Course Details
Power Quality Analysis and Analyzers
Power Quality:
Definitions, power factor, reactive power for pure sine wave systems, distorted waveforms, factors defining power quality, factors affecting power quality, Load balancing techniques.
- Basics of electrical technology.
- Types of electrical loads.
- Concept of linear and non-linear loads.
- Reactive power significance on source and system losses.
- Reasons of waveform distortions.
- Factors defining power quality.
- Load Balancing techniques.
Harmonics:
sources of generation of harmonics, measurement principles, analytical and experimental evaluation, harmonic analyzer, problems, solutions and practical examples.
- Harmonics definition , Visual understanding , Sources of harmonics.
- Measurement techniques.
- Theoretical analysis of a new project.
- Harmonic analysers, types, accessories, features.
- Effects of harmonics on power system components.
- Mitigation techniques.
- Harmonic Filters, types, designs, application.
Principles of power measurement in sinusoidal and non sinusoidal waveforms.
- Concept of fundamental power and total power.
- Power factor and Deviation Power Factor.
- Effect on source.
Different connections of CT and PT Used for power measurement. Safety precautions in power measurement.
- Physical connections of CT & PT.
- CT ratios, PT ratios, identification, connections.
- Safety precautions.
- Analysis of data collected.
- Data Presentation.
- Inferences.
Single phase and three phase power measurement. Power quality issues in power measurement. Power quality analysis using PQ analyser (If available at the training place).
- Power measurement for multiple loads.
- Single phase loads, balanced and unbalanced loads.
- Three phase balanced loads.
- Actual analysis.