This Distributed Energy Resources: Power Quality Issues Mitigation and Protection training course will scrutinize into the power quality issues related to solar and wind renewable energy. This will include mitigation techniques and protection. In today’s context artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are inclusive in the electrical power systems power quality issues.
Challenges and mitigation of power quality issues are also present in distributed energy resources. Harmonics are a dominant component in wind and solar energy technologies. Protection against overcurrent and faults include circuit breakers and fuses. Grounding and surge protection against lightning are included in the design of wind and solar power generation.
This Distributed Energy Resources training course will highlight:
- Quantifying the effects of power quality issues
- Technologies to minimize and eliminate power quality issues associated with renewable energy
- Optimizing power quality anlaysis
- Electrical protection in solar arrays
- Grounding and surge protection in wind turbines
At the end of this Power Quality Issues Mitigation and Protection training course, you will learn to:
- Comprehend the effects of poor-quality issues
- Understand the relationship between distributed energy resources and power quality
- Analyse the harmonic issues
- Design protection system for solar systems
- Determine the impact of grounding and surge protection in wind turbines
This Power Quality Issues Mitigation and Protection training course will be presented by means of Power Point slides through which all the required theory and equations will be provided. The training course also includes case studies where the participants are required to take part in class activities including system analysis, calculations, relay settings, etc. The instructor will also use training videos for better understanding of the participants. The participants will be progressively assessed during the training course via quizzes, questions, assignments, and worked examples.
On successful completion of this Power Quality Issues Mitigation and Protection training course, the organizational impact would be:
- Develop a structured approach and understanding of power quality issues
- Build up a systematic approach between renewable energy and power quality
- Correct selection of harmonic mitigation technologies
- Understanding faults and overcurrent in solar power installations
- Familiar with grounding and surge protection in wind turbines
Upon successful completion of this Distributed Energy Resources: Power Quality Issues Mitigation and Protection training course delegate will be able to understand:
- Understand the various power quality issues
- Identify the co-relation between renewables and power quality
- Appreciate the methods of poor power quality mitigation techniques
- Be exposed to the overcurrent and fault situations in a solar park
- Recognize the effects proper grounding and surge protection in wind turbines
We encourage the staff involved in the operation, planning, design, and maintenance of power systems to attend this training course.
This Distributed Energy Resources training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Project Engineers/Managers
- Electrical Engineers/Technicians
- System Operators
- Design Engineers
- Asset Engineers/Managers
Day One: Fundamentals of Power Quality Issues
- Overview of power quality issues
- Effects of poor power quality issues
- Voltage issues sags, swells and flicker
- Harmonics effects in a distribution system
- Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in power quality including electrical power systems
- Grounding and power quality
Day Two: Renewable Energy and Power Quality
- Overview of distributed energy resources (DER)
- Common issues of power quality faced by renewable energy
- Merits and optimization of renewable energy resources
- Effects of renewable energy on power quality
- Power quality analysis technologies associated with renewable energy
- Setbacks in renewable energy due to poor power quality
Day Three: Power Quality Analysis and Characteristics
- Power quality analysis and improved energy efficiency
- Optimizing renewal energy performance through power quality analysis
- Understanding total harmonic distortion (THD)
- Power disturbance prevention and disturbance analysis
- Impact of renewable energy integration and power quality
- Hybrid renewable energy system and power quality
Day Four: Solar Power Protection
- Electricity protection for solar arrays
- Direct current circuit breakers and fuses
- Overcurrent protection for solar energy
- Hybrid inverters protection
- Ground faults in solar PV installations
- Monitoring systems for solar parks
Day Five: Wind Turbines Protection
- Electrical safety for wind turbines
- Wind turbines lifespan and protection strategies
- Protecting wind turbines through effective grounding
- Solid state circuit breakers
- Overcurrent protection for wind turbines