Electrical, Renewable Energy, Power, DCS Training Courses


Energy Audit & Management

Introduction:

This training course explores the topic of power quality and its effects on the reliability of the electrical system. Power quality is first precisely defined, because, without a precise definition, measurements of baseline conditions and assessments of improvement are impossible. Then methods of evaluating reliability are investigated. After completing this course, you will have a thorough understanding of how power quality and reliability can be measured, and how changes made to the electrical system will affect these important properties

Targeted Groups:

  • Engineers and technicians new to the power industry
  • Intermediate-level engineers and technicians who seek to improve system reliability
  • Professionals involved with the assessment of power quality
  • Facility engineers and consultants responsible for mitigating power quality issues
  • Engineers tasked with monitoring system performance and reliability

Course Objectives:

At the end of this course the participants will be able to:

  • Understand common power quality and reliability terms
  • Know how to assess the impact of voltage sags on sensitive electrical equipment
  • Comprehend the influence of fault clearing on voltage stability
  • Calculate and use standardized reliability indices
  • Understand the sources of transient overvoltages and be able to specify arresters
  • Know why harmonics are produced and be able to implement mitigation methods
  • Analyze the components of AC power and understand the relationship with voltage regulation

Targeted Competencies:

  • Basic terminology and definitions
  • Voltage sags and interruptions
  • Effects of fault clearing on voltage
  • Reliability indices
  • Transient overvoltages and arresters
  • Understanding and mitigating harmonics
  • Analysis of AC power and steady-state voltage regulation

Course Content:
Unit 1: Introduction, Voltage Sags and Interruptions:

  • Power quality definition and basics
  • Quantifying power quality
  • ITI curve
  • Causes of voltage sags
  • Causes of interruptions
  • Mitigation methods

Unit 2: Transient Voltage Excursions:

  • Motor starting
  • Switching and traveling waves
  • Capacitor switching
  • Lightning
  • Lightning shielding and grounding
  • Ferroresonance

Unit 3: Reliability Indices, Effects of Fault Clearing on Power Quality:

  • IEEE-defined reliability indices
  • Interpreting reliability indices
  • Fault clearing
  • Reclosing strategies
  • Fuse saving philosophy
  • Fuse blowing philosophy

Unit 4: Insulation Coordination, Arresters, and Steady-State Voltage Regulation:

  • Basic impulse level
  • Insulation systems
  • Insulation testing
  • Arrester selection and application
  • Load tap changers and voltage regulators
  • Effects of steady-state voltage on system operation

Unit 5: Harmonics:

  • Fundamentals of harmonics
  • Causes and effects of harmonics
  • AC power and power factor
  • Mitigating harmonic effects
  • K-factor transformers
  • Harmonic filters

Electrical, Renewable Energy, Power, DCS Training Courses
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