Best Practice in Electrical System Grounding and Earthing

This workshop provides participants a unique opportunity to acquire practice and up-to-date engineering knowledge on how study and design efficient and economic grounding / earthing and lighting mitigation systems.

CONTENT:

Grounding/ Earthing System Analysis

• Grounding/ Earthing System
• Electroses and barried structures
• Design optimization to reduce GPR

Fault Current Distribution in Power System

• Fault current computation
• Harmonics and Unbalance
• Multiple terminal systems

Electromagnetic Interference Mechanism

• Inductive interference mechanism
• Capacitive interference mechanism
• Conductive interference mechanism
• Combined Electromagnetic interference

Effects of Frequency on Grounding / Earthing System

• Extensive grounding / earthing system
• Effect of conductor
• Stress voltage reduction
• Performance at high frequency

Electrical and magnetic fields

• Lightning shielding analysis
• Capacitor switching in substations
• Computation of electric and magnetic field
• Lightning transient

Electrical Safety Concepts and Criteria

• Electrical shock mechanisms
• Body current thresholds
• Body impedance, foot resistance and the venin concepts

FOR WHOM:

Works, Services and Maintenance Personnel

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.