical equipment

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 659-667

  Jones, Ray A ^a   Liggett, Danny P ^a   Capelli Schellpfeffer, Mary ^b   Macalady, Terry ^c   Saunders, Lynn F ^d   Downey, Robert E ^e   Bruce McClung, L Bruce ^f   Smith, Arthur ^g   Jamil, Shahid ^h   Saporita, Vincent J ^c  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Cooper Industries ^*  (United States)

^d GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^e Earth Tech Inc   (United States)

^f Union Carbide Chemical and Plastics Co Inc   (United States)

^g Waldemar S Nelson and Co   (United States)

^h EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ELECTRIC ACCIDENTS; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT PROTECTION; EXPLOSIONS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARC FAULT TESTS; ARC-FLASH HAZARDS;

ELECTRIC ARCS;

EID: 0033893061     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/28.833785     Document Type: Article

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