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Power Quality

Training Courses

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2.1 Pathway of learning flow chart

Time progression(hours)

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3 COURSE DETAILED PROGRAMGeneral notes: each day there will be one coffee break (30 mins) which will divide the lesson in two parts no

longer than 2,5 hours;

at the beginning of the course the lecturer will explain course aims and at the end he will verifytheir fulfilment through a knowledge test;

the course will be divided in theoretical and practical sections; at the end of the lessons, a user satisfaction survey will help the lecturer in monitoring the course

quality.

First day:

30 mins Participants registration and course introduction

60 mins Section 1: Introduction to power quality Utility-related aspects of power quality

Modality: Lesson

60 mins Section 2: Frequency variations and control (part 1) Basic terms and definitions Standards and regulations Tolerable frequency deviations for electrical loads Principles of frequency and power control in power systems (primary,

secondary and tertiary control, load shedding)Modality: Lesson

30 mins Coffe break

45 mins Section 3: Frequency variations and control (part 2) Testing the quality of generation control (primary, secondary and tertiary) Controllability of the frequencyModality: Lesson

60 mins Section 4: Voltage changes and control (part 1) Basic terms and definitions Standards and regulations Sources of disturbances (e.g. faults in power system, large load changes,

switching) Effects of disturbances

Modality: Lesson

45 mins Section 5: Voltage changes and control (part 2)

Mitigation methods Voltage stability Voltage control (evaluation and optimisation of node voltages) measurement methods and devicesModality: Lesson

Second day:

60 mins Section 6: Quality of supply in the electricity market Contracts for reliable, qualitative power supply

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Who is responsible for PQ, who has to invest: the supplier, the grid operator,the customer?

Is PQ affected by new market situations (liberalisation)?Modality: Lesson

60 mins Section 7: Demand-side management (DSM) Goal of DSM: shifting and levelling consumption Tariffs: day/night, peak/off-peak, real-time prices, payments for consumption

reductions, Utility signals

Intelligent loads, responding to (real-time) economic signalsModality: Lesson

30 mins Coffe break

60 mins Section 8: Contracts for electricity supply Contract types

Consumption restrictions Load-shedding contracts Variable price

Pre-pay contracts

Modality: Lesson

60 mins Section 9: Tariffs and power quality Contracts and tariffs for reliable, qualitative power supply Reactive-power pricing Allowed emission levels

Modality: Lesson

60 mins Section 10: Rational use of energy (RUE) Methods and techniques

Energy efficiency Demand-side management Efficient electricity production (renewables, CHP, distributed generation)

Efficient loads: lighting, drives, heating, stand-by losses, buildings Impact on power quality Case studiesModality: Lesson

60 mins Final discussion; end of the course; users questionnaire; knowledge test;Confirmations of attendance

4 TEACHING METHODSTeaching methods are summarized in three main moments:

knowledge transfer (Lesson)topics exposure by the lecturer with the help of slides and eventually other electronic tools(animations, data sheets, didactic movies);

deepening/learning verification (Discussion)general discussion stimulated by the lecturer (also during the lesson) to verify knowledge

transfer and to eventually deepen particular topics; practical training (and eventually laboratory activities)

group work (~ 6 persons/group) for topics deepening, practical problems solution and casestudies overview under the supervision of the lecturer.

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During all the sections, the lecturer will always attend, with teaching and/or activity coordinationduty.

5 DIDACTIC MATERIAL AND TOOLSThe didactic tools which will be used by the lecturers will be: Blackboard Video-projector Notebook Microphone

The lecture room will be suitable to allow the use of all the above listed didactic tools and to enablegroup work for the addendants.

Each user will receive, during the registration, a folder containing: course program; lecture notes containing all or part of the lecture slides.

Some additional electronic tools will be available also in electronic format at: http://www.leonardo-energy.org/drupal/.

The folder will also include a user satisfaction questionnaire and a knowledge test (which will beboth filled and submitted at the end of the course).

6 EXISTING KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTSThe users existing knowledge should include:

TopicLevel

Basic Medium HighMathematical analysis Statistic Electrical circuits Power systems Power quality

7 ACQUIRED COURSE KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTSThe knowledge acquired during the course should be sufficient for: power quality, frequency and voltage variations, control; quality of supply in the electricity market;

demand-side management; contracts for electricity supply, tariffs e power quality; Rational use of energy (RUE).

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