ARCAD helps facilities create safer working environments for individuals who service electrical systems by providing On-Line and PC based software tools for Short Circuit and Arc Flash Hazard Analysis. NFPA requires that any panel likely to be serviced by a worker be surveyed and labeled. ARCAD service includes resources and tools allowing plant and facility managers and personnel to perform short circuit, incident energy, arc flash protection boundary, level of PPE calculations, and create customized arc flash warning labels themselves reducing the cost of obtaining compliance with OSHA, NFPA70E and new Canadian CSA Z462 standards.

Arc Flash and Short Circuit Analysis

IEEE 1584 and NFPA 70E based Arc-Flash-Analytic v 4.1 tool for arc flash hazard analysis ( PC version for Windows 9X, XP, Vista, Windows 7) has been released. Click the image below to launch video tutorial Arc Flash Analysis Label Making Software Features Tutorial demonstrating various Arc Flash Analytic 4.1 program features and settings including units of measurement, label layout, saving labels, calculation results and equipment configuration. Check also the links below for more product information: Arc Flash Software, Arc Flash Labels Buying Arc Flash Hazard Analysis & Label Making Software Electric Arc Flash Analysis Software Installation Arc Flash Hazard Software Registration CSA Z462 IEEE 1584 NFPA 70E Arc Flash Analysis Video Arc Flash Program - Fuse Equations Tutorial Electric Arc Flash Study using IEEE 1584 Empirical Model Incident Energy Arc Flash Exposure for Live Line Work Arc flash software for DC power systems BONUS - Free Short Circuit Software included build comprehensive one-line diagrams save a system and open a previously saved system print out input, output values and one-line diagrams calculate minimum and maximum available short-circuit currents. Purchase Arc Flash Analytic v4.1 software on CD or electronically and get one month use of the ArcAd Online Short Circuit Calculator for free More Information See us on eLocal Benefits: Calculator-style interface makes complex calculations easy to understand. Design safer power systems while insuring compliance with NEC 110.16, OSHA, NFPA 70E, IEEE 1584 and CSA Z462 standards. Avoid potential fines, lost productivity, and increased insurance and litigation costs. Perform analysis using fuse equations, circuit breaker equations, empirical model and more. Save time by generating arc flash warning labels in electronic PDF, JPG and BMP formats Customize labels by selecting and adding information displayed on them. Save input data, calculation results for future reference or printing. Perform analysis using metric (mm, Joules ), imperial units (inches, calories ), or both Calculate arc blast explosion pressure and arc TNT equivalent Create warning labels in English, French or Spanish Related Information: Arc Flash Analytic 4.1 Product Page Spend $400 or more on ARCAD stocked products and get Arc Flash Analytic 4.1 software FREE Must mention ESAVINGS promotional code in comments field upon checkout or by email to sales@arcadvisor.com

Short Circuit Fault Current Calculator

Determining available short circuit fault currents is one of the most important aspects of designing power distribution systems. Short circuits and their effects must be considered in selecting electrical equipment, circuit protection devices, carrying out arc flash analysis. The short circuit calculator presented on this web-site is offered in effort to satisfy the need for a convenient, comprehensive method of calculating three phase distribution system short circuit fault currents. It is intended for radial and looped low voltage (LV) and high voltage (HV) circuits. The calculator allows to quickly and easily obtain accurate potential short circuit currents at each node (bus) in a power distribution system.
A Handbook to Accompany the Online Short-Circuit Calculation Program

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• What are the major service benefits for the consumer?
• <How much do you charge for Online Short Circuit Calculator?
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• How does your program handle input data tolerances and does it track error propagation though calculation steps?
• How do I save my project and try another configuration?
• Calculation example

Arc Flash Online Calculator

We have developed an easy-to-use and comprehensive online tool for calculating arc incident energy, flash protection boundary and risk category required by NEC when work is to be performed on or near the energized equipment. The calculator takes equipment configuration, gap between electrodes, grounding type, short circuit fault current value and system voltage on input, determines arcing fault current, calculates incident energy, arc flash protection boundary, hazard / risk level at the potential point of fault and creates detailed warning label [more...].
Arc Flash Calculator and Warning Label Creator

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• What is incident energy?
• What are the shock approach and flash protection boundaries?
• What is personal protective equipment (PPE)?
• What is an arc flash warning label?
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• How to calculate arc blast TNT ( TriNitroToluene or Trotyl ) Equivalent?
• What are the available methods for performing arc flash incident energy calculations?
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• Calculation example using Arc-Flash-Analytic v 1.1

  What makes our short circuit calculator different?

  1	First and foremost, ArcAd's short circuit online calculator features input data analysis and hard coded error propagation rules ensuring that the resulting fault current values are not more precise than justified by the accuracy of input data [ more... ]. This is very important but widely ignored issue.
  2	Ability to accurately handle motor and generator contributions. Many programs and procedures of this type do not properly account for motor loads as they simply have the user add the motor contribution to the utility source KVA. Some programs make short circuit fault current assumptions based on transformer size etc. This inadvertently distorts short circuit fault current values and blurbs the safety margin. The calculator allows motors and generators to be placed anywhere in the network. The contribution from each motor and the utility source is vectorally added at every point where they intersect. This provides an extremely accurate analysis of the maximum short circuit MVA any node can be subject to.
  3	By performing short circuit MVA analysis for positive, negative and zero sequences, symmetrical three phase and unsymmetrical phase to ground, phase to phase, double phase to ground fault currents can be resolved.

  The calculator procedure is based on MVA method for solving industrial power system short circuits. Each component of the power system is assigned MVA short circuit rating. For example, the short circuit MVA contribution of the motor is equal to its own MVA base divided by its own per unit impedance. The cable or bus short circuit MVA rating is equal to (kV)² / Z, where kV is the cable line voltage and Z is cable impedance.

Briefly review the examples and frequently asked questions to see the procedure in action and learn the resource capabilities

Create an account if you don't already have one, and log onto the page where you can add components one by one to build up a radial electrical distribution system. The components can be a power source, transformers, bus ducts, cables, motors and generators, or "special" components whereby the user can define his own X and R values for a non-standard device. Short circuit MVA values contributed both by source and the system equipment are calculated for each portion of the system

Your account gives you the advantage of saving the entered system digram and experiment with other configurations. This is practical for systems with multiple scenarios of interconnections where the system goes through ongoing changes over a period of time. You may continue your analysis without having to re-enter your data from the beginning.

More Frequently Asked Questions:

• Steps of performing short circuit analysis.
• Can single line to ground fault be solved using the MVA method?
• Can double line to ground fault be solved?
• How to convert calculated SC MVA to short circuit current in amperes?
• How does your arc flash calculator deal with single phase faults?
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