Prerequisites:

• Basic Electrical Engineering
• Circuit Analysis
• Power Systems

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Understand the fundamentals of power quality and its importance.
2. Analyze and interpret real-world power quality data.
3. Identify and mitigate common power quality problems such as voltage sags, harmonics,

transients, and flicker.

4. Understand industry standards and regulations related to power quality.
5. Apply power quality analysis techniques in industrial, commercial, and residential

systems.

• Electrical Engineers
• Power Quality Engineers
• Power Systems Protection Engineers
• Instrumentation and Control Engineers

This interactive Training will be highly interactive, with opportunities to advance your opinions and ideas and will include:

• Lectures
• Workshop & Work Presentation
• Case Studies and Practical Exercise
• Videos and General Discussions

Introduction to Power Quality

• Introduction to power quality and its impact on electrical systems.

• Overview of power quality issues: Voltage sags, surges, harmonics, flicker,

and transients.

• Overview of power quality standards: IEEE 1159, IEEE 519.

Fluke 435: Setup and Basic Measurement Techniques

• Basic voltage, current, and power measurements.

• Setting measurement parameters for different types of systems (single-phase,

three-phase).

• Overview of graphical displays and measurements: Voltage, Current, Power,

Harmonics, etc.

Voltage Sags, Swells, and Transients

• Understanding voltage sags, swells, and transients.

• Causes and effects of voltage disturbances on electrical equipment.

• Case studies of voltage sags and transients in industrial environments.

Harmonics: Analysis and Mitigation

• Harmonic distortion and its effects on power quality.

• Harmonic sources and impact on electrical equipment.

• Harmonic analysis: Graphical display and interpretation.

• Mitigation strategies: Passive and active filters, harmonic traps, and tuning

techniques.

Power Factor and Reactive Power

• Understanding power factor and its importance in power quality.

• Reactive power compensation methods.

• Impact of poor power factor on system performance and solutions

(capacitors, synchronous motors).

Voltage Flicker and Imbalance

• Voltage flicker: Causes, effects, and measurement techniques.

• Mitigation techniques for flicker and imbalance.

Power Quality in Distributed Generation Systems

• Impact of distributed generation (DG) sources (e.g., solar, wind) on power

quality.

• Identifying common power quality issues in microgrids and renewable energy

systems.

• Case study: Power quality analysis in a wind farm or solar installation.

Power Quality Events: Capture, Identify, and Solve

• Techniques to detect power quality events.
• Real-time event capture and analysis.

• Case study: Power quality event analysis in a commercial building or

industrial site.

Power Quality Solutions and Mitigation Techniques

• Overview of power quality improvement devices: UPS, Static VAR

Compensators (SVC), Dynamic Voltage Restorers (DVRs), and Active Power

Filters.

• Best practices for installing power quality solutions based on data analysis.

• Industry practices for mitigating power quality issues.

Power Quality Audits

• Auditing procedures: Planning, measurement, and data analysis.

• Writing a power quality audit report.

• Developing power quality improvement recommendations.

Optional (Hands-on Fluke 435 PQ analyzer

• Introduction to Fluke 435 Power Quality Analyzer: Features, capabilities,

and setup.

• Powering on and setting up the Fluke 435.

• Using Fluke 435 to monitor and capture voltage sags and swells.

• Identifying transients and their sources using the Fluke 435.

• Using the Fluke 435 to measure Total Harmonic Distortion (THD), individual

harmonic orders, and current and voltage harmonics.

• Using the Fluke 435 to measure and analyze power factor.

• Measuring and analyzing voltage flicker using Fluke 435.

• Three-phase voltage imbalance: Detection and measurement with Fluke 435.

• Identifying sources of disturbances using the Fluke 435’s capture features.

• Conducting a power quality audit using the Fluke 435.

• Data logging capabilities of Fluke 435.

• Setting up long-term data logging for power quality monitoring.

• Analyzing logged data using Fluke’s software tools.

• Exporting and interpreting data: Excel, Power Log 430 software.

• Case studies: Reviewing data logs to diagnose power quality issues.

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