What is Incident Energy?
Incident energy is the quantity of energy produced during a short circuit (or) electrical malfunction in a system.
It measures thermal energy exposure in calories per square centimeter (or) joules per square centimeter in order to evaluate and manage the dangers associated with electrical arc flash occurrences in industrial environments.
How can Reduce the Incident Energy?
Reducing incident energy requires a combination of the preventive measures. Selective coordination of the protective devices limits energy release by tripping just the nearest breaker during a failure.
Implementing current-limiting fuses serves to reduce fault currents and resultant incident energy.
Upgradation to low-resistance fault current routes and adopting arc-resistant equipment improves safety.
Regular equipment maintenance such as tightening connections & cleaning contributes to prevent potential failures.
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