Industrial Power System Fundamentals

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A course designed for Engineers in training, designers, construction and operation personnel who are responsible for the specification, design, installation and maintenance of electrical equipment in industrial facilities.

Course Description

Learning Objectives

  • To design an industrial power system distribution system incorporating the appropriate safety, economic reliability, operational and maintenance requirements
  • To apply the appropriate industry recognized design standards to a design
  • To understand the terminology used in the context of an electrical distribution system
  • To be able to use simple "rules of thumb" to estimate the performance and economics of an electrical distribution systems design

Course Information

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Instructor

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Allan Bozek, P.Eng, MBA
Allan has over 30 years experience in the design, construction, commissioning and maintenance of industrial power systems. The scope of his experience includes manufacturing, oil and gas production, refining, water treatment and mining industrial facilities. He is a member of the IEEE industrial applications society, a committee member of the Canadian Electrical Code Section 18 (Hazardous Locations) and is a registered Profession Engineer in Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Ontario.

Detailed Outline

Historical Development of Power Systems
  • War of the Currents 
Overview of the North American Integrated Electricity System
  • North American Transmission Grid
  • Management of Power Generation vs. Consumption
  • Regulated vs. Deregulated Market Systems
  • How wholesale electricity prices are determined
Design and Safety Standards
  • Fundamental Safety Principles of Electrical Design
    • Shock hazard
      • Industry statistics
    • Fire hazard
    • Voltage and electromagnetic influences
    • Power supply interruption
  • Prescriptive vs. Objective standards
  • Electrical Safety Regulatory System
    • Safety Codes Act
    • Administration of the Act
      • Utility Regulated (BC and Ontario)
      • Deregulated (Alberta)
        • Self regulation for Industrial Users
        • Concept of a variance 
Reference Publications
  • CSA C22.1 Canadian Electrical Code
  • CSA Z462 Workplace Electrical Safety
  • CSA M421 Use of Electricity in Mines
  • IEEE Publications
    • Color Book Series
    • IEEE 80 - Safety in AC Substation Grounding
    • IEEE 519 - Hamonic Control in Electrical Power Systems
    • IEEE 1584 - Arc Flash Calculations
  • IEC Publications
Systems Planning
  • Electrical Design Economics
  • Capital vs. Operating Economics
    • Energy efficiency evaluation model
    • Estimating the cost of a power interruption 
  • Reliability and Availability
    • Calculation procedure 
  • Load Forecasting and Equipment Sizing
    • Developing a load list for a facility
  • Voltage Level Section
  • Harmonics and Power Factor
    • Power factor correction formulas 
  • Surge Protection
    • When it is required 
  • Utility Substation Design Configurations
  • Industrial Plant Power Distribution Systems Design Configurations
    • Simple Radial Design
    • Secondary Selective System
    • Emergency Bus Configurations
Engineering Design Analysis
  • Load Flow Analysis
    • Voltage Drop Calculations
  • Short Circuit Studies
    • Estimating short circuit magnitudes in simple applications 
  • Transient Stability Analysis
    • Motor Starting
      • When it is required 
  • Protective Device Coordination Analysis
    • How to read protective relay time current curves (TCCs) 
  • Harmonic Analysis
    • When it is required 
Grounding
  • System Grounding
    • High Resistance vs. Low Resistance vs. Solidly grounded systems
  • Bonding
  • Substation grounding
  • CEC requirements
Electrical Distribution System Design
  • Fundamentals of Circuit Protection
    • Fuses vs. Circuit Breakers
      • Principles of operation 
    • Electrical System Coordination Principles
      • Typical TCCs of fuses and breakers 
  • Conductors
    • Copper vs. Aluminum
    • Sizing of Conductors
    • Shielding and Terminiations
    • Bus Duct and Cable Bus applications
  • Transformers
    • Transformer Theory
    • Transformer Standards
    • Selection and Application
  • Switchgear and Control Apparatus
    • Medium Voltage Switchgear
      • Metalclad vs. Metal Enclosed Standards
      • Arc resistant switchgear 
    • Low Voltage Switchgear
      • Power Circuit  vs. Molded Case Breakers
    • Motor Control Centres
      • NEMA vs. IEC Design
      • Short Circuit and Overload Protection 
Arc Flash Safety
  • Root Causes of Arc Flash Incidents
  • Arc Flash Calculations
    • CSA Z462
    • IEEE 1584
  • Arc Flash Mitigation Techniques
    • Systems Design Approach to Arc Flash Mitigation
    • Equipment Specifications
    • PPE 
  • Warning Labels for Equipment
Electrical Substation Design
  • Equipment Selection
  • Equipment Spacing Requirements
  • Conductor and cable support selection
  • System Auxilaries
  • Monitoring and Control Requirements
  • Grounding System Design
A variety of tutorials and hands on working exercises are incorporated into the course to help in the understanding of the course material.

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