How to hamper hazards

摘要

This article reports on the accomplishments of the IEEE 1584 working group (WG). The working group has raised money for testing, oversaw a significant amount of testing, analysed the data, developed a new model for incident energy calculation, and wrote IEEE 1584, IEEE guide for performing arc flash hazard calculations. The article also discusses the WG's starting point, the need for laboratory testing, the test and analysis methods employed, the discovery from the testing, the development of the model and the guide, and the need for further work.