Energy Auditing and Management

Introduction:

In this energy auditing and management training course, participants will study power quality and evaluate its effects on the reliability of electrical systems. The course begins with a clear definition of power quality, which provides a foundation for establishing baseline conditions and evaluating improvements.

Additionally, the course will examine methods for assessing reliability. Participants will learn how to measure power quality and understand the necessary changes to improve reliability within electrical systems.

Objectives:

At the end of the energy auditing and management training program, participants will be able to:

• Understand power quality and reliability terminology.
• Evaluate the effects of voltage sags on sensitive equipment.
• Understand the implications of fault clearing on post-fault voltage stability.
• Use standardized reliability indices in their evaluations.
• Identify the causes of transient overvoltages and specify the appropriate arresters.
• Recognize harmonic production causes and apply mitigation strategies.
• Describe the different components of AC power and their relevance to voltage regulation.

Training Methodology:

• Problem-based learning
• Simulations
• Hands-on activities
• Assessments and quizzes

Course Outline:

Unit 1: Introduction to Energy Management, Voltage Sags, and Interruptions

• Power quality definition and basics
• Assessment of power quality
• ICT curve and its application in energy consumption control
• Causes of voltage sags and prevention methods
• The significance of power interruptions in system management
• Improvements in power quality and energy management

Unit 2: Focused Energy Audit and Transient Overvoltages

• Motor starting transients
• Switching, traveling waves, and energy audit
• Energy management concerns related to capacitor switching
• Effects of lightning on power systems
• Shielding techniques against lightning and grounding
• Ferroresonance in the context of energy audits

Unit 3: Indices of Reliability and Effects of Faults on Power Quality

• Achievement of reliability indices established by IEEE
• Energy management audit and perception of reliability indices
• The concept of fault clearing and its significance for power quality
• Reclose philosophies and their impact on energy management
• Addressing fuses within the scope of energy management audits
• Blow-down fuse philosophy

Unit 4: Energy Management, Insulation Coordination, Arresters, and Steady-State Voltage Regulation

• Basic impulse level function and its importance for energy auditors
• Insulation techniques
• Insulating test methods
• Selection and use of arresters in energy management
• Load tap changers and voltage regulators
• Impact of steady-state voltage on power system operation

Unit 5: Harmonics in Energy Auditing

• Basic aspects of harmonics
• Causes and effects of harmonics in energy auditing
• Interaction between AC electrical power and power factor
• Remedies for reducing the impact of harmonics
• K-factor transformers and their application in energy management
• Significance of harmonic filters in energy audits