SYSTEM STUDIES
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We are able to offer a range of electrical technician and engineering consultancy services and advise on projects and issues that you may have. Our engineering team has extensive experience of incident investigations and working alongside the enforcing authorities. We also have our Electrical Systems Studies division that works closely alongside Electrical Safety Management and don’t forget- we have an extensive training department too!
If short circuit currents exceed the equipment ratings in a power system, the consequences can be devastating.
Short Circuit analysis ensures that all existing and new equipment ratings are adequate to withstand the energy that may be released during a prospective short circuit, thereby, protecting personnel and plant equipment. Industry experts across the globe strongly recommended that short circuit calculations be maintained and periodically updated to protect the equipment and the lives.
There is also a regulatory requirement under “The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989” to ensure that Electrical Systems are appropriately fault rated.
Regulation 4 Systems, work activities and protective equipment:
States in (1) All systems shall at all times be of such construction as to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, danger. The likely load and fault conditions should be considered to ensure compliance with this Regulation.
Regulation 5 Strength and capability of electrical equipment:
States no electrical equipment shall be put into use where its strength and capability may be exceeded in such a way as may give rise to danger.
Regulation 11 Means for protecting from excess of current:
States efficient means, suitably located, shall be provided for protecting from excess of current every part of a system as may be necessary to prevent danger.
An up to date short circuit study will certainly help to demonstrate compliance with these Regulations. It is never safe to assume that equipment is
appropriately rated.
The Results
A Short Circuit analysis will help you:
• Comply with Legislation
• Increase safety and reliability of the power systems
• Evaluate the effectiveness of deployed protection schemes
• Identify recommended solutions to your existing problems
• Identify problem areas within your power distribution system
If short circuit currents exceed the equipment ratings in a power system, the consequences can be devastating.
Short Circuit analysis ensures that all existing and new equipment ratings are adequate to withstand the energy that may be released during a prospective short circuit, thereby, protecting personnel and plant equipment. Industry experts across the globe strongly recommended that short circuit calculations be maintained and periodically updated to protect the equipment and the lives.
There is also a regulatory requirement under “The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989” to ensure that Electrical Systems are appropriately fault rated.
Regulation 4 Systems, work activities and protective equipment:
States in (1) All systems shall at all times be of such construction as to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, danger. The likely load and fault conditions should be considered to ensure compliance with this Regulation.
Regulation 5 Strength and capability of electrical equipment:
States no electrical equipment shall be put into use where its strength and capability may be exceeded in such a way as may give rise to danger.
Regulation 11 Means for protecting from excess of current:
States efficient means, suitably located, shall be provided for protecting from excess of current every part of a system as may be necessary to prevent danger.
An up to date short circuit study will certainly help to demonstrate compliance with these Regulations. It is never safe to assume that equipment is
appropriately rated.
The Results
A Short Circuit analysis will help you:
• Comply with Legislation
• Increase safety and reliability of the power systems
• Evaluate the effectiveness of deployed protection schemes
• Identify recommended solutions to your existing problems
• Identify problem areas within your power distribution system
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It has survived not only many decades, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised thanks to these sheets and more recently with desktop publishing software.
It has survived not only many decades, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised thanks to these sheets and more recently with desktop publishing software.
