Power Quality Considerations for Energy Efficiency Retrofits

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Power Quality Considerations for Energy Efficiency Retrofits - This 6-hour live online, instructor-led course will provide an understanding of potential equipment interactions often encountered when making energy efficiency improvements as well as methods to avoid common pitfalls.

Here are some highlights:

Replacing motor starter with adjustable speed motor drive
LED/high-efficiency lighting upgrade

This course is applicable to electrical industry professionals serving either industrial, commercial and institutional power systms. For maximum benefit of this course, students should have an understanding of basic electrical principles such as Ohms law, power, electrical metering, motors, and general electrical equipment and systems and a working knowledge of basic algebra.

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WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Industrial, Commercial, Institutional Electrical Engineers, And Electrical Maintenance Personnel
Consulting Electrical Engineers
Project Engineers
Design Engineers
Field Technicians
Electrical Technicians
Plant Operators
Plant Engineers
Electrical Supervisors
Managers In Charge Of Plant Electrical Infrastructure

STUDENTS RECEIVE

This Course Includes Our Latest Power Quality And Grounding Handbook!! (Value $20)
$100 Coupon Toward Any Future Electricity Forum Event (Restrictions Apply)
0.6 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) Credits (6 Professional Development Hours)
FREE Magazine Subscription (Value $25.00)
Course Materials In PDF Format

Power Quality Considerations for Energy Efficiency Retrofits - Course Outline

1. Efficient & Effective use of Electricity

Efficient vs effective use of electricity
Common energy efficiency improvements
Preparing for energy efficiency improvements
Evaluate power factor
Beware: false energy savers

2. Convert (across-the-line) Motors to VFDs

Potential benefits of VFDs
Fan/pump affinity laws = energy savings
Improved displacement power factor
Power quality concerns for VFDs
Harmonic distortion
Effects on other equipment (ie: Power factor capacitors)
Harmonic resonance
Detuned PF capacitors
Estimation of Power factor capacitor needs
Estimation of current distortion

3. Example

(Chiller) Motor starter to VFD retrofit
Best practices when converting to VFDs

4. Lighting Retrofits

Typical power quality for LED & CFL
Harmonic current distortion
Examples of Lamp waveforms
Comparison of various 60W equivalent lamps
LED driver measurements
Potential Problems
Harmonic distortion
Neutral current (3P,4W systems)
Remedies for improved power quality

Examples

267 sconces being converted to CFL
Factory lighting conversion
Office building VFD and LED retrofit
Telephone Data-center (time permitting)

Troubleshooting & Best Practices

COURSE SCHEDULE:

Start: 10 a.m. Eastern Time
Finish: 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time

Live Online Course Registration Fees & CEU Credits

The registration fee to attend this live online training course is $249 + GST/HST.

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EARN CONTINUING EDUCATION UNIT (CEU) CREDITS

Successful completion of this course qualifies delegates to receive a certificate of course completion with indicated CEUs.

CEUs are granted by the Engineering Institute of Canada. One CEU is equivalent to 10 professional development hours of instruction.

This course earns 0.6 CEUs.

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Power Quality Considerations for Energy Efficiency Retrofits