Electrical Enginnering Competency

What will you learn?

In the modern era of advanced technologies, electrical engineering is one of the intensive courses which are provided by several institutions. This course will help you learn the nuts and bolts of electrical force building, fundamental electrical outline rules, and down to earth ventures in choice, establishment and charging of electrical frameworks. Step by step instructions to work all the more adequately with electrical building experts is necessary for the professionals studying this course. Moreover, this course will help you learn the electrical codes viably. The center of this course is on the making squares of electrical building, the basics of electrical plan and incorporating electrical designing expertise into alternate controls in a partnership. Pointless hypothesis is kept to a base and you will concentrate on best practice over the length of time of the online course. The course will initiate by surveying fundamental electrical circuits and electrical laws. Students will then be presented to the fundamental standards of electrical era, transmission and conveyance. Electrical dissemination will then be secured in impressively more detail.

Prerequisite or relevant knowledge

Basic knowledge about electrical appliances and theoretical knowledge about electrical engineering basics is mandatory for the above mentioned course. Other than this, people from any sector related to electrical working field can join this course.

Who Should Attend?

These courses are for the professional engineers who want to broaden their vision in their respective fields and enhance their perspective in different areas of electrical engineering.

• MODULE 1: BASIC CONCEPTS
• Units and electrical quantities
• Voltage current, resistance, power, energy and frequency
• Inductance and capacitance
• Ohms Law RMS and average values
• Single and three phase systems

• MODULE 2: ELECTRICAL GENERATION, TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
• Various forms of energy and energy conversion
• Modern power station
• Coal fired power plant, hydro and nuclear
• Impact on the environment
• Solar, wind and geothermal
• Transmission of electricity distribution
• Power demand and tariffs, power factor
• HVDC

• MODULE 3: ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION
• Power source
• Typical electrical power system
• Electrical distribution systems
• Substations and step down transmissions
• Distributions substation and distribution
• Feeder circuits, switches and circuit breakers
• Industrial and residential customers
• Types-radial, loop, network
• Network reliability (outages/power interruptions)
• Power transformers and distribution boards

• MODULE 4: ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS AND APPLICATIONS
• Electrical parameters – W/VA/VAR
• Measuring
• Power and energy measurement
• Smart metering
• Measuring voltages, currents and resistance

• MODULE 5: EARTHING AND TRANSFORMERS
• EARTHING/GROUNDING
• Need for earthen, direct and indirect shocks, touch and step potential
• Types of earthen, system and protective earthen, isolation
• Earth conductors and electrodes
• Measurement of earth resistance
• Lightning protection
• Bonding connection

• TRANSFORMERS
• Magnetic fields
• Transformer operation
• Step down and step up
• Construction
• Single and poly-phase transformers
• Cooling
• Oils and coolants
• Efficiency
• Tap changers
• Voltage regulation
• Earthling transformers

• MODULE 6: ISOLATORS, FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKER ISOLATION
• Electrical faults
• Fuses
• Isolation, switching and tripping
• Circuit breakers
• Components of circuit breakers
• Medium voltage circuit breakers

• MODULE 7: ELECTRICAL ROTATING MACHINES – AC & DC
• Basic principles
• Machines
• DC motor operation
• Speed, flux and armature voltage
• Speed control
• Single phase AC motors
• 3-phase induction motor
• Synchronous machines
• Torque versus speed
• Efficiency and power factor

• MODULE 8: ELECTRICAL LIGHTING AND ILLUMINATION AND ELECTRICAL HEATING
• ELECTRICAL LIGHTING AND ILLUMINATION
• Incandescent lamps, high intensity discharge lamps, mercury vapor, metal halide lamps, fluorescent lamps, compact fluorescent lamps, LEDs
• Luminaries concepts
• Energy efficiency

• ELECTRICAL HEATING IN INDUSTRY
• Principles of heating, electrical heating, resistance heating
• Welding
• Electric arc furnaces
• Induction heating
• Assignment

• MODULE 9: POWER ELECTRONICS AND POWER QUALITY
• POWER ELECTRONICS AND APPLICATIONS
• Semiconductor devices
• Motor controllers
• Rectifiers
• AC motors and soft starting
• Variable speed drives

• POWER QUALITY
• Power quality problems
• Voltage variations
• Over voltage and under voltages,
• Voltage imbalances
• Voltage and frequency variations,
• Interruptions and surges
• Lightning and harmonics
• Harmonic compensation

• MODULE 10: POWER SYSTEMS PROTECTION, ELECTRICAL SAFETY AND NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODES
• POWER SYSTEMS PROTECTION
• Incipient and solid faults
• Need for protection, overload, over voltage and over current
• Fuses, circuit breakers, relays
• Protection of equipment

• ELECTRICAL SAFETY AND NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODES
• Key elements of National Electrical Codes (AS3000/NEC/CEC/SANS)
• Electrical Hazards
• Electrical Shock
• Arc flash and burns
• Personal protective equipment
• Safety through better design and installation
• Work permits
• Authorization personnel
• Training and first aid
• Legislation

• MODULE 11: CUSTOMER INSTALLATIONS AND ELECTRICAL PROJECTS
• CUSTOMER INSTALLATIONS
• Metering and billing
• Tariff structures
• Connections

• THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL PROJECT
• Design rules, specification and procurement
• Installation
• Commissioning
• Punch list of defects
• Contractual disputes
• Certificate of compliance
• Case study
• MODULE 12: LOAD FORECASTING, PLANNING AND PROJECT EVALUATION AND MODERN DEVELOPMENTS
• LOAD FORECASTING, PLANNING AND PROJECT EVALUATION
• Load forecasting principles
• Forward planning
• Supply and demand side management Evaluation of electrical projects

• MODERN DEVELOPMENTS
• The smart grid
• Substation automation and industrial IT
• Data communications (including wireless)
• Cost of carbon/emissions trading