Interactive & Video Discount Package - Virginia Electrical 16 PDH

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides information on rules associated with the reactive components of inductance and capacitance and how they affect DC circuits.

It also introduces batteries and describes the types of cells used, circuit arrangements, and associated hazards. This presentation further describes the types of DC generators and their application in terms of voltage production and load characteristics. Finally, it illustrates the types of DC motors and includes discussions of speed control, applications, and load characteristics.

This 2 PDH online interactive presentation is applicable to electrical and computer engineers, design and construction personnel, technical staff and facility operators who are interested in gaining a better understanding of the basics of DC systems.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides an introductory guidance to better understand how transformers work, how they are best maintained, and how to test and evaluate their condition.

Transformers have been widely used at powerplants for the last century to transfer energy from one circuit to another by electromagnetic induction. While operating principles of transformers remain the same, the challenges of maintaining and testing transformers have evolved along with transformer design and construction. Modern transformers are designed to closer tolerances than transformers in the past.

Thus, effective, regular maintenance and testing is even more essential to continued operation when traditional “overdesign” cannot be relied on to overcome abnormal conditions. The utility engineer must be familiar with all aspects of maintenance and testing and make use of state-of-the-art tools and techniques for evaluating transformer condition.

This 1 PDH online interactive presentation is intended to electrical and mechanical engineers, maintenance personnel, utility engineers and other technical staff who are interested in gaining a better understanding of transformers.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provide an overview on the geomagnetic disturbances and their effects on the U.S. electric grid.

Geomagnetic disturbances (GMD), a result of space weather, pose a risk to the U.S. electric grid, although it is not clear how severe a risk. When GMDs occur, they can cause geomagnetically induced current (GIC) in the electric transmission grid, which can cause service disruption or damage under some circumstance.

This 2 PDH online interactive presentation is intended primarily for electrical engineers and professionals who are interested in learning more about how to protect the electric grid from GMDs. 

This online engineering PDH video presentation will present information on the key parameters of an induction motor and the selection of a Variable Frequency Drive (VFD).

The presentation will explain soft starter capability and compare it with the variable frequency drives including active front end, full regen drive, scalar, vector, and direct torque control drive. It will review the installation requirements and different characteristics for VFDs. Then, interactions and settings of the VFD are reviewed. Typical applications and requirements are also explained.

This online engineering PDH video presentation contains a discussion of, and example calculation of the symmetrical components in power systems engineering. 

The presentation starts with the introduction and definition of the symmetrical components method and focuses on calculation of three-phase voltages and currents from their symmetrical components. The lesson continues with the reverse process of how to find the symmetrical components of a given three-phase set of voltages or currents. Fully worked out examples are included to demonstrate application of the theory to practice.

This 1 PDH online video presentation is intended primarily for electrical engineers, and in particular those interested in learning the foundations of power systems protection engineering, as well as any engineer interested in learning about the interesting and useful theory of symmetrical components that allows decomposition of three-phase systems into their constituent sequence components.

This online engineering PDH video presentation will explain the different types of transformers including oil-cooled, air-cooled, different core types, and will focus on the most important parameters of the transformers.

CT and PT instrumentation and protection, including magnetic core or Hall Effect types are discussed. The presentation will describe the transformer major components and functionalities. For example, main tank cooling; deaerator; bushing and load tap changers. Electrical and oil dielectric testing methods, including DGA - Dissolved Gas Analysis, are explained with examples. The student will understand the most important issues related to the power transformer major components, and learn important techniques required to properly design and test power transformers.

This 2 PDH video presentation is intended primarily for electrical engineers, technicians, and others who are interested in enhancing their knowledge of power transformer design and testing.

This engineering online PDH video presentation will establish, through slides and discussions, the importance of protecting substations from possible damage.

Substations represent the most important junction in the electric power system; generation switchyard, transmission, subtransmission, distribution, unit, customer and Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) are important substation types that make up the electric grid. Substation represent the most expensive property in the utility system that includes very expensive equipment, such as power transformers, instrument transformers, breakers, capacitors, shunt reactors, switches, SCADA and relays. Nowadays, data and big data play critical role in the energy world to transform substations to intelligent substations; monitoring devices and advanced cameras are installed at critical substations to reduce O&M, extend the life of various components and prevent damage.

This 2 PDH online video presentation is intended for electrical, renewable and sustainability engineers as well as others interested in learning more about intelligent substations.