Industrial System Protection

The development of industrial and commercial electrical power systems has created the need to improve their reliability. The costs associated with outage time costs have also increased dramatically. The use of automation systems in industry and commerce requires advanced power system automation to enhance their overall reliability and efficiency. Careful attention must be given to the protection and control of industrial electrical supply systems.

Many technologies that have been developed for EHV electrical systems may be used in lower voltage systems but usually on a reduced scale. Nevertheless, industrial electrical systems have many particular issues that need special attention and the development of custom solutions.

This course is suitable for engineers who need to understand protection strategies that are applicable to industrial systems. This course covers the protection of different equipment such as motors, feeders and transformers. It provides a detailed description of MCBs, MCCBs, fuses, different circuit breaker technologies and relays provided. Upon successful completion engineers will be able to address industrial system protection basics is terms of available protection technologies, methods, protection arrangements and their application to typical design configurations.

Once you complete your course review, you need to take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of thirty-five (35) questions to earn 7 PDH credits

Learning Objectives

This course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:

Typical industrial system busbar arrangements
Protection elements including fuses, industrial circuit breakers, MCBs, MCCBs, ACBs etc.
Typical coordination issues
Automatic changeover systems
Voltage and phase reversal protection
Power factor correction and protection of capacitors
Time/current grading of different protection elements

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We provide technical courses for PDH credits that meet Board requirements for Professional Engineers, Geologists and Land Surveyors. This courses is guaranteed to be accepted in AK, AL, AR, FL, GA, IA, IL, ID, IN, KS, KY, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WI, WV, and WY. Before purchasing this course, please confirm that your state Board is listed above.