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Title:
Principles of electrical safety
Author:
Sutherland, Peter E.
ISBN:
9781118021941
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Physical Description:
xxxvii, 368 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series:
IEEE Press series on power engineering ; 45

IEEE Press series on power engineering ; 45.
Contents:
Mathematics Used In Electromagnetism: -- Introduction -- Numbers -- Mathematical operations with vectors -- Calculus with vectors: the gradient -- Divergence, curl, and Strokes' Theorem -- Maxwell's equations -- AV-MATtrical Safety Aspects Of The Resistance Property Of Materials: -- Introduction -- Hazards caused by electrical resistance -- Resistance and conductance -- Example: Trunk of a human body -- Example: Limb of a human body -- Power and energy flow -- Sheet resistivity -- Example: Square of dry skin -- Spreading resistance -- Example: Circle of dry skin -- Particle conductivity -- Example: Potassium, sodium, and chlorine lons -- Cable resistance -- Capacitance Phenomena: -- Fundamentals of capacitance -- Capacitance and permittivity -- Capacitance in electrical circuits -- Capacitance of body parts: -- Example: Skin capacitance^^^

Example: Capacitance of truck and limb -- AV-MATtrical hazards of capacitance -- Capacitance of cables -- Inductance Phenomena: -- Inductance in electrical theory -- Inductance of wires -- Example: Inductance of a conductor -- Example: Inductance of truck and limb -- Inductors or reactors -- Skin effect -- Cable inductance -- Surge impedance -- Bus Bar impedance calculations -- Circuit Mode Of The Human Body: -- Calculation of electrical shock using the circuit model of the body -- Frequency response of the human body -- Effect Of Current On The Human Body: -- Introduction of electrical shock -- Human and animal sensitivities to electric current -- Human body impedance -- Effects of various exposure conditions: -- Bare feet, wet conditions, and other variations -- Shoes and other insulated objects and the earth -- Current paths through the body^^^its -- Capacitance of body parts: -- Example: Skin capacitance^^^

Human response to electrical shock varies with exposure conditions, current magnitude, and duration -- Medical imaging and simulations -- Fundamentals Of Ground Grid Design: -- Introduction to ground grid design -- Summary of ground grid design procedures: -- Site survey -- Conductor sizing -- Step and touch voltages -- Ground grid layout -- Ground resistance calculation -- Calculation of maximum grid current -- Calculation Of Ground Potential Rise (GPR) -- Calculation of mesh voltage, Em -- Calculation of step voltage, Es -- Detailed design -- Example design from IEEE standard 80 -- Safety Aspects Of Ground Grid Operation And Maintenance: -- Introduction -- Effects of high fault currents -- Damage or failure of grounding equipment: -- Thermal damage to conductors due to excessive short-circuit currents -- Connector damage due to excessive short-circuit stresses -- Drying of the soil resulting in increased soil resistivity^^^

Recommendations -- Grounding Of Distribution Systems: -- Stray currents in distribution systems -- Three-phrase multigrounded neutral distribution line -- Secondary systems: 120/240 V single phase: -- Example Of Stray Currents: Touching a grounded conductor -- Example Of Stray Currents: With one conductor shorted to neutral -- Remediation of stray-current problems -- Grounding and overvoltages in distribution systems -- High-resistance grounding of distribution systems: -- Methods of determining charging current -- Arc Flash Hazard Analysis: -- Introduction to arc flash hazards -- Factors affecting the severity of arc flash hazards -- Example arc flash calculations -- Remediation of arc flash hazards: -- Example: Correcting an arc flash problem when a coordination problem requires replacing trip units -- Example: Correcting a coordination problem without introducing an arc flash problem^^^soil resulting in increased soil resistivity^^^

Coordination of low-voltage breaker instantaneous trips for arc flash hazard reduction: -- Hospital #1: Time-current curve examples -- Hospital # 2: Time-current curve examples -- Hospital # 3: Time-current curve examples -- Low-voltage transformer secondary arc flash protection using fuses -- Effects Of High Fault Currents On Protection And Metering: -- Introduction -- Current transformer saturation -- Saturations of low-ratio CTs: -- AC saturation -- DC saturation -- Testing of current transformer saturation -- Effect of high fault currents on coordination -- Protective relay ratings and settings -- Effects of fault currents on protective relays: -- Examples -- Methods for upgrading protection systems: -- Update short-circuit study -- Update protective device coordination study -- Effects Of High Fault Currents On Circuit Breakers: -- Insufficient interrupting capability -- High voltage air circuit breakers -- Vacuum circuit breakers^^^

SF6 circuit breakers -- Loss of interruption medium -- Interrupting ratings of switching devices -- Circuit breakers -- Fuses -- Case studies: -- Example: Diablo canyon -- Example: Dresden and quad cities -- Low-voltage circuit breakers -- Testing of low-voltage circuit breakers: -- Testing of low-voltage molded-case circuit breakers according to UL Standard 489 -- Testing of low-voltage molded-case circuit breakers for use with uninterruptible power supplies according to UL Standard 489 -- Testing of supplementary protectors for use in electrical equipment according to UL Standard 1077 -- Testing of transfer switch equipment according to UL Standard 1008 -- Testing of low-voltage AC power circuit breakers according to ANSI Standard C37-50-1989 -- Testing of low-voltage DC power circuit breakers according to IEEE Standard C37-14-2002 -- Testing of low-voltage switchgear and control gear according to IEC Standard 60947-1^^^$tVacuum circuit breakers^^^

Testing of low-voltage AC and DC circuit breakers according to IEC Standard 60947-2 -- Testing of circuit breakers used for across-the-line starters for motors according to IEC Standard 6094-4-1 -- Testing of circuit breakers used in households and similar installations according to IEC Standard 60898-1 and -2 -- Testing of circuit breakers used in equipment such as electrical appliances according to IEC Standard 60934 -- Testing of high-voltage circuit breakers -- Mechanical Forces And Thermal Effects In Substation Equipment Due To High Fault Currents: -- Introduction -- Definitions -- Short-circuit mechanical forces on rigid bus bars: -- Short-circuit mechanical forces on rigid bus bars: circular cross section -- Short-circuit mechanical forces: rectangular cross section -- Dynamic effects of short circuits -- Short-circuit thermal effects -- Flexible conductor buses: -- Conductor motion during a fault -- Pinch forces on bundled conductors^^^akers^^^

Force safety devices -- Substation cable and conductor systems: -- Cable thermal limits -- Cable mechanical limits -- Distribution line conductor motion -- Effects of high fault currents on substation insulators: -- Station post insulators for rigid bus bars -- Suspension insulators for flexible conductor buses -- Effects of high fault currents on Gas-Insulated Substations (GIS) -- Effect Of High Fault Currents On Transmission Lines: -- Introduction -- Effect of high fault current on Non-Ceramic Insulators (NCI) -- Conductor motion due to fault currents -- Calculation of fault current motion for horizontally spaced conductors -- Effect of conductor shape -- Conductor equations of motion -- Effect of conductor stretch -- Calculation of fault current motion for vertically spaced conductors -- Calculation procedure -- Calculation of tension change with motion -- Calculation of mechanical loading on phase-to-phase spacers^^^ conductors^^^akers^^^

Effects of bundle pinch on conductors and spacers -- Lighting And Surge Protection: -- Surge voltage sources and waveshapes -- Surge propagation, refraction, and reflection -- Insulation withstand characteristics and protection -- Surge arrester characteristics -- Surge arrester application --
Abstract:
Overview: Principles of Electrical Safety discusses current issues in electrical safety, which are accompanied by series' of practical applications that can be used by practicing professionals, graduate students, and researchers. Provides extensive introductions to important topics in electrical safety; -- Comprehensive overview of inductance, resistance, and capacitance as applied to the human body; -- Serves as a preparatory guide for today's practicing engineers.
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