Probabilistic comparison and application of international electrical safety criteria

PowerCon 2000 - 2000 International Conference on Power System Technology, Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue , 2000, Pages 1347-1352

  Carman, W D ^a  

^a Energy Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body currents; Electrical safety; Probabilistic safety comparison; Touch voltages

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ACCEPTABLE RISK LEVELS; ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SAFETY; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION TECHNIQUE; PROBABILISTIC ASPECTS; PROBABILISTIC SAFETY; SYSTEM INSTALLATION; TOUCH VOLTAGE;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

EID: 42149197399     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICPST.2000.898165     Document Type: Conference Paper

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