ARC FLASH HAZARD ANALYSIS/SHORTCIRCUIT/COORDINATION STUDY

(NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS) SECTION 260573. 5

PART !ENERAL
.0 SCOPE A. The contractor shall furnish short-circuit and protective device coordination studies as prepared by Square D Engineering Services or approved equal. B. The contractor shall furnish an Arc Flash a!ard Analysis Study per the require"ents set forth in the current version of #F$A %&E -Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace . The arc flash ha!ard analysis shall be perfor"ed according to the 'EEE Standard ()*+ , -&&-. the 'EEE Guide for Performing Arc-Flash Calculations. /. The scope of the studies shall include ne0 distribution equip"ent supplied by Square D /o"pany under this contract. .02 RELATED SECTIONS A. Dra0ings and general provisions of the /ontract. .03 REFERENCES A. 'nstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. 'nc. 1'EEE23 (. 'EEE (+( , 4eco""ended $ractice for Electric $o0er Distribution and /oordination of 'ndustrial and /o""ercial $o0er Syste"s -. 'EEE -+- , 4eco""ended $ractice for $rotection and /oordination of 'ndustrial and /o""ercial $o0er Syste"s 5. 'EEE 566 , 4eco""ended $ractice for 'ndustrial and /o""ercial $o0er Syste" Analysis +. 'EEE -+( , 4eco""ended $ractice for Electric $o0er Syste"s in /o""ercial Buildings ). 'EEE (&() , 4eco""ended $ractice for Applying 7o0-8oltage /ircuit Brea9ers :sed in 'ndustrial and /o""ercial $o0er Syste"s. ;. 'EEE ()*+ -<uide for $erfor"ing Arc-Flash a!ard /alculations B. A"erican #ational Standards 'nstitute 1A#S'23 (. A#S' /)%.(-.&& , Standard <eneral 4equire"ents for 7iquid-'""ersed Distribution. $o0er. and 4egulating Transfor"ers -. A#S' /5%.(5 , Standard for 7o0 8oltage A/ $o0er /ircuit Brea9ers :sed in Enclosures 5. A#S' /5%.&(& , Standard Application <uide for A/ igh 8oltage /ircuit Brea9ers 4ated on a Sy""etrical /urrent Basis +. A#S' / 5%.+( , Standard Design Tests for igh 8oltage Fuses. Distribution Enclosed Single$ole Air S0itches. Fuse Disconnecting S0itches and Accessories.

/. The #ational Fire $rotection Association 1#F$A2 (. #F$A %& -#ational Electrical /ode. latest edition -. #F$A %&E , Standard for Electrical Safety in the =or9place .0" SU#$ITTALS FOR RE%IEW/APPRO%AL A. The studies shall be sub"itted to the design engineer prior to receiving final approval of the distribution equip"ent shop dra0ings and/or prior to release of equip"ent dra0ings for "anufacturing. 'f for"al co"pletion of the study "ay cause delays in equip"ent ship"ents. approval fro" the Engineer "ay be obtained for a preli"inary sub"ittal of data to ensure that the selection of device ratings and characteristics 0ill be satisfactory to properly select the distribution equip"ent. The for"al study 0ill be provided to verify preli"inary findings. .05 SU#$ITTALS FOR CONSTRUCTION A. The results of the short-circuit. protective device coordination and arc flash ha!ard analysis studies shall be su""ari!ed in a final report. A "ini"u" of five 1)2 bound copies of the co"plete final report shall be sub"itted. For large syste" studies. sub"ittals requiring "ore than five 1)2 copies of the report 0ill be provided 0ithout the section containing the co"puter printout of the shortcircuit input and output data. Electronic $DF copies of the report shall be provided upon request. B. The report shall include the follo0ing sections3 (. -. 5. +. ). ;. %. E>ecutive Su""ary including 'ntroduction. Scope of =or9 and 4esults/4eco""endations. Short-/ircuit ?ethodology Analysis 4esults and 4eco""endations Short-/ircuit Device Evaluation Table $rotective Device /oordination ?ethodology Analysis 4esults and 4eco""endations $rotective Device Settings Table Ti"e-/urrent /oordination <raphs and 4eco""endations Arc Flash a!ard ?ethodology Analysis 4esults and 4eco""endations including the details of the incident energy and flash protection boundary calculations. along 0ith Arc Flash boundary distances. 0or9ing distances. 'ncident Energy levels and $ersonal $rotection Equip"ent levels. *. Arc Flash 7abeling section sho0ing types of labels to be provided. Section 0ill contain descriptive infor"ation as 0ell as typical label i"ages. 6. @ne-line syste" diagra" that shall be co"puter generated and 0ill clearly identify individual equip"ent buses. bus nu"bers used in the short-circuit analysis. cable and bus connections bet0een the equip"ent. calculated "a>i"u" short-circuit current at each bus location. device nu"bers used in the ti"e-current coordination analysis. and other infor"ation pertinent to the co"puter analysis. .06 &UALIFICATIONS A. The short-circuit. protective device coordination and arc flash ha!ard analysis studies shall be conducted under the responsible charge and approval of a 4egistered $rofessional Electrical Engineer s9illed in perfor"ing and interpreting the po0er syste" studies. B. The 4egistered $rofessional Electrical Engineer shall be an e"ployee of the equip"ent "anufacturer or an approved engineering fir". /. The 4egistered $rofessional Electrical Engineer shall have a "ini"u" of five 1)2 years of e>perience in perfor"ing po0er syste" studies. D. The approved engineering fir" shall de"onstrate e>perience 0ith Arc Flash a!ard Analysis by sub"itting na"es of at least ten actual arc flash ha!ard analyses it has perfor"ed in the past year.

E. The engineering fir" shall have a "ini"u" of t0enty-five 1-)2 years e>perience in perfor"ing po0er syste" studies. .07 CO$PUTER ANALYSIS SOFTWARE A. The studies shall be perfor"ed using SA? Syste"s Analysis $o0erBTools for =indo0s 1$T=2 soft0are progra".

PART 2 PRODUCT
2.0 STUDIES A. The contractor shall furnish an Arc Flash a!ard Analysis Study per #F$A %&E -Standard for Electrical Safety in the =or9place. reference Article (5&.5 and Anne> D. This study shall also include short-circuit and protective device coordination studies. All studies to be prepared by Square D Engineering Services. 2.02 DATA A. /ontractor shall furnish all data as required for the po0er syste" studies. The Engineer perfor"ing the short-circuit. protective device coordination and arc flash ha!ard analysis studies shall furnish the /ontractor 0ith a listing of required data i""ediately after a0ard of the contract. The /ontractor shall e>pedite collection of the data to assure co"pletion of the studies as required for final approval of the distribution equip"ent shop dra0ings and/or prior to the release of the equip"ent for "anufacturing. B. Source co"bination "ay include present and future "otors and generators. /. 7oad data utili!ed "ay include e>isting and proposed loads obtained fro" /ontract Docu"ents provided by @0ner. or /ontractor. D. 'f applicable. include fault contribution of e>isting "otors in the study. The /ontractor shall obtain required e>isting equip"ent data. if necessary. to satisfy the study require"ents. 2.03 SHORT-CIRCUIT ANALYSIS A. Transfor"er design i"pedances shall be used 0hen test i"pedances are not available. B. $rovide the follo0ing3 (. /alculation "ethods and assu"ptions -. Selected base per unit quantities 5. @ne-line diagra" of the syste" being evaluated that clearly identifies individual equip"ent buses. bus nu"bers used in the short-circuit analysis. cable and bus connections bet0een the equip"ent. calculated "a>i"u" short-circuit current at each bus location and other infor"ation pertinent to the co"puter analysis +. The study shall include input circuit data including electric utility syste" characteristics. source i"pedance data. conductor lengths. nu"ber of conductors per phase. conductor i"pedance values. insulation types. transfor"er i"pedances and C/4 ratios. "otor contributions. and other circuit infor"ation as related to the short-circuit calculations. ). Tabulations of calculated quantities including short-circuit currents. C/4 ratios. equip"ent short-circuit interrupting or 0ithstand current ratings and notes regarding adequacy or inadequacy of the equip"ent rating. ;. 4esults. conclusions. and reco""endations. A co"prehensive discussion section evaluating the adequacy or inadequacy of the equip"ent "ust be provided and include reco""endations

as appropriate for i"prove"ents to the syste". /. For solidly-grounded syste"s. provide a bolted line-to-ground fault current study for applicable buses as deter"ined by the engineer perfor"ing the study. D. $rotective Device Evaluation3 (. Evaluate equip"ent and protective devices and co"pare to short circuit ratings -. Adequacy of s0itchgear. "otor control centers. and panelboard bus bars to 0ithstand shortcircuit stresses 5. Square D shall notify @0ner in 0riting. of any circuit protective devices i"properly rated for the calculated available fault current. 2.0" PROTECTI%E DE%ICE TI$E-CURRENT COORDINATION ANALYSIS A. $rotective device coordination ti"e-current curves 1T//2 shall be displayed on log-log scale graphs. B. 'nclude on each T// graph. a co"plete title 0ith descriptive device na"es. /. Ter"inate device characteristic curves at a point reflecting "a>i"u" sy""etrical or asy""etrical fault current to 0hich the device is e>posed. D. 'dentify the device associated 0ith each curve by "anufacturer type. function. and. if applicable. tap. ti"e delay. and instantaneous settings reco""ended. E. $lot the follo0ing characteristics on the T// graphs. 0here applicable3 (. Electric utilityDs overcurrent protective device -. ?ediu" voltage equip"ent overcurrent relays 5. ?ediu" and lo0 voltage fuses including "anufacturerDs "ini"u" "elt. total clearing. tolerance. and da"age bands +. 7o0 voltage equip"ent circuit brea9er trip devices. including "anufacturerDs tolerance bands ). Transfor"er full-load current. "agneti!ing inrush current. and A#S' through-fault protection curves ;. ?ediu" voltage conductor da"age curves %. <round fault protective devices. as applicable *. $ertinent "otor starting characteristics and "otor da"age points. 0here applicable 6. $ertinent generator short-circuit decre"ent curve and generator da"age point (&. The largest feeder circuit brea9er in each "otor control center and applicable panelboard. F. $rovide adequate ti"e "argins bet0een device characteristics such that selective operation is provided. 0hile providing proper protection. <. $rovide the follo0ing3 (. A @ne-line diagra" shall be provided 0hich clearly identifies individual equip"ent buses. bus nu"bers. device identification nu"bers and the "a>i"u" available short-circuit current at each bus 0hen 9no0n. -. A sufficient nu"ber of log-log plots shall be provided to indicate the degree of syste" protection and coordination by displaying the ti"e-current characteristics of series connected overcurrent devices and other pertinent syste" para"eters. 5. /o"puter printouts shall acco"pany the log-log plots and 0ill contain descriptions for each of the devices sho0n. settings of the adEustable devices. and device identification nu"bers to aid in locating the devices on the log-log plots and the syste" one-line diagra". +. The study shall include a separate. tabular printout containing the reco""ended settings of all

adEustable overcurrent protective devices. the equip"ent designation 0here the device is located. and the device nu"ber corresponding to the device on the syste" one-line diagra" ). A discussion section 0hich evaluates the degree of syste" protection and service continuity 0ith overcurrent devices. along 0ith reco""endations as required for addressing syste" protection or device coordination deficiencies. ;. Square D shall notify @0ner in 0riting of any significant deficiencies in protection and/or coordination. $rovide reco""endations for i"prove"ents. 2.05 ARC FLASH HAZARD ANALYSIS A. The arc flash ha!ard analysis shall be perfor"ed according to the 'EEE ()*+ equations that are presented in #F$A%&E--&&+. Anne> D. The arc flash ha!ard analysis shall be perfor"ed in conEunction 0ith the short-circuit analysis 1Section -.&52 and the protective device ti"e-current coordination analysis 1Section -.&+2 The flash protection boundary and the incident energy shall be calculated at significant locations in the electrical distribution syste" 1s0itchboards. s0itchgear. "otor-control centers. panelboards. bus0ay and splitters2 0here 0or9 could be perfor"ed on energi!ed parts. /ircuits -+&8 or less 0here available bolted short circuit current is less than (& 9A "ay be o"itted fro" the co"puter "odel and 0ill be assu"ed to have a ha!ard ris9 category & per #F$A %&E Table (5&.%1/21621a2. including footnote 5. /ircuits -+&8 or less fed by transfor"ers ((-.) 98A or less "ay be o"itted fro" the co"puter "odel and 0ill be assu"ed to have a ha!ard ris9 category & per 'EEE ()*+. =or9ing distances shall be based on 'EEE ()*+. The calculated arc flash protection boundary shall be deter"ined using those 0or9ing distances. =hen appropriate. the short circuit calculations and the clearing ti"es of the phase overcurrent devices 0ill be retrieved fro" the short-circuit and coordination study "odel. <round overcurrent relays should not be ta9en into consideration 0hen deter"ining the clearing ti"e 0hen perfor"ing incident energy calculations The short-circuit calculations and the corresponding incident energy calculations for "ultiple syste" scenarios "ust be co"pared and the greatest incident energy "ust be uniquely reported for each equip"ent location in a single table. /alculations "ust be perfor"ed to represent the "a>i"u" and "ini"u" contributions of fault current "agnitude for nor"al and e"ergency operating conditions. The "ini"u" calculation 0ill assu"e that the utility contribution is at a "ini"u". /onversely. the "a>i"u" calculation 0ill assu"e a "a>i"u" contribution fro" the utility. /alculations shall ta9e into consideration the parallel operation of synchronous generators 0ith the electric utility. 0here applicable as 0ell as any stand-by generator applications. The Arc-Flash a!ard Analysis shall be perfor"ed utili!ing "utually agreed upon facility operational conditions. and the final report shall describe. 0hen applicable. ho0 these conditions differ fro" 0orst-case bolted fault conditions. . The incident energy calculations "ust consider the accu"ulation of energy over ti"e 0hen perfor"ing arc flash calculations on buses 0ith "ultiple sources. 'terative calculations "ust ta9e into account the changing current contributions. as the sources are interrupted or decre"ented 0ith ti"e. Fault contribution fro" "otors should be decre"ented as follo0s3 (. Fault contribution fro" induction "otors should not be considered beyond ) cycles.

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For each piece of A#S' rated equip"ent 0ith an enclosed "ain device. t0o calculations shall be "ade. A calculation shall be "ade for the "ain cubicle. sides. or rearF and shall be based on a device located upstrea" of the equip"ent to clear the arcing fault. A second calculation shall be "ade for the front cubicles and shall be based on the equip"entDs "ain device to clear the arcing fault. For all other non-A#S' rated equip"ent. only one calculation shall be required and it shall be based on a device located upstrea" of the equip"ent to clear the arcing fault. =hen perfor"ing incident energy calculations on the line side of a "ain brea9er 1as required per above2. the line side and load side contributions "ust be included in the fault calculation. ?is-coordination should be chec9ed a"ongst all devices 0ithin the branch containing the i""ediate protective device upstrea" of the calculation location and the calculation should utili!e the fastest device to co"pute the incident energy for the corresponding location. Arc Flash calculations shall be based on actual overcurrent protective device clearing ti"e. A "a>i"u" clearing ti"e of - seconds 0ill be used based on 'EEE ()*+--&&- section B.(.-. =here it is not physically possible to "ove outside of the flash protection boundary in less than seconds during an arc flash event. a "a>i"u" clearing ti"e based on the specific location shall be utili!ed.

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?. $rovide the follo0ing3 (. 4esults of the Arc-Flash a!ard Analysis shall be sub"itted in tabular for". and shall include device or bus na"e. bolted fault and arcing fault current levels. flash protection boundary distances. 0or9ing distances. personal-protective equip"ent classes and AF'E 1Arc Flash 'ncident Energy2 levels. -. The Arc-Flash a!ard Analysis shall report incident energy values based on reco""ended device settings for equip"ent 0ithin the scope of the study.

5. The Arc-Flash a!ard Analysis "ay include reco""endations to reduce AF'E levels and enhance 0or9er safety.

PART 3 E'ECUTION
3.0 FIELD ADJUST$ENT A. /ontractor shall adEust relay and protective device settings according to the reco""ended settings table provided by the coordination study. (OPTION) Field adEust"ents to be co"pleted by Square D Services under the separate Startup and Acceptance Testing contract portion of proEect specifications. B. /. 3.02 /ontractor shall "a9e "inor "odifications to equip"ent as required to acco"plish confor"ance 0ith short circuit and protective device coordination studies. Square D shall notify @0ner in 0riting of any required "aEor equip"ent "odifications. ARC FLASH LA#ELS (OPTION)

A. Square D Engineering Services shall provide a +.& in. > +.& in. Brady ther"al transfer type label of high adhesion polyester for each 0or9 location analy!ed. B. The labels shall be designed according to the follo0ing standards3 (. :76;6 , Standard for ?ar9ing and 7abeling Syste"s

-. A#S' H)5).+ , $roduct Safety Signs and 7abels 5. #F$A %& 1#ational Electric /ode2 , Article ((&.(; /. The label shall include the follo0ing infor"ation3 (. -. 5. +. ). ;. Syste" 8oltage Flash protection boundary $ersonal $rotective Equip"ent category Arc Flash 'ncident energy value 1cal/c"I2 7i"ited. restricted. and prohibited Approach Boundaries Study report nu"ber and issue date

D. 7abels shall be printed by a ther"al transfer type printer. 0ith no field "ar9ings. E. Arc flash labels shall be provided for equip"ent as identified in the study and the respective equip"ent access areas per the follo0ing3 (. Floor Standing Equip"ent - 7abels shall be provided on the front of each individual section. Equip"ent requiring rear and/or side access shall have labels provided on each individual section access area. Equip"ent line-ups containing sections 0ith "ultiple incident energy and flash protection boundaries shall be labeled as identified in the Arc Flash Analysis table. -. =all ?ounted Equip"ent , 7abels shall be provided on the front cover or a nearby adEacent surface. depending upon equip"ent configuration. 5. <eneral :se Safety labels shall be installed on equip"ent in coordination 0ith the Arc Flash labels. The <eneral :se Safety labels shall 0arn of general electrical ha!ards associated 0ith shoc9. arc flash. and e>plosions. and instruct 0or9ers to turn off po0er prior to 0or9.

L*+,- I./0*--*012. (OPTION) F. 7abels shall be field installed by Square D Services. The technician providing the installation shall have co"pleted an *- our instructor led Electrical Safety Training /ourse 0ith includes #F$A %&E "aterial including the selection of personal protective equip"ent. 3.03 ARC FLASH TRAININ! (OPTION) A. The vendor supplying the Arc Flash a!ard Analysis shall train the o0nerDs qualified electrical personnel of the potential arc flash ha!ards associated 0ith 0or9ing on energi!ed equip"ent 1"ini"u" of + hours2. The training shall be certified for continuing education units 1/E:s2 by the 'nternational Association for /ontinuing Education Training 1'A/ET2 or equivalent. The trainer shall be an authori!ed @S A @utreach instructor. B. The vendor supplying the Arc Flash a!ard Analysis shall offer instructor led and online #F$A %&E training classes.