Technology Training that Works

Electrical Power
System Fundamentals
for Non-Electrical Engineers

A 2-day practical workshop presented by:

Roger Royal
Dip EE (C&G) Grad.Dip Rob.

MELBOURNE
23 & 24 March 2015

BRISBANE
26 & 27 March 2015

Only $ 1995 per person

including GST

Been to an IDC workshop before?

- Attend this workshop and you’ll receive 5% off the registration price!

EARLY BIRD what You will learn:

BOOKING OFFER
• The basics of electrical power engineering
TOTAL VALUE TO YOU - $???
• Basic electrical design rules
Book by 23 February 2015 and • Practical steps in selection, installation and commissioning of electrical
you will receive 20% off the full systems
registration price + 4 ebooks
• How to work more effectively with electrical engineering professionals
each with hundreds of pages of
engineering knowledge • How to apply the local electrical codes effectively
• The role that electrical power plays within your organisation

who should attend:

• Administration staff • Non-electrical engineers and
• Civil, mechanical, chemical, technicians
• Practical Arc Flash Protection for mining engineers, technologists • Non-electrical personnel who
Electrical Safety Professionals and technicians want to understand the broader
• Practical Electrical Safety • Electrical contractors picture
Techniques for Industry
• Finance, IT and accounting • Plant and facility engineers
• Practical Power System Protection
for Engineers and Technicians managers • Procurement and buying staff
• Electrical Drawings and Schematics • Human resources managers • Project managers
• Managers who are involved with • Sales engineers
or work with staff and projects in
electrical engineering
plus
our 4-for-3
BOOKING OFFER AUSTRALIA • CANADA • india • IRELAND
Malaysia • NEW ZEALAND • SINGAPORE • SOUTH AFRICA
UNITED KINGDOM • UNITED STATES • VIETNAM

Register NOW: Email the registration form to us at [email protected]

For more information contact 1300 138 522 or visit www.idc-online.com
 Electrical Power System Fundamentals

Discount Offer An intensive, practical 2-day workshop presented by

Roger Royal
SAVE $1995 Dip EE (C&G) Grad.Dip Rob. Senior Engineer

Book four delegates Roger has built up a solid 40 years of hard won experience in the
pay for three! electrical power industry and this is apparent in his instructing. He has
a passion for teaching and has achieved outstanding results over the
past ten years with his courses on circuit breakers and switchgear,
Register three people on a earthing, bonding, lightning, surge protection, power systems protection
public two-day workshop and and transformers throughout the world.
receive your fourth registration He commenced his career in the design and construction of transformers, power cables and
FREE switchgear with Alstom (GEC); this work included a significant degree of R&D. Roger has since
worked for numerous blue chip companies in the classical design of power systems,
* discounted and free registration to be transformers and switchgear. More recently, he has spent considerable time in maintenance
used for the same workshop operations of electrical engineering assets.
in the same venue Roger has carefully prepared for the presentation of this workshop, to ensure that you will walk
away with the skills you can immediately apply to your work. He is looking forward to meeting
all participants and being able to pass on his experience and knowledge.
PLUS 5 eBooks of
your choice!
Every delegate will also receive the workshop
5 eBooks of their choice The workshop will commence by reviewing basic electrical circuits and electrical laws. You will
from IDC’s technical library then be exposed to the basic principles of electrical generation, transmission and distribution.
– valued at $420! Electrical distribution will then be covered in considerably more detail. The interesting area of
electrical measurements as applied to single phase and three phase systems will then be
reviewed. You will be exposed to earthing with a strong focus on safety issues. Transformers
About IDC Technologies will then be examined with an emphasis on power transformers as used in the electrical
distribution industry. The first day will be concluded with coverage of power system components
With a portfolio of over 300 workshops in terms of isolators, fuses and circuit breakers.
specialising in the fields of industrial data
The second day will commence with an examination of AC and DC motors, followed by a review
communications, electrical and mechanical
of electrical lighting and illumination concepts. The power hungry topic of electrical heating in
engineering, automation and control, we have
industry is then examined. The impact especially in the modern world of power electronics is
trained over 500,000 engineers, technicians
discussed with a demonstration of the possible unpleasant harmonics arising from using this
and technologists over the last 20 years.
powerful technology. This then smoothly leads into the topic of dealing with power quality. The
We have an enthusiastic team of professionals last three major topics are electrical power system protection, electrical safety and customer
in offices conveniently located around the installations. The penultimate topic of great interest to executive management in a company
world, who are committed to providing the (and indeed municipalities and governments) is load forecasting.
highest quality of engineering and technical
The workshop is concluded with modern developments such as substation automation, the
training.
smart grid, industrial data communications and the still controversial topic of carbon trading.
Visit our WEB SITE
www.idc-online.com to download Pre-requisites
FREE software and technical information No formal electrical education is required as everything is examined from a fundamentals and
practical point of view. This is thus certainly not an advanced workshop but one focussing on
the fundamentals using basic maths to ensure you quickly understand the key concepts.
On-Site Training
The fee for each workshop covers all materials including
All IDC Technologies training workshops are workshop manual, lunches
available on an on-site basis, presented at and refreshments
the venue of your choice, saving delegates
travel time and expenses, thus providing
your company with even greater savings.
practical sessions
SAVE MORE THAN 50% OFF This is a practical, hands-on workshop enabling you to work through exercises which reinforce
the per person cost! the concepts discussed. Sessions include:
• Eight hands-on practical electrical labs with real equipment to demonstrate the
2-day courses start from $6,000 basics
FOR UP TO 6 PEOPLE and can be • Twelve simple electrical design exercises using demonstration electronic snap-in
circuits and calculators
customised to your needs.
• Five case studies undertaken in groups of your colleagues in assessing real
Have the training delivered situations
• A case study in a group of your colleagues where you go through an entire
WHEN AND WHERE you need it! project for design, specification, procurement, installation and commissioning to
For more information or a FREE detailed “sign off and handover”
proposal contact: We will also make extensive use of video clips, visual effects and simulation software to help
Kevin Baker on 1300 138 522 or you with the understanding of these concepts. To gain full value from this workshop, please
email: [email protected] bring your laptop/notebook computer.
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The program

Day ONE TRANSFORMERS POWER ELECTRONICS AND APPLICATIONS

• Magnetic fields • Semi conductor devices
BASIC CONCEPTS • Electromagnetic fields • Motor controllers
• Units and electrical quantities • Transformer operation • Rectifiers
• Voltage, current, resistance, power, energy, • Step down and step up • AC motors and soft starting
frequency • Construction • Variable speed drives
• Inductance and capacitance • Single and polyphase transformers Practical session
• Ohm’s law, rms and average values • Cooling
• Oils and coolants POWER QUALITY
• Single and three phase systems
• Power factor • Efficiency • Power quality problems
Practical session • Tap changers • Voltage variations,
• Voltage regulation • Overvoltage and under-voltages,
ELECTRICAL GENERATION, TRANSMISSION • Earthing of transformers • Voltage imbalances
AND DISTRIBUTION Practical session • Voltage and frequency variations,
• Various forms of energy, energy conversion • Interruptions and surges
• Modern power station ISOLATORS, FUSES AND CIRCUIT • Lightning and harmonics
• Coal-fired power plant, hydro and nuclear BREAKERS • Harmonic compensation
• Impact on environment • Isolation Practical session
• Solar, wind, geothermal • Electrical faults,
• Fuses POWER SYSTEMS PROTECTION
• Transmission of electricity, distribution
• Power demand and tariffs, power factor • Isolation, switching, tripping • Incipient and solid faults
• HVDC • Circuit breakers • Need for protection, overloads, overvoltage
• Components of circuit breakers and overcurrent
Practical session
• Medium voltage circuit breakers • Fuses, circuit breakers, relays
ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION Practical session • Protection of equipment
• Power source Practical session
• Typical electrical power system Day TWO ELECTRICAL SAFETY AND NATIONAL
• Electrical distribution systems ELECTRICAL CODES
• Substations, step down transmission ELECTRICAL ROTATING MACHINES
– AC AND DC • Key elements of National Electrical Codes
• Distribution substation, distribution feeder (AS3000/NEC/CEC/SANS)
circuits, switches and circuit breakers • Basic principles • Electrical hazards
• Industrial and residential customers • Machines • Electrical shock
• Types – radial, loop, network • DC motor operation • Arc flash and burns
• Network reliability (outages/power • Speed, flux and armature voltage • Personal protective equipment
interruptions) • Speed control • Safety through better design and installation
• Power transformers and distribution boards • Single phase AC motors • Work permits
Practical session • 3-phase induction motor • Authorisation personnel
• Synchronous machines • Training and first aid
ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS AND
• Torque versus speed • Legislation
APPLICATIONS
• Efficiency and power factor Practical session
• Electrical parameters – W/VA/VAr Practical session
• Measuring CUSTOMER INSTALLATIONS
• Power and energy measurement ELECTRICAL LIGHTING AND ILLUMINATION
• Metering and billing
• Smart metering • Incandescent lamps, high intensity • Tariff structures
• Measuring voltages, currents and discharge lamps, mercury vapour, metal
resistance halide lamps, fluorescent lamps, compact • Connections
Practical session fluorescent lamps, LEDs THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL PROJECT
• Luminaire concepts
EARTHING • Design rules, specification, procurement
• Energy efficiency
• Need for earthing, direct and indirect • Installation,
Practical session
shocks, touch and step potential • Commissioning
• Types of earthing, system and protective ELECTRICAL HEATING IN INDUSTRY • Punchlist of defects
earthing, isolation • Principles of heating, electrical heating, • contractual disputes
• Earth conductors and electrodes resistance heating • Certificate of compliance
• Measurement of earth resistance • Welding Case study
• Lightning protection • Electric arc furnaces
LOAD FORECASTING, PLANNING AND
• Bonding connection • Induction heating
PROJECT EVALUATION
Practical session Practical session
• Load forecasting principles
• Forward planning
• Supply and demand side management
Free reference manual • Evaluation of electrical projects
as a hard-copy and eBook (Valued at $223.90) MODERN DEVELOPMENTS
• The smart grid
Our delegates don’t just receive photocopied notes!
• Substation automation and industrial IT
You will receive the comprehensive fully illustrated reference manual, • Data communications (including wireless)
as a hard-copy and eBook version, filled with hundreds of pages of • Cost of carbon/emissions trading
tables, charts, figures and handy hints.
SUMMARY, OPEN FORUM AND CLOSING
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Melbourne - 23 & 24 March 2015
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• Workshops start at 8:30am and finish at 5:00pm daily. A fee of 20% will apply for written cancellations received If your address details are incorrect, or you wish to remove
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