AE 463 - Electrical Power Quality for Buildings

• Understand and be able to recognize power quality disturbances and typical problems associated with power quality disturbances.
• Understand and be able to recognize harmonic distortion on electrical power systems.
• Be capable of performing harmonic distortion analysis
• Design basic filters to reduce harmonic distortion.
• Be familiar with:
• Uninterruptible power supplies
• Transient voltage suppressors
• Power line conditioners
• EMI attenuation techniques
• Harmonic mitigation techniques
• Grounding systems
• Power quality instrumentation
• Understand techniques involved in performing a site survey for power quality.
• Understand basic electrical and electronic concepts, power quality instrumentation and associated analysis.
• Understand the typical equipment that either causes or is susceptible to electrical power quality disturbances.

• Advanced mathematics-including linear equations and complex numbers
• Building Electrical Power Distribution
• Building Illumination and Communications Design
• Basic power calculations from AE 3611  , AE 3631  , AE 3641  

• Introduction (3 classes)
• Linear/Nonlinear loads (1 class)
• Reactance/Power Factor (2 classes)
• Harmonics/Mitigation (5 classes)
• Sags/Swells/Interruptions (2 classes)
• Equipment Grounding/Safety (2 classes)
• Power Quality Standards (1 class)
• Transients and Transient Protection (1 class)
• Power Quality and Motors (2 classes)
• System Voltage Support (1 class)
• Power Conditioning and Reliability (2 classes)
• Site Analysis and Monitoring/Troubleshooting (3 classes)
• Project Presentations (2 classes)
• Hands on Laboratory (10 classes)
• Exams & Review (4 classes)

• Harmonic Analyzer
• Comparison-Linear & Nonlinear Loads
• Harmonic Analysis-1
• Harmonic Analysis-2
• Single Line Diagrams
• Motors & Drives
• We Energies