Title :
An effective approach to reducing arc flash hazards in power systems
Author :
Xiaodong Liang ; Bagen, Bagen ; Gao, David Wenzhong
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Comput. Sci., Dept. of Electr. Eng., Washington State Univ., Vancouver, WA, USA
Abstract :
The arc flash hazard is related to electrical safety in work place, and has gained much attention as part of the safety program for many facilities. An effective approach to reducing the arc flash hazard in existing industrial and commercial facilities is proposed in this paper. To illustrate the proposed approach and provide quantified results, computer simulation is conducted for a large oil field facility and a manufacturing facility in a commercial building as two case studies. The simulation results from the two case studies show significant reductions on arc flash hazard categories, which verifies the effectiveness of the proposed approach.
Keywords :
arcs (electric); buildings (structures); electrical safety; flashover; hazards; petroleum industry; production facilities; arc flash hazard reduction; commercial building; electrical safety; manufacturing facility; oil field facility; power systems; Arc discharges; Computer simulation; Fault currents; Hazards; Relays; Switches; Arc Flash Hazard Analysis; Hazard Category; Incident Energy; Protective Device Coordination Study;
Conference_Titel :
Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
DOI :
10.1109/IAS.2014.6978481
