Course Description

Supplying reliable electric power for critical systems is an essential part of modern industrial installations. Electrical engineers in any industry or other large facilities in diverse areas such as commercial buildings, transportation systems such as railways, airports etc. are bound to come across AC or DC uninterrupted power supply systems. In this course, participants will learn about various options of UPS systems, the principle of operation and the main energy source in most of the modern UPS installations, the battery, and their importance

Course Objectives

·         Understanding the UPS systems and power conditioners

·         Understand the basic building blocks common to all UPS systems

·         Have a knowledge of the construction and operation of the major types of industrial UPS systems

·         Identify the hazards and safe work practices related to UPS systems and batteries

·         Being familiar with basic troubleshooting techniques for UPS systems

·         Learning how to implement preventive maintenance practices including quarterly and annual testing

Who Should Attend?

·         Electricians

·         Maintenance technicians

·         Maintenance managers and supervisors

·         Plant and building engineers

·         Building managers and superintendents

·         Plant and facility managers

·         Risk managers

·         All emergency personnel

·         Any person needing an understanding of UPS systems

Program Schedule

DAY 1

·         Electrical and electronic fundamentals

·         UPS systems

·         Application of UPS systems

·         Types of UPS systems

·         Building blocks of UPS systems

·         Rectifiers, choppers, batteries, inverters, internal bypass static switches, and other components

DAY 2

·         UPS I/O sections

·         Local control, displace, relay, SNMP, and different communication bus and interface

·         UPS specification

·         Rectifier and charger operation theory

·         Input requirement and limitation

·         Battery requirements

·         Types of batteries

·         Factors that affect battery performance and life cycle

DAY 3

·         Monitoring systems

·         Choppers and inverters

·         SCR, transistor and IGBT

·         Static switches

·         UPS interface

·         Standby generator with UPS

·         Potential generator issues

DAY 4

·         UPS grounding and neutral configuration

·         UPS maintenance 

·         Most common maintenance issues with UPS systems

·         UPS system testing and commissioning 

·         Input and output power wuality waveforms and data

DAY 5

·         System efficiency calculation.

·         UPS system applications

·         Factors that affect the UPS application

·         Initial cost, operational cost, footprint, weight, and dimensions

·         Static switch failure

·         Cases studies