DAY ONE
Part 1
Electrical Distribution Systems
- Generation, Transmission & Distribution Systems
- Electrical Systems Theory
- Power Problems in Industrial Plants
- Power Problems in Telecommunication’s Sites
- Power Problems affecting sensitive electronic equipment
- Equipment necessary to perform a “Power System Audit”
- Industry Standards
Part 2
Power System Disturbances
- Introduction
- Sine wave Disturbances
- Voltage fluctuations
- Voltage fluctuations effects
- Transient overvoltages
- Subcycle Disturbances
- Electrical Noise
- Energy Interruptions
- Harmonics
- Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)
- Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)
Part 3
Troubleshooting Transient Overvoltage Problems
- Technical Criteria
- Devices that depend on the frequency
- Devices that do not depend on the frequency
- Suppression Technologies against transients
- Gas tube
- Metal Oxide Varistors (MOV)
- Silicon Avalanche Diodes (SAD)
- Hybrid Circuits
- IEEE Location categories
- CBEMA Curve
- ANSI C62.41-1991
Part 4
Troubleshooting Harmonics in the Power System
- DC Power Supplies
- Harmonic generators
- Full wave Rectifier
- Harmonics spectrum for a six pulse converter
- Resonance problems with capacitors
- General solutions to control harmonics
Part 5
Corrective Measures for Power Disturbances
- Line conditioners
- LC Filter
- Harmonics Filter
- UPS
- Interactive UPS
- UPS with Rectifier/Charger
- Redundant UPS System
- UPS with electronic static bypass
- Motor-Generator ac-dc
- Motor-generator with dc driver
- Motor–Generator with ac driver
- Energy Study
Part 6
Troubleshooting Electrical Grounding Systems
- Grounding Systems
- Earth Ground
- Lightning protection System
- Equipment/Safety ground
- Grounded conductor
- Signal reference ground
- Effective grounding
- Grounding electrode System
- Ground resistance measurement
- Computer Room grounding
DAY TWO
Part 7
Troubleshooting Telecommunications Sites
- Telecommunications grounding
- Exterior ground ring/Interior ground ring
- Master Ground Bar (MGB)
- Grounding for Lightning Protection
- Grounding against Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)
- Cable shielding grounding
Part 8
Troubleshooting Industrial Plants (Site Survey)
- Procedures to perform a site audit
- Registration of measurements values
- Electrical Parameters Measurements on service Equipment
- Measurement of feeder Currents
- Measurements on Branch circuits
- Neutral-Ground Voltage test
- Current on the Neutral conductor
- Solutions and Recommendations
- Commercial Lighting
- Energy consumption
Part 9
Troubleshooting Three-Phase Loads
- Voltage & Current Unbalance
- Transformer Load measurement
- Transformer Harmonic spectrum
- Power measurements
- Harmonic sequence
- Total Harmonic Distortion
- K Factor
- Solution to transformer problems
Part 10
Troubleshooting Motors
- Voltage unbalance
- Current unbalance
- Total Harmonic Distortion (THD)
- Loads on three-phase systems
- Equipment inrush current
- Inrush current effects
- Power Factor/ Displacement Power Factor
Part 11
Motor Adjustable speed Drivers (ASD)
- ASD as an interference
- Six and twelve pulse Converters
- SCR Converters
- Converters with diodes and broad pulse modulation
- PWM
- Phase displacement transformers
- Power factor displacement
- Harmonics and Capacitors
- Power System Resonance
Part 12
TROUBLESHOOTING CASE HISTORIES
- Troubleshooting Lighting Loads
- Motor failures
- Transformers failures
- Medical equipment failures
- Electrical noise and transient overvoltages.
Review of expectations
Questions and Answers
COURSE SCHEDULE
Both days:
Start: 8:00 a.m.
Coffee break: 10:00 a.m.
Lunch: 12:00 noon
Finish: 4:30 p.m.
