Power Quality Courses are designed to help you understand power quality problems such as harmonics and how to mitigate underlying electrical problems for improved efficiency and economically. Courses cover topics such as "Grounding vs. Bonding" and "Wiring Methods and Materials".

Course offerings from include Grounding for Electrical Distribution Systems, Grounding and Bonding for the Telecommunications Industry, Medium & High Voltage Substation, Grounding and Electrical Grounding for the Petrochemical Industry as two day courses in addition to a three day course on Electrical Grounding for Industrial Facilities.

Fluke Power Quality offers hands-on training seminars covering how to detect, analyze and prevent power quality problems with class times of four hours or two days. Online Seminars are also available covering a wide range of topics from basic to advanced levels of training with time ranging from thirty minutes to one hour.

Integral Energy Power Quality & Reliability Centre offers an Advanced Power Quality Course covering topics such as harmonics, voltage fluctuations and flicker and unbalance.

Controlled Power Co. periodically offers free half day "Power Quality Seminars" at their Troy, Michigan headquarters. Topics covered include definition, cause, and effects of transients, fluctuating voltage, brownouts, blackouts, and harmonic currents as well as how power problems affect industrial, medical and commercial applications. Other topics covered include financial and productivity impact and different topologies in the power conditioning and uninterruptible power supply industry complete with advantages and disadvantages of each topology.

The Power Quality Monitoring and Power Metering Tutorial provides an overview of three phase electricity basics and then discusses three of the most common power quality events: leading/lagging power, saq/swell/interruptions and harmonics.

Power Quality Seminars offered by ElectroTek include:

Overview of Power QualityElectric Power Systems QualityDistribution Power QualityUtility Capacitor Applications and ConcernsPower Quality in the Industrial EnvironmentAdjustable Speed Drive Application ConsiderationsEfficient Motor and Drive Application ConsiderationsMonitoring Power Quality and Solving ProblemsContemporary Topics in Power System HarmonicsUsing Computers to Solve Power Quality ProblemsDeveloping a Power Quality ProgramEstablishing Benchmarks for Utility Power Quality PerformanceBuilding a Web-based Power Quality Monitoring SystemPower Quality Assurance for High Reliability FacilitiesEPRI/BPA Power Quality Workbook Workshop

 

The Fundamentals of Power Quality Seminar is a comprehensive program structured to provide the specific training and background information needed by professionals preparing to sit for the Certified Power Quality (CPQ) examination. Topics covered during the three-day seminar are powering, grounding and protection solutions for sensitive electronic process and control equipment, how to review plans and specifications for power quality impact on operations, and the direct application of recommended practices found in new consensus IEEE standards.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison offers the Power Quality Problems in Industrial Environements course at your location in North America.

Topics covered include:

Investigating Power System Disturbances Utility Perspective on Industrial Power Quality Power Line Harmonics from Static Power Converters Other Power Line Harmonic Disturbances Introduction to IEEE STD 519-1992, Recommended Practices and Requirements for Harmonic Control in Electric Power Systems Measurements and Preparations for a Power Factor Study with Harmonic Review Power System Calculations and Power Factor Correction with Harmonic Analysis Solving Medium-voltage and Low-voltage Transient Problems Effects of Voltage Sags Power Quality Waveform Recognition Grounding Requirements for Safety and Performance Industrial Plant Power Quality Monitoring Coordination of Industrial Control and Power Power Conditioning Applications

 

Understanding Power Quality & Harmonics is a one day course designed to help utility engineers bridge the knowledge gap in the subject of power system harmonics.

Course highlights include:

Introduction to Power Quality  Fundamentals of Power System Harmonics Harmonic Assessment and Measurement Case Study 3 - Determining Which Load Causes Harmonic ProblemEmerging Concerns on Harmonics

 

Training on Energy Efficiency & Power Quality course is designed to develop manpower in the areas of Energy Conservation, Management and Energy audit as per the Energy Conservation Act 2001 in India. Content includes, Energy Conservation Act 2001, The importance of energy efficiency, General Aspects of Energy Management & Energy Audit, Demand Side Management, Thermal Energy Conservation, Electrical Energy Conservation, Performance assessment for various energy consuming equipments and Renewable energy technologies.

Applied Professional Training offers the eight hou Power Quality course providing a good overview of power quality issues, concerns and performance standards.  Certain system configurations, maintenance aspects, and/or equipment operations can cause power quality problems for consumers or the utility.

Topics Include:

IEEE Standards Reliability Indices Stray Currents and Voltages Radio/TV Interference Harmonics Monitoring Instruments Troubleshooting Techniques

TechOnline offers a course in Power Electronics & Power Quality which covers the power quality problem associated with power electronic converters, discuss the applicability of the international standards and the new power electronics technologies that allow to minimize the problems caused by the power processing. Additional topics covered include an overview of the state of the art in the power electronics and recent research results.

Power Quality Inc offers a 5 day course in Power Quality training for Utility customer service Engineers. Course materials include review the basics of Power Quality parameters and the level of Power Quality in various countries in Asia and the USA as well as monitoring, metering, harmonics, mitigation devices, desensitizing loads to voltage sags and other power quality events. Additional topics on case studies are also presented. The second day of this course involves a site walk through and installation of a power quality monitoring instrument.