A summary of arc flash energy calculations

Record of Conference Papers - Annual Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 285-290

  Doan, Daniel R ^a   Sweigart, Ronald A ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc flash; Electrical arc flash; Flame resistant clothing; Incident energy; Personal protective equipment; Safety by design; Safety study

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT PROTECTION; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; FLAME RESISTANCE; HAZARDS; INSTALLATION; MACHINE DESIGN; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

ARC FLASH ENERGY; INCIDENT ENERGY;

ELECTRIC ARCS;

EID: 0036444831     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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