Book description
Up-to-date analysis methodologies and practical mitigation for a
major electrical safety concern
Arc Flash Hazard Analysis and Mitigation is the first book to
focus specifically on arc flash hazards and provide the latest
methodologies for its analysis as well as practical mitigation techniques.
Consisting of sixteen chapters, this fully up-to-date handbook covers
all aspects of arc flash hazard calculations and mitigation. It
addresses the calculations of short circuits, protective relaying, and
varied electrical systems configurations in electrical power systems.
It also examines protection systems, including differential relays,
arc flash sensing relays, protective relaying coordination, current
transformer operation and saturation, and applications to major
electrical equipment from the arc flash point of view. Current
technologies and strategies for arc flash mitigation are explored.
Using the methodology, analysis, and preventive measures discussed in
the book, the arc flash hazard incident energy can be reduced to 8
cal/cm2 or less for the new and existing electrical distribution systems.
This powerful resource:
- Features the most up-to-date arc flash analysis methodologies
- Presents arc flash hazard calculations in dc systems
- Supplies practical examples and case studies
- Provides end-of-chapter reviews and questions
- Includes a Foreword written by Lanny Floyd, a world-renowned
leader in electrical safety who is DuPont's Principal Consultant on
Electrical Safety and Technology
Arc Flash Hazard Analysis and Mitigation is a must-have guide
for electrical engineers engaged in design, operation, and
maintenance, consulting engineers, facility managers, and safety professionals.
J. C. Das is a Staff Consultant on Electrical Power Systems
with AMEC Inc., in Tucker, Georgia. He is Life Fellow of IEEE (UK),
Fellow of IET (India), and has authored approximately sixty technical
papers and published 190 study reports of real-world power systems. He
is the author of two other books, Power System Analysis:
Short-Circuit Load Flow and Harmonics, Second Edition, and
Transients in Electrical Systems: Analysis, Recognition, and
Mitigation. He is a registered P. E. in the states of Georgia and
Oklahoma, C. Eng. in UK, and Eur Ing in Europe. J. C. Das is also a
member of CIGRE, Federation of European Engineers, and other technical
associations and organizations.
