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Power Systems Grounding

This five-day course on power systems grounding is designed for electrical engineers, supervisors, foremen and technicians. The course will cover topics such as the electrical distribution system, grounded and ungrounded systems, establishing grounding electrodes, bonding system elements, transmission line grounding, lightning protection, facility grounding practices, surge arresters, protective grounding applications, cable grounding assemblies, and NEC grounding requirements. Participants will receive program materials including the main course manual and CD.

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Power Systems Grounding

This five-day course on power systems grounding is designed for electrical engineers, supervisors, foremen and technicians. The course will cover topics such as the electrical distribution system, grounded and ungrounded systems, establishing grounding electrodes, bonding system elements, transmission line grounding, lightning protection, facility grounding practices, surge arresters, protective grounding applications, cable grounding assemblies, and NEC grounding requirements. Participants will receive program materials including the main course manual and CD.

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Power Systems

Grounding
Who should attend?
The course curriculum is designed specially for electrical engineers, supervisors,
foremen and qualified technicians can get considerable upgrading education.

Program duration
- Five days

Program Documents
- Main Hard copy
- Course CD
Additional items upon request.

Course contents:
Day One
Overview Of Electrical Systems
Generation
Power transmission
The Distribution System
Determining Distribution Voltages

Systems Grounding
What is Grounding
What is a Grounded System?
What is the Purpose of System Grounding?
What is a Ground Fault?
UNGROUNDED SYSTEMS
Resistance Grounded Systems
Equipment Grounding
System Grounding

Day Two
The Grounding Electrode
Establishing an Earth Ground
Grounding Interface
Chemical Ground Rods

Bonding Ground-System Elements


Exothermic Bonding
Facility Ground Interconnection

Transmission-System Grounding
Transmission Line
Cable Considerations
Satellite Antenna Grounding

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Day Three
Harms Caused by Lightning Strokes
Harms on OHTL and Substations:
Lightning stroke on OH lines (Overhead line)
Harms Caused By Over Voltages on Equipment and Danger on Human
Life
Equipment Safety Earthing
Current Values Causing Danger To Human Life
Human Body Electrical Resistance
Protection of Installations Against Lightning
Building Ground System
Designing a Building Ground System
Bulkhead Panel
Bulkhead Grounding
Lightning Protectors
Typical Installation

Day Four
AC System Grounding Practices
Building Codes
Single-Point Ground
Isolated Grounding
Separately Derived Systems

Grounding Terminology
Facility Ground System
Grounding Conductor Size
High-Frequency Effects

Power-Center Grounding.
Isolation Transformers
Grounding Equipment Racks

Lightning Protection
Introduction
Characteristics
Incidence of Lightning

Surge Arresters
Ratings and Selection
Housings
Arrester Reliability and Failures
Equipment Protection

Day Five
APPLICATION OF PROTECTIVE GROUNDS
Basic Criteria for Safe Grounding

Ground Cable Assemblies


Grounding Cable
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Grounding Clamps
Clamp Types
Ground Cable Ferrules

Power and Pumping Plant Protective Grounding


Three-Phase Tee Grounding
Double-Isolation Grounding

Switchyard and Substation Protective Grounding


General Considerations for Placement of Protective Grounds

Power Circuit Breakers and Transformers


Disconnect Switches and Bus
Insulated High-Voltage Cable
Cable Terminations
Cable Testing
Grounding Transformers and Phase Reactors

Mobile Equipment
POWER LINE PROTECTIVE GROUNDING
Grounding on Metal Transmission Structures
Transmission Line Terminal Ground Switches

Grounding on Distribution Lines


Surface Equipment and Vehicle Grounding

Opening or Splicing Aerial Conductors


Splicing at Ground Level
Splicing from Aerial Lift Equipment
Grounding Insulated Power Cable

NEC requirements for grounding

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