Our Methodology for Arc Flash Study

What is Arc Flash Risk Assessment or Arc Flash Study?

Qatar is one of the countries with promising safety standards in the industries, refinaries, hospitals, banking firms. Electrical energy is the common pedestal for all these companies. With the utilization of Electrical energy comes the possibility of faults like Short circuit Electrical Faults, Open circuit faults, overload circuit faults, Electrical surges and their consequences along with the advantages and multiple applications of Electrical Energy. One of the faults of concern is the one that leads to Arc Flash Accident or Arc Blast between the conductors.

Arc Flash Accident, a phenomenon that occurs in electrical networks under fault conditions. Electrical equipment and the electrical networks are prone to arc flash accidents independent of their operating voltages, low, medium or high voltages. As known the fault in an electrical network results in heavy currents of the range of 10KA to 125KA flow within the network posing a high wreckage not only to the other electrical equipment but also to the working personnel. Thus the arc flash study and analysis conducted by arc flash companies like VB Engineering plays a pivotal role in the area of safety for the facilites. Being aware of the possibility of electrical faults leading to arc flash which is sometimes termed as Flash over caused between two conductors when there is a breakdown of the insulating ,material . The high amounts of currents are accompanied by high temperatures that melts and vaporizes the metal and causing an air gap between the conductors. The air gap under arc flash conditions is ionised and provides a conducting path and thus sustain the arc flash.

Who is Providing Arc Flash Study Consultancy inQatar?

The Good news is Vb Group, which is the Pioneer in conducting Arc Flash studies globally is now providing their expertise Arc Flash Risk Assessment Services in Qatar and GCC region. The arc flash companies like VB Engineering need to formulate methods to assess the risk, analyse the proximity of the arc flash , protect the equipment and the operating personnel and finally to mitigate and prevent arc flash.

Arc flash study implements the requirements formulated above. The necessity of arc flash study is met by the available companies that offer their services in arc flash study. In Qatar, Doha and other GCC countires show significant incidents in electrical systems where the arc flash risk assessment to be done for improving the safety standards. And as such attracts a diverse working class that may or may not include the operating personnel with good awareness and knowledge of the system of operation and the risk of faults that occur during the operation. This situation can be met by a systematic arc flash study executed by Arc flash study companies like VB Engineering in Qatar and GCC Region.

Whom to choose for Arc Flash Study in Qatar?

It is not a easy job to choose a correct partner for Arc Flash Study. As this is a critical Electrical Safety study it is very important to choose a perfect Arc flash study company with a proven track record. Luckily the job is much easier now for companies working in Qatar. VB Group a pioneer in conducting arc flash studies and Electrical Safety studies is now available in Qatar and GCC countries as a prefered primiray arc flash study company. VB Engineering will identify 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 . The study is carried out based on the calculations and the guidelines proposed by IEEE-1584, NFPA 70E, OSHA 29 CFR 1910 as followed by the Qatar.

Our methodology

Industries in Qatar can avail the services provided by the arc flash companies like VB Engineering through arc flash consultancies that offer their services throughout 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.

How much Arc Flash Risk Assessment cost in Qatar?

While identifying a competent partner for arc flash study it is also important to build an economical solution. The Arc Flash study cost mainly depends on the network size and the complexity of the system. Reach our team today and get your free arc flash study estimation.