Course overview
This course will address power quality issues and condition monitoring techniques used in electrical and industrial systems. A brief overview of power systems and three-phase machines will be given, and the course will cover various issues under two major sections. Power Quality: Electromagnetic interference and interactions in energy systems, types of power quality issues, regulations, standards, prevention techniques, measurements and analysis and real-time tests. Condition Monitoring: importance, types and features of faults, test methods, sensors and measurement techniques, traditional and advanced diagnostic methods, case studies and real-time tests.
- Power Quality
- Condition Monitoring
Course learning outcomes
- Explain the importance of power quality and discuss the classification, causes and effects of power quality issues.
- Analyse power quality issues including fault currents, voltage dips, harmonics and unbalanced voltages with comparison against appropriate standards.
- Explain the importance of condition monitoring, and the construction and operation of electric machines.
- Explain how sensor signals and analysis approaches can be used for condition monitoring of induction machines, synchronous machines and transformers.
- Develop practical skills working in groups, using voltage, current, flux and vibration sensors, processing signals to obtain frequency spectra and analysing the results for power quality and condition monitoring testing.
Availability
Class details
Adelaide City Campus East
Group 1
Class number 27050
Section FR01
Size 60
Available 31
Class number 27054
Section WS01
Size 60
Available 31
Class number 31942
Section AS01
Size 60
Available 31
Class number 27051
Section PR03
Size 14
Available 6
Class number 27052
Section PR02
Size 14
Available 5
Class number 27053
Section PR01
Size 14
Available 7
Class number 33251
Section PR05
Size 14
Available 14
Class number 33252
Section PR04
Size 14
Available 9
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