Power and ElectricalPower Quality and Reliability
Power quality problems damage equipment and stop production without ever appearing as an outage, which is why they are often diagnosed late and blamed on the wrong thing. This course covers measuring and fixing them. Delegates work through the disturbance types and their signatures, harmonics and their sources in modern nonlinear loads, voltage dips and their effect on sensitive equipment, flicker, unbalance and transients. Measurement and survey technique is taught practically, including where to place instruments and how long to record. Mitigation covers filtering, conditioning and ride through, and the course closes on reliability indices, outage analysis and building the case for an investment in quality.
Course objectives
- Identify power quality disturbance types from their signatures
- Analyse harmonics and trace them to their sources
- Assess voltage dips and their effect on sensitive equipment
- Evaluate flicker, unbalance and transient disturbances
- Plan and conduct a power quality survey that captures the problem
- Select mitigation including filtering, conditioning and ride through
- Use reliability indices and outage analysis to justify investment
Who should attend
- Electrical engineers in industry and utilities
- Plant and facilities engineers
- Maintenance and reliability staff
- Consultants investigating equipment damage
- Regulators and network planners
Course outline
- 01Disturbance types and their signatures
- 02Harmonics, sources and effects
- 03Voltage dips and equipment sensitivity
- 04Flicker, unbalance and transients
- 05Survey planning, instrument placement and recording
- 06Diagnosing a problem from recorded data
- 07Mitigation: filtering, conditioning and ride through
- 08Reliability indices, outage analysis and the investment case
Scheduled sessions
| Dates | Venue | Format | Price | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 to 20 November 2026 | Cape Town, South Africa | Classroom | R19,950 per delegate | Register Now |
| 7 to 11 December 2026 | Pretoria, South Africa | Classroom | R19,950 per delegate | Register Now |
| 28 December 2026 to 1 January 2027 | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Classroom | USD 1,325 per delegate | Register Now |
| 11 to 15 January 2027 | Durban, South Africa | Classroom | R19,950 per delegate | Register Now |
| 18 to 22 January 2027 | Lagos, Nigeria | Classroom | USD 1,325 per delegate | Register Now |
| 22 to 26 March 2027 | Online | Online | R8,500 per delegate | Register Now |