UPS System Training Course Outline
DAY ONE
Why Have a Uninterruptible Power Supply System (UPS)
Types and Duration of UPS
- Power System Disturbances
- Sags
- Surges And Spikes
- Outages
- Phase Relationships
The CBEMA Curve
Three General Types of UPS
- Kinetic (Motor Generator Sets)
- Flywheel
Static
- Rectifier
- Batteries
- Inverter
THREE TYPES OF STATIC UPSs
- The Traditional UPS
- The Static UPS
- The Static UPS With Bypass
REVIEW OF PASSIVE ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
Volts, Ohms and Amps in DC and AC Circuits
Resistors
Capacitors
- Formed Caps
- Failure Mode Of Electrolytic Capacitors
Inductors
- Coils And Chokes
- Single Phase Transformers
- Three Phase Transformers
- Wye
- Delta
RLC Circuits in Series and Parallel
- Tuned Circuits
- Harmonics
- Ferro Resonance
REVIEW OF ACTIVE COMPONENTS
Diodes
- Half-Wave Rectification
- Full-Wave Rectification
- Polyphase Rectification
- Wye/Delta Rectification
- Troubleshooting Diodes
Transistors
- Applications Of Transistors
- Troubleshooting Transistors
Thyristors
- SCRs
- Applications
- Troubleshooting
TRIACS
- Applications
- Troubleshooting
IGBTs
- Applications
- Troubleshooting
- Triggering Circuits
Operational Amplifiers
- Instrumentation Amplifier
- Inverting Amplifier
- Non-Inverting Amplifier
- Ramping Applications
DAY TWO
HOW BATTERIES WORK
Primary Batteries
Secondary Batteries
Lead Acid
- The Chemistry
- Battery Types
- Capacity Factors
- S-Curves
- Battery Safety And Maintenance
- Float And Equalize Voltages
- Load Testing
Lithium Ion
- The Chemistry
- Battery Types
- Capacity Factors
- Battery Safety And Maintenance
- Float And Equalize Voltages
- Load Testing
UPS TOPOLOGIES
Single Phase
Three Phase
INSTALLATION COORDINATION AND BEST PRACTICES
Equipment movement & placement
- Weight loading, raised floor vs concrete floor
- Seismic provisioning
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
TROUBLESHOOTING & MAINTENANCE
Expected electrical values
Typical features of UPS HMI or software for alarming & trending
Manufacturer’s recommending maintenance practices Installation
- Quarterly Checklists
- Annual Checklists
- Tools And Equipment
- Basic Arc Flash Electrical Safety
COURSE SCHEDULE:
Both days:
Start: 10 a.m. Eastern Time
Finish: 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time