Understanding High Energy Arcing Faults
This online engineering PDH course focuses on High Energy Arcing Faults (HEAF) in industrial and power plant environments, where such faults pose significant safety risks.
This course examines the causes, preventive measures, and consequences of HEAF using insights from international experiments and real-world case studies, with the goal of improving electrical safety in high-risk environments. The course covers essential topics, including the introduction to HEAF, findings from international experiments, and the role of electrical configurations in fault severity. The course also explains modeling tools for assessing HEAF risks and the application of fire probabilistic risk assessment methods.
This 5 PDH course is designed for electrical engineers, fire safety experts, and nuclear facility managers, as well as technical personnel interested in understanding high energy arcing faults.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Familiarizing yourself with the underlying causes and triggers of High Energy Arcing Faults
- Analyzing experimental data to understand electrical enclosure vulnerabilities
- Identifying high-risk environments where HEAF is most likely to occur
- Developing strategies to mitigate HEAF in medium and low-voltage systems
- Applying lessons learned from international experiments to real-world systems
- Understanding the role of switchgear and bus ducts in HEAF incidents
- Evaluating the impact of HEAF on adjacent equipment and overall system safety
- Using fire probabilistic risk assessments (PRA) in relation to HEAF events
- Recommending design improvements to minimize HEAF risks
- Interpreting thermal and pressure data from HEAF experiments
- Integrating HEAF mitigation techniques into safety and design protocols
- Proposing future safety innovations based on HEAF research findings
- Assessing current electrical systems for vulnerability to HEAF
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