Protecting at the speed of light: Combining arc-flash sensing and arc-resistant technologies

IEEE Industry Applications Magazine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 12-18

  Kay, John A ^a   Arvola, Juha ^b   Kumpulainen, Lauri ^c  

^a ROCKWELL AUTOMATION   (Canada)

^b Arqtec Relays Ltd   (Finland)

^c Vamp Ltd   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARC CURRENT; ARC FLASH; ARC-RESISTANT SWITCHGEAR; ARCING FAULTS; COLLATERAL DAMAGE; CONTROL GEARS; COORDINATED SYSTEM; CRITICAL COMPONENT; CURRENT SENSING; DISTRIBUTION NETWORK; EQUIPMENT DAMAGE; EQUIPMENT PROTECTION; FOREST PRODUCTS; INCIDENT ENERGY; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RELAYING TECHNIQUES; SPEED OF LIGHT; TRIP TIME;

HYBRID SYSTEMS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SENSORS;

OVERCURRENT PROTECTION;

EID: 79954571025     PISSN: 10772618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MIAS.2010.939635     Document Type: Article

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