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UPS Battery Testing and Maintenance Training

UPS Battery Testing and Maintenance Training UPS Battery Testing and Maintenance Training

This 12-Hour live online instructor led UPS Battery Maintenance Training course provides an understanding of battery backup failures such as: excessive or micro cycling, improper charging, poor temperature control, installation errors, manufacturing deficiencies and operational errors.

Battery and battery room safety requirements and inspection methods are also detailed along with personal protective equipment (PPE). Manufacturer installation and maintenance requirements are major components of this training.

A fully-functioning Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) system depends greatly on the batteries that are called on to serve emergency power during unexpected outages? Dp you know all the steps necessary to properly test and maintain your batteries? This 2-Day UPS Battery Systems training course is perfect for anyone who works in a facility when a power outages occur - the plant electrician, maintenance technician or a supervising engineer. Backup emergency batteries are essential, but only reliable if you have staff trained to properly test and maintain batteries so they perform in emergency situations.

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

 

  • Identify types of batteries and their operating principles
  • Understand battery maintenance and testing techniques
  • Identify and correctly use various types of test equipment and hand tools
  • Use of NFPA 70E, IEEE 450, Megger® Battery Testing Guide and battery installation and operating instructions to develop a battery/cell inspection form
  • Perform correct maintenance of vented lead-acid batteries using the IEEE Standard 450, IEEE “Recommended Practice for Maintenance, Testing and Replacement of Vented Lead
  • Acid batteries for Stationary Applications”
  • Identify battery and battery room installation requirements per IEEE guidelines

 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

  • Electrical Engineers
  • Electrical Maintenance Trades people & Technicians
  • Instrumentation and Control Engineers
  • Power System Protection and Control Engineers
  • Building Service Designers
  • Data Systems Planners and Managers
  • Other electrical personnel involved in the maintenance industrial, commericial and institutional power systems

 

STUDENTS RECEIVE

  • 100-Page Digital Power Quality Handbook - Value $20 (details below)
  • 1.4 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) Credits
  • FREE Magazine Subscription (Value $50)
  • $100 Coupon toward any future Electricity Forum event (restrictions apply)
  • Course Materials in Paper Format

 

 

 

UPS Battery Testing and Maintenance

 

DAY ONE

BATTERY BASICS

  • Introduction To Various Battery Technologies
  • The Objective Of Battery Design
  • Universal Law Of Conservation Of Energy

 

TYPES OF BATTERIES

  • Primary, Secondary And Reserve Types
  • Dry And Wet Cell Batteries
  • Lead Calcium, Lead Antimony, Value Regulate Lead Acid, Absorbed Glass Mat Batteries
  • Gel Cell, Automotive And Deep Cycle Batteries

 

BATTERY BASIC CONSTRUCTION

  • Physical characteristics
  • Terminals, + And – Plates, Electrolyte, Relief Valve, Separators And Container

 

FACTORS TO DETERMINE BATTERY ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS

  • Selection Of Active Materials And Weight Of The Active Materials
  • Theoretical And Practical Parameters (Voltage And Amp Per Hour)

 

BATTERY OPERATIONAL THEORY

  • Chemical Reactions Within The Battery
  • Charging And Discharging Processes

 

MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet)

  • Sealed Lead Acid Battery And Wet Lead Acid Batteries
  • Lithium Ion Battery

 

BATTERY SAFETY

 

Arc Flash Risks

  • Arc flash assessment
  • Arcing Current
  • Incident Energy 
  • Arc Fault Boundary

 

PPE required due to Arc Flash Risks

  • Human Body Surface And Internal Resistance
  • Faceshield, Coveralls, Gloves
  • PPE Testing & Certification Documentation

 

Environmental safety

  • Max & min temperatures for batteries
  • Air exchanges, based on Bldg codes
  • Hazardous Materials Management Plan

 

Tools and the risks using them

  • Tools dielectric rating based on voltage
  • Closes safe approach on live cone connections
  • Short circuit Current carrying capacity of tools
  • Clap meter ratings, AC versus DC
  • FLIR camera use

 

OSHA AND NFPA REVIEW

  • Occupational Safety And Health Standards
  • National Fire Prevention Standards

 

BATTERY SIZING DETERMINATION

  • KW And KVA Of Electrical Equipment
  • Efficiency Of Electrical Equipment
  • Battery Watt Per Cell Calculation
  • Selection Of Battery, Number Of Cells, Number Of Battery Units And Number Of Cells Per Battery Block
  • Single Or Shared Battery Configuration Considerations

 

 

 

DAY TWO

 

BATTERY SHIPMENT AND RECIEVING

  • Visual Inspection (External And Internal)
  • Concealed Damage, Housing Damage And Cracking
  • Battery Storage Location, Tie Restriction And Handing

 

INSTALLATION COORDINATION AND BEST PRACTICES

Equipment movement & placement

  • Weight loading, raised floor vs concrete floor
  • Seismic provisioning
  • Anchoring, Configuration

 

Bonding & Grounding

  • Bonding with respect to raised floor systems
  • Grounding requirements as per CEC and NEC

 

Cable management

  • Best practices for Teck vs conduit
  • Sizing and terminations

 

Contractor issues

  • Recommended pre-commissioning checklists
  • Coordination with GC for HVAC and structural provisions
  • Environmental requirements for decommissioning old units during equipment swaps
  • Eye Water Station

 

BATTERY CHARGING

  • Charger Selection
  • Switching Mode, Linear, Shunt, Chopper, Pulsed, USB And Inductive Types

 

CHARGING METHODS

  • Constant Voltage, Constant Current, Pulsed Trickle, Slow And Fast

 

NATURE OF CHARGING

  • Initial (Equalization) Normal Float, Termination Time & Temperature Relationship

 

CHARGER PERFORMANCE

  • Voltage & Current Regulation, AC Ripple, Efficiency, Inrush Current, Power Factor, 2nd Current Limitation

 

WET CELL BATTERY INSTALLATION CERTIFICATION

  • Third Party Battery Inspection
  • Initial And Final Open Battery Voltage And Battery Specific Gravity Measurement

 

FACTORS AFFECTING BATTERY PERFORMANCE

  • Battery Voltage, Nature Of Discharging, Charger Voltage Regulation, AC Ripple,
  • Impurity Of Battery Active Material, Internal Battery Temperature, Charging
  • Methods, Number Of Deep And Normal Discharging And Battery Aging

 

VRLA BATTERY THERMAL RUNAWAY

  • Battery Internal Impedance And Temperature Relationship
  • Causes And Prevention

  

BATTERY MAINTENANCE

  • Monthly, Quarterly And Annual Check Lists
  • System Voltage, Charger AC Ripple, Internal Battery Temperature
  • Electrolyte Level, Specific Gravity, Individual Cell Voltage, Internal Ohm
  • Inter-Cell Resistance Housing, Terminals Corrosion, Pole Discolor And Leaking

 

BATTERY CLEANING

  • Battery Individual Cell Posts And Connectors, Safety Precautions And Cleaning Materials

 

SIGNS OF BATTERY FAILURE

  • Electrolyte Levels, Plates Deformation, Sediment, Sinking Poles And Abnormal Heat

 

IEEE 450-2010 STANDARD

  • Review Key Points With The IEEE 450
  • Protective Equipment, Duration Of BM, State Of Charging Determination
  • Capacity Testing Method, Time Adjustment, Temperature Factor Method And Rated Battery Adjustment Method

 

BATTERY TESTING

  • R And Z Relationship With Heat
  • Internal Self-Discharging
  • Battery Impedance And Resistor Type Testers, Ground Fault Condition And Detection
  • Battery Replacement Guidelines

 

COURSE TIMETABLE

Start: 10 am ET
Finish: 4:30 pm ET

 

 

Live Online Course Registration Fees & CEU Credits

The registration fee to attend this live online training course is $599 + GST/HST.

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EARN CONTINUING EDUCATION UNIT (CEU) CREDITS

EIC

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 1.2 CEUs.