What is Arc Flash Hazards Analysis
What is an arc flash Hazards study or Arc Flash Risk Assessment ? In United Arab Emirates by culture and law safety is the highest priority activity irrespective of the workplace. When it comes to work place safety in Unite Arab Emirates (UAE) the law and the guidelines established are very clear and on par with the international standards and adopted accross the United Arab Emirates Country in places like Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah etc. an An Electric Arc and how dangerous it is ?
Electrical arc flash or Arc Flash Risk is an electrical hazard present in the system which causes very dangerous electrical short cirucit and huge amount of fire accidents. When the electric arc flash accident happens in the system it generates huge amount of fire which may even cause death to the working personnel and nearby. This is the reason OSHA considers Electric arc flash hazards as very dangerous risk that needs to be analyzed and mitigated. Here arises the requirement of arc flash hazard analysis and mitigation by proper arc flash risk assessment of the system and creation of safe working environment. As per OSHA and NFPA-70E, analyzing the available fault currents or short circuit currents in the system and calculating the incident energy levels, creating the arc flash warning labels with the details of the incident energy levels, approach boundaries details, arc flash shock hazard details, mentioning the arc flash ppe required to work on the perticulat panle are the arc flash hazard analysis requirements.
The Arc flash hazard analysis study (NFPA 2018) or Arc flash risk assessment program(NFPA 2018) is a totally integrated and interdependent system which provides solution for multiple scenarios considering the maximum avaialble fault current and worst-case arc flash energy levels in electrical equipment.
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Whom to choose for Arc Flash Study in United Arab Emirates (UAE) ?
It is not a easy job to choose a correct partner for Arc Flash Study in UAE. While selecting the safety partner for your facility one should be very confident that partner is not only well verse with the law of the land and has a exhibited knowledge on international standards. As this is a critical Electrical Safety study it is very important to choose a perfect partrer as Arc flash study company with a proven track record. Luckily the job is much easier for you now. VB Group a pioneer in conducting arc flash studies and Electrical Safety studies is now available in United Arab Emirates and GCC countries as a prefered primiray arc flash study company. VB Engineering will not int just identifying hazards and incident Analysis, Arc Flash risk assessment that analyses arc flash energy levels, methods to calculate the incident energy and study by the implementation of arc flash analysis risks and suggest the required PPE as well as arc flash safety labels but also we provide a system which can bring these highend incident energy hazards with the latest fiber optic technology and other scientific methods. The study is carried out based on the calculations and the guidelines proposed by IEEE-1584, NFPA 70E, OSHA 29 CFR 1910 as followed in UAE.
Our methodology
Facilities in UAE can avail the services provided by the arc flash companies like VB Engineering directly now without any middle men in GCC Region. We as a arc flash company carry out the arc flash study according to the industry operating conditions and international standards NFPA 70E viz., low, medium or high voltages, enclosed or open air , 1-Phase,3-Phase or UPS and simulates the isolation of the faulty network through main protective devices. As a reputed arc flash analysis company implementing the arc flash analysis program which automatically determines the operating distance, the minimum approachable distance without harming the electrical facility operators without the need to calculate the magnitude of the short circuit currents and the operating time of the protective devices. The arc flash assessment is carried out based on various parameters like the operating voltage, Available fault current in the system, protection settings values, the transient overvoltage conditions, the physical conditions where the electrical equipment is installed.
Arc Flash Risk Assessment Report by VB Engineering:
We at VB Engineering provide an expertise Arc Flash Study consultancy or service globally in analyzing the system as per NFPA-70E and IEEE-1584 for arc flash hazard levels and comply with the international standards. Arc Flash Analysis or Arc flash or electrical hazard analysis is conducted at your facility by our expert team as per the OSHA, NFPA 70E 2018, IEEE 1584 and NEC 2014 standards. Our turnkey solutions for Arc flash analysis service include data collection from the plant, modeling of the plant in SKM software, performing Short Circuit studies as per ANSI/IEC studies, protection analysis, calculation of incident energy values at each and every bus and creation of the arc flash warning labels and work permits as per NFPA 70E standards, arc flash training, arc flash warning labels pasting, arc flash approach boundaries marking with detailed arc flash report. Our detailed arc flash study report also recommends the arc flash personnel protective equipment (Arc flash PPE) to worn by the working personnel with respect to the incident energy calculated in the system. The report also includes the arc flash boundary details and their ranges for various people. Know More
