After participating in this course, you will be able to:
• Select out of the various types of transformers, motors, variable speed drives, rectifiers, inverters, uninterruptable power systems (UPS),
   generators, circuit breakers, and fuses that are more suitable for your application
• Use diagnostic testing, inspect with the awareness of common failure modes, apply advanced fault detection techniques, and recognize
   critical components that need more frequent attention
• Save cost by enhancing reliability through predictive and preventive maintenance
• Increase availability of your equipment by appropriate commissioning using the understanding of commissioning requirements gained at
   the course
• Apply the new maintenance skills learnt at the course to minimize the operating cost and maximize efficiency, reliability and longevity

Description
Maximum efficiency, reliability, and longevity of electrical equipment such as the various types of motors, variable-speed drives, transformers, generators, rectifiers, inverters, uninterruptible power systems, circuit breakers, and fuses are of great concern to many industries. These objectives can only be achieved by understanding the characteristics, selection criteria, common problems and repair techniques for preventive and predictive maintenance. This seminar is a MUST for anyone who is involved in the selection, applications, or maintenance of electrical equipment. It provides the latest in technology. The seminar covers how this equipment operates and provides guidelines and rules that must be followed for a successful operation. Their basic design, operating characteristics, specification, selection criteria, advanced fault detection techniques, critical components as well as all maintenance issues are covered in detail.

Objectives
To provide a comprehensive understanding of the various types of motors, variable-speed drives, transformers, rectifiers and inverters, uninterruptable power systems (UPS), generators, circuit breakers, and fuses to enable participants better specify, select, commission and maintain this equipment for their applications.

To achieve reduced capital, operating and maintenance costs along with increase in efficiency.

Who Should Attend
Electrical and mechanical engineers, consulting engineers, electrical and mechanical technicians and technologists, project engineers, power plant managers, outage managers, maintenance and operations engineers, procurement managers, technical sales managers, senior electricians and other technical personnel interested in electrical equipment.
 
Special Features
Included in the seminar is a book titled “Electrical Equipment Handbook” (600 pages) published by McGraw-Hill in 2003, and a manual. Both the book and the manual are authored by the instructor.

Faculty: Philip Kiameh, University of Toronto, Ontario

Program Outline

Welcome, Introduction, Workshop Preview, Learning Outcomes and the Assessment Method
 
1   Fundamentals of Electric Systems
•Faraday’s Law of Induction
•Alternating currents
•Three-phase system
 
2  Introduction to Machinery Principles
•Faraday’s Law – Induced voltage from a magnetic field changing with time
•Permanent magnets
•Induced voltage on a conductor moving in a magnetic field
 
3  Transformers
•Impedance transformation through a transformer
•Analysis of circuits containing ideal transformers
•Three-phase transformers
 
4   Transformer Components and Maintenance
•Classification of transformers
•Main components of a power transformer
•Transformer oil
•Interconnection with the grid
 
5  AC Machine Fundamentals
•The induced voltage in AC machines
•Winding insulation in AC machines
•AC machine power flow and losses
 
6  Induction Motors
•Induction motor torque-speed characteristics
•Control of motor characteristics by squirrel-cage rotor design
 
7  Speed Control of Induction Motors
•Solid-state induction motor drives
•Motor protection
•The induction generator
 
8  Maintenance of Motors
•Failures in three-phase stator windings
•Motor troubleshooting
•Diagnostic testing for motors
•Repair and refurbishment of AC induction motors
 
9  Power Electronics, Rectifiers and Pulse-Width Modulation Inverters
•Basic rectifier circuits
•Inverters
 
10  Variable Speed Drives
•Inverters
•Input power converter (rectifier)
•IGBT switching transients

11  Uninterruptible Power Systems (UPS’s)
•UPS operation
•Advanced UPS design
•UPS maintenance
 
12  Maintenance of Industrial Batteries
•Battery types
•Lead-acid batteries
•Repairs and maintenance of batteries
 
13  Synchronous Machines
•Field excitation
•Excitation of a synchronous machine
•Machine losses
 
14  Synchronous Generators
•Synchronous generator construction
•The synchronous generator operating alone
•Parallel operation of AC generators
 
15  Generator Components, Auxiliaries and Excitation
•The rotor
•Turbine-generator components: the stator
•The voltage regulator
•The power system stabilizer
 
16  Generator Main Connections
•Isolated phase bus bar circulatory currents
•System description
 
17  Double-Feed Generators
•Basic system configuration
•Equivalent Circuit for the Brushless Double-fed Machine
•Parameter extraction
•Generator operation
•Converter rating
•Machine control
•Conclusions
 
18  Performance and Operation of Generators
•Generator systems
•Condition monitoring
 
19  Generator Surveillance and Testing
•Generator operational checks (surveillance and monitoring)
•Generator diagnostic testing
•Synchronous machine rotor windings
•Partial discharge tests
•Mechanical tests
 
20  Generator Inspection and Maintenance
•On-load maintenance and monitoring
•Off-load maintenance
•Generator testing
 
21  Generator Operational Problems and Refurbishment Options
•Typical generator operational problems
•Generator rotor refurbishment
•Generator rotor modifications, upgrades and uprates
•High speed balancing
 
22  Circuit Breakers
•Physics of arc phenomena
•Circuit breaker rating
•Conventional circuit breakers
•Oil circuit breakers
•Recent developments in circuit breakers
 
23  Fuses
•Types of fuses
•Advantages of fuses over circuit breakers
 
24  Bearings and Lubrication
•Types of bearings
•Thrust bearings
•Lubrication
 
25  Used Oil Analysis
•Test description and significance
•Chemical and physical tests
 
26  Vibration Analysis
•Resonance
•Vibration analysis
•Vibration severity
 
27  Power Station Electrical Systems and Design Requirements
•Electrical system description
•System performance
•Power plant outages and faults
•DC systems
 
28  Power Station Protective Systems
•Design criteria
•Generator protection
•DC tripping systems
 
29  Frequently Asked Questions
•Transformers
•Interconnection with the grid
•Variable speed drives
•Synchronous generators
•Generator components, auxiliaries, and excitation

Questions and Answers and feedback to Participants on Achievement of Learning Outcomes
 
There will be a one-hour lunch break each day in addition to refreshment and networking breaks during the morning and afternoon. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
 
Daily Schedule

8:00    Registration and Coffee (Day I only)

8:30    Session begins

12:00  Lunch

4:30    Adjournment

Philip Kiameh, M.A.Sc., B.Eng., D.Eng., P.Eng.

The following are the titles of his books:

1. Power Generation Handbook: Gas Turbines, Steam Power Plants, Co-generation, and Combined Cycles (600 pages), McGraw-Hill, New York, August 2002
2. Electrical Equipment Handbook (600 pages), McGraw-Hill, New York, March 2003
3. Industrial Instrumentation and Modern Control Systems (400 pages), Custom Publishing, University of Toronto, University of Toronto Custom Publishing (1999)
4. Industrial Equipment (600 pages), Custom Publishing, University of Toronto, University of Toronto, University of Toronto Custom Publishing (1999)

Philip Kiameh has taught more than 4,000 engineers across Europe and North America.  Each engineer who took his seminars has ranked them as "Excellent" or "Very Good".  Prof. Philip Kiameh has won the following awards:

• The first "Excellence in Teaching" award offered by the Professional Development Center at University of Toronto (May, 1996).
• The "Excellence in Teaching Award" in April 2007 offered by TUV Akademie (The largest Professional Development centre that provides engineering training to engineers and managers across Europe and the Middle East.  It is based in Germany and the United Arab Emirates).
• Received "Excellent" or "Very Good" evaluations from more than 4,000 engineers and managers who attended seminars in different Professional Development Centres since 1992 in North America, Europe, and the Middle East.

Prof. Philip Kiameh performed research on power generation equipment with Atomic Energy of Canada Limited at their Chalk River and Whiteshell Nuclear Research Laboratories.  He also has more than 25 years of practical engineering experience with Ontario Power Generation (formerly, Ontario Hydro - the largest electric utility in North America). While in Ontario Hydro, Prof. Philip Kiameh worked as Training Manager, Engineering Supervisor, System Responsible Engineer and Design Engineer. During this period, he was the manager of a section that provided training for the staff at the power stations.  This training covered all the equipment and systems used in power stations.  Philip was also responsible for the operation, maintenance, diagnostics, and testing of gas and steam turbines, generators, motors, transformers, inverters, valves, pumps, compressors, instrumentation and control systems. Further, his responsibilities included designing, engineering, diagnosing equipment problems and recommending solutions to repair deficiencies and improve system performance, supervising engineers, setting up preventive maintenance programs, writing Operating and Design Manuals, and commissioning new equipment.

Professor Philip Kiameh was awarded his Bachelor of Engineering Degree "with distinction" from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He also received a Master of Applied Science in Engineering (M.A.Sc.) from the University of Ottawa, Canada. He is also a member of the Association of Professional Engineers in the province of Ontario, Canada.”