Electrical Shock Safety Criteria
Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Electrical Shock Safety Criteria
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1985
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Editors: J.E. Bridges, G.L. Ford, I.A. Sherman
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 2 5 3 9 9 - 2
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 2 9 7 8 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 6 2 2 0 - 1
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Request a sales quoteElectrical Shock Safety Criteria documents the proceedings of the First International Symposium on Electrical Shock Safety Criteria, held in Toronto, Canada, 7-9 September 1983. The objective was to establish the state of the art in the field of electrical shock safety criteria as applied to electrical power utilities. The symposium brought together leading experts from electrical utilities, universities, and research laboratories from around the world, interested in problems associated with electrical shock and safety. The proceedings are organized in three sections, each consisting of the morning review papers and afternoon panel discussions. Section 1 presents an in-depth analysis of the physiology of electrical shocks including such topics as body-weight scaling, electrocution equation, physiological effects of electrical current, and factors affecting fibrillation threshold. Section 2 focuses on the analysis of body impedance under various conditions and the techniques for measuring current distribution in the body. Section 3 is devoted to discussions of safety criteria and related standards from the point of view of current practices in electrical utilities.
Chapter 1: Physiology of Electrical Shocks
Introductory Remarks to the Symposium on Electric Shock
Physiological Effects of Electric Currents on Living
The Electrophysiological Basis for the Ventricular Fibrillation Threshold and Factors that Affect It
Pathophysiological Basis of Ventricular Fibrillation
The Conditions Necessary for the Electrical Induction of Ventricular Fibrillation
Potential Distributions in the Vicinity of the Hearts of Primates Arising from 60 Hz Limb-to-Limb Body Currents
Capacitive Discharge Studies
Electrical Stimulation of the Isolated Rabbit Heart by Short Duration Transients
Chapter 2: Panel Meeting on Physiology of Electrical Shocks
Chapter 3: Body Impedance
New Knowledge on the Impedance of the Human Body
Body Impedance of Non-human Primates under Constant Voltage Shock Conditions
Analysis of Cross-Body Impedance at Household Voltage
New Experiments with Regard to Basic Safety Measures for Electrical Equipment and Installations
Dynamic Aspects of Body Impedance
A Five-Part Resistor-capacitor Network for Measurement of Voltage and Current Levels Related to Electric Shock and Burns
Resistivity Changes of Tissue During the Application of Injurious 60 Hz Currents
An "Equivalent Voltage" for Sinusoidal and Non-Sinusoidal Voltage Waveform
Intra-Body Current Probes
Chapter 4: Panel Meeting on Body Impedance
Chapter 5: Safety and Standards
Mechanisms for Human Sensitivity to Transient Electric Currents
Body Impedance for Transient High Voltage Currents
Danger Levels of Short (1mSec to 15mSec) Electrical Shocks from 50 Hz Supply
Intricacies of the Safety Criterion Around Power System Structures
Safety Criteria for Intended or Expected Non-Lethal Electrical Shocks
Methods of Calculating Electrical Body Impedance and Equipment for Measuring Leakage Currents
Requirements for Grounding Practices and Standards
Highlights of the Proposed Revision of IEEE Standard 80
Safety Criteria -- A Basis for Choosing the Parameters of Grounding Arrangements of 50 Hz Industrial Electrical Installations
Chapter 6: Panel Meeting on Future Work Required for Utility Standards on Electric Shocks
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1985
- No. of pages (eBook): 376
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780080253992
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483129785
- eBook ISBN: 9781483162201
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