Best Practices for Electrical Power Quality (PQ-116)

Best Practices for Electrical Power Quality (PQ-116) FREE SEMINAR!  December 12, 8am CST

Best Power Quality Practices

Seminars for Power Quality that are approved by the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services DSPS Course ID # 962316

This one (1) hour tutorial teaches participants how the implementation of some industry best practices will help them to avoid the most common power quality problems. The program covers a range of power quality disturbances, including: sags, swells, transients, power factor, harmonic distortion and supra-harmonics. This tutorial includes examples for motors, drives, LED lighting and renewable energy inverters.

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Seminar Outline:

Introduction                                                                 (5 minutes)

1. AC motors (15 minutes)
   1. Balance voltages
   2. Maintain low harmonic distortion
   3. Improve power factor
2. AC motor drives (VFDs) (15 minutes)
   1. Line reactors
   2. Inverter duty motors
   3. Load reactor or sine wave filter
   4. Bearing protection
   5. VFD cable
3. Harmonics (10 minutes)
   1. < 2% THD-v; < 5% THD-i
   2. Low distortion VFDs
   3. Passive harmonic filters
   4. Active harmonic filters
4. Facility voltage disturbances (5 minutes)
   1. Minimize motor inrush currents
   2. High (> 95%) PF
   3. Transformer loading
   4. Excess capacitance
   5. On-line vs. Off-line UPS
5. Transients (5 minutes)
   1. Lighting arrestor
   2. Transient voltage surge suppressors (TVSS)
   3. Capacitor switching transients
   4. Low impedance grounding
6. LED lighting (5 minutes)
   1. Total power factor
   2. Harmonic distortion
7. Renewable Energy inverters (5 minutes)
   1. Supra-harmonics
   2. PQ Filters

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This Seminar is approved by the State of Wisconsin for credential types:

Commercial Electrical Inspector, Industrial Journeyman Electrician, Journeyman Electrician Residential, Master Electrician License, Master Electrician Residential, Journeyman Electrician, Registered Electrician.

Seminars may be scheduled at a time and location you designate.  Please contact us for more information.

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