Arc Flash Standards

Arc Flash Safety Standards

ETAP arc flash study software complies with the latest analysis of arc flash safety standards and calculation methods:

  • IEEE 1584-2018 - “Guide for Performing Arc-Flash Hazard Calculations”
  • IEEE 1584.1-2022 - “Guide for the Specification of Scope and Deliverable Requirements for an Arc-Flash Hazard Calculation Study in Accordance with IEEE Std 1584”
  • IEEE 1584b 2011 - “IEEE Guide for Performing Arc-Flash Hazard Calculations Amendment 2: Changes to Clause 4”
  • IEEE 1584a 2004 - “Amendment to the “Guide for Performing Arc-Flash Hazard Calculations”
  • IEEE 1584 2002 - “Guide for Performing Arc-Flash Hazard Calculations”
  • NFPA 70E 2024 - "Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace"
  • DGUV-I 203-077 (formerly BGI/GUV-I 5188E)
  • ENA NENS 09-2014 - “National Guideline for the Selection, Use, and Maintenance of Personal Protective Equipment for electrical Arc Hazards”
  • National Electric Code (NEC) 110.16 (Arc Flash Safety Label requirement)
  • National Electric Safety Code® (NESC®). NESC sets the ground rules for practical safeguarding of personnel during installation, operation or maintenance of electric supply.
  • CSA Z462 2021 to 2024 - “Workplace Electrical Safety”
  • OSHA 29 CFR 1910
  • ASTM D120-22 - “Standard Specification for Rubber Insulating Gloves”
  • IEC 60903:2014 - “Live working - Electrical insulating gloves”
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Compliance with Safety Guidelines

  • Limit the arc flash incident energy based on protective device maximum fault clearing time (e.g., two seconds)
  • Built-in empirical equation range limit alerts & system grounding configurations
  • Automatically distinguish between load & line side protective devices
  • User-definable & typical equipment gap between conductors, enclosure dimensions, & working distances (based on IEEE 1584)
  • LV arc sustainability (i.e. 240V, Ibf < 2KA) automatic assignment
  • Simulate main protective device isolation in the arc flash analysis by using user-defined tools
  • Determine are flash boundary based on different incident energy limits (i.e. EB energy values)
  • The arc flash analysis software include standard-defined insulating gloves for printing on the on the arc flash safety labels
  • The arc flash analysis program can be configured to include the maximum and minimum arc fault currents to obtain the worst case results
  • Additional Fault locations for every faulted bus:
    • Source PD
    • Bus Arc Faults
    • Load PD Arc Faults
    • Load PD Load Side Arc Faults (back enclosures)
    • Instrumentation Compartments

Literature

ETAP ArcFlash IEEE 1584-2018 Article 2018

IEEE 1584-2018 Arc Flash Incident Energy Calculation

A new challenge is ahead for the electrical safety community. The revision process of IEEE Std. 1584 Guide to Performing Arc Flash Hazard Calculations is almost complete. Engineers everywhere will be challenged with understanding how to apply this new model.