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http://dx.doi.org/10.14346/JKOSOS.2014.29.4.054

Analysis of Electric Shock Accident on 4.16 kV Class Circuit breaker for Power Plant  

Park, Nam-Kyu (National Forensic Service)
Song, Jae-Yong (National Forensic Service)
Kim, Jin-Pyo (National Forensic Service)
Goh, Jae-Mo (National Forensic Service)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Safety / v.29, no.4, 2014 , pp. 54-60 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper describes electric shock accidents on a 4.16 kV class circuit breaker for power plant. Electric shock accidents mostly involve damage of human life, in comparison with electrical fire, rate of human death tend to be higher in electric shock accidents. Specially, in a high voltage facilities rate of human death comprised about 43.7% by electric shock accidents. If electric shock accidents happen in a 4.16 kV class circuit breaker for power plant, then the power plant discontinue power production. Electric shock accidents in a power plant have a great ripple effect such as an electric power shortage. In this paper, we analyzed electric shock accidents on a 4.16 kV class circuit breaker for power plant. From the analysis results, we confirmed a cause of electric shock accidents on a 4.16 kV class circuit breaker, it happened by defect of interlock equipment or occurrence of breakdown between first feeder contactor and shielding plate. In order to reduce electric shock accidents on a 4.16 kV class circuit breaker, the power plant should consider improvement of interlock equipment and insulation of feeder contactor in circuit breaker.
Keywords
electric shock; 4.16 kV circuir breaker; feeder contactor; shielding plate; power plant;
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