Our March 19 Engineering Presentation:
Arc Flash and the IEEE
A discussion of the application of IEEE-1584 2018 to high power electrical systems.
 
Date :         March 19, 2025
Time:         6:00PM EST
Location:  Salem Civic Center, Palor C
1001 Roanoke Blvd
Salem, VA 24153

Come join us for dinner and a great technical presentation. VMS will cover dinner cost. Incentives for attendance and bringing guests will be awarded at random.

This will be an in-person meeting and dinner will be provided.  Your RSVP/Registration is respectfully requested for dinner:  https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/469756

Abstract:

The phenomena of arc flash is a concern to any engineer that works on high power electrical equipment.  The IEEE has sought to quantify the hazard of arc flash in IEEE 1584-2018, which is an update of IEEE-1584 2002. To update the standard, testing was done to determine the arc flash effects as a function of numerous variables (which took years) followed by analysis that produced the equations presented in the standard.

However, the analysis has limitations.  Very high power excitation equipment may fall outside the range of applicability of the standard.

Examples of arc flash events will be shown followed by an explanation of the use of the standard, along with a discussion of the PPE used to protect personnel from the hazards of arc flash.