An intensive professional development training course on
Power Quality and Reliability
Assuring your Power Systems Meet Customer Expectations
Why Choose Power Quality and Reliability Training Course?
Power Quality and Reliability Training Course is essential for professionals responsible for ensuring stable and dependable electrical system performance. Power quality directly influences equipment lifespan, operational uptime, and overall system efficiency. When voltage conditions fluctuate or harmonics rise beyond acceptable limits, the consequences can include failures, unplanned shutdowns, unexpected energy losses, and costly maintenance activities. This makes power quality a foundational element of both technical excellence and business continuity.
The Power Quality and Reliability Course explores how modern electrical networks are increasingly affected by non-linear loads, sensitive electronic equipment, and evolving grid requirements. Industrial and commercial processes now depend more than ever on clean, stable, and regulated power. The course provides a clear understanding of voltage disturbances, harmonic distortion, power factor issues, and system-wide reliability challenges that undermine electrical performance.
Through structured training, real-world examples, and practical analysis, the Power Quality and Reliability Training Course equips participants with the capability to identify, analyse, and mitigate power quality concerns. By mastering key metrics, protection strategies, and power conditioning methods, delegates gain the confidence to ensure their systems meet customer expectations while reducing operational costs and enhancing system resilience.
What are the Goals?
This Power Quality and Reliability Training Course is designed to strengthen analytical capabilities, improve operational insight, and build a comprehensive understanding of electrical performance parameters. Participants will learn how power quality affects reliability, how to diagnose disruptions, and how to implement effective mitigation measures aligned with international standards.
By the end of this Power Quality and Reliability training course, participants will be able to:
- Understand key terms and principles related to power quality and reliability
- Assess the impact of voltage sags on sensitive equipment and facility operations
- Analyse how fault clearing affects network voltage stability
- Calculate and interpret IEEE-defined reliability indices
- Identify sources of transient overvoltages and specify suitable arresters
- Recognise harmonic sources and apply practical mitigation techniques
- Evaluate AC power components and understand steady-state voltage regulation
Who is this Training Course for?
This Power Quality and Reliability Course is ideal for professionals involved in power system operations, reliability engineering, or electrical performance improvement. It supports practitioners who manage transmission, distribution, or facility-level electrical networks and those who must diagnose and resolve power quality challenges. The course begins with fundamental concepts and progresses to advanced applications, making it suitable for a broad audience.
This training course will greatly benefit:
- Engineers and technicians new to the power industry
- Intermediate-level professionals seeking to enhance system reliability skills
- Consultants and facility engineers responsible for diagnosing power quality issues
- Utility professionals tasked with monitoring system performance
- Engineers working in industrial, commercial, or utility electrical infrastructure
How will this Training Course be Presented?
This Power Quality and Reliability Training Course uses an engaging and interactive teaching approach to maximise technical understanding and practical application. Delegates will work through real-world case studies, numerical exercises, and guided simulations that simplify complex concepts and reinforce essential analytical skills.
Training delivery includes:
- Workshops that allow participants to practice problem-solving techniques
- Case studies linking theoretical principles to practical power quality events
- Simulations and animations to visualise voltage disturbances and system responses
- Instructor-led discussions to clarify concepts and encourage collaborative learning
- Practical examples requiring calculators for hands-on reliability analysis
The Course Content
- Power quality definition and basics
- Importance of good and reliable power quality
- Quantifying power quality
- ITI curve
- Causes of voltage sags
- Causes of interruptions
- Motor starting
- Switching and traveling waves
- Capacitor switching
- Lightning
- Lightning shielding and grounding
- Ferroresonance
- IEEE-defined reliability indices
- Interpreting reliability indices
- Fault clearing
- Reclosing strategies
- Fuse saving philosophy
- Fuse blowing philosophy
- Basic impulse level
- Insulation systems
- Insulation testing
- Arrester selection and application
- Load tap changers and voltage regulators
- Effects of steady-state voltage on system operation
- Fundamentals of harmonics
- Causes and effects of harmonics
- AC power and power factor
- Mitigating harmonic effects
- K-factor transformers
- Harmonic filters
Certificate and Accreditation
- AZTech Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course
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