IEC 60909-0 / IEEE 1584-2002/2018 / NFPA 70E:2024

Power Engineering & Arc Flash Simulation Suite

ArcSim is an industrial-grade electrical power engineering software providing rigorous short-circuit calculations according to IEC 60909-0, incident energy & arc flash boundary analysis per IEEE 1584 / NFPA 70E, and European box-test evaluations under DGUV 203-077.

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Technical Specifications & Standards

IEC 60909-0 Short-Circuit Engine

Complete Thevenin network solution for 3-phase, 2-phase, and line-to-earth faults with voltage factor c and peak factor kappa:

Ik" = c · Un / (√3 · |Zk|)

• c_max and c_min factors
• Dynamic peak current ip = κ · √2 · Ik"
• Thermal conductor sizing per IEC 60865-1

IEEE 1584 & NFPA 70E Arc Flash

Comprehensive incident energy (cal/cm²) and arc flash boundary (AFB) calculations with 2-second escape cap and 85% arcing current evaluation.

• Electrode configurations: VCB, VCBB, HCB
• NFPA 70E:2024 Table 130.4(E)(a) shock boundaries
• Required minimum arc rating determination

DGUV 203-077 & IEC 61482 PPE

European box-test thermal arc energy modeling and PPE class certification verification (APC 1 & APC 2) with thermodynamic ceiling limit.

W_LB = 1000 · kP · Sk · tk (kJ)

• kpMax thermodynamic ceiling (0.58)
• APC 1 (168 kJ) and APC 2 (320 kJ)
• Deterministic SHA-256 calculation verification