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Course Description

Please contact us if you wish to register for this course, or if you want to receive more information.

Course Objectives

Upon the successful completion of this course, each participant will be able to:

  • Understand the basic principles & importance of electrical grounding systems
  • Understand the role of protective grounding in ensuring safety; sizing of grounding conductors.
  • Learn the importance of equipotential bonding in ensuring safety.
  • Design of ground electrodes, measurement of soil resistivity and ground electrode resistance.
  • Understand the fundamental principles in the design of grounding systems in substations.
  • Solve static electricity-related hazards by grounding and bonding.
  • Understand the role of grounding in surge protection of power distribution equipment and sensitive systems.
  • Understand the basic concepts of hazardous area classification and hazardous area wiring.
  • Apply the technical knowledge to specific applications for wiring methods, control measures and mechanical systems required for implementation of the safety measures in hazardous areas.

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for Instrumentation and Control Engineers, Consulting Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Project Engineers, Maintenance Engineers, Power System Protection and Control Engineers, Building Service Designers, Data Systems Planners and Managers and Electrical and Instrumentation Technicians.

Course Agenda

  • ​Grounding system design principles
  • System modeling for grounding design
  • Basics of grounding/earthing & Bonding
  • Objectives of equipotential bonding
  • Electricity shock & hazards & Equipment earthing
  • Static charges and the need for bonding
  • Different Types of System or Neutral Earthing
  • Static electricity and protection
  • Lightning & surge arresters
  • Transient over voltages
  • PQ problems & triple harmonics (Zero phase sequence)
  • Ground electrode system
  • Substation earthing grid
  • Touch & Step voltages
  • Grounding regulations from various national codes
  • Grounding System Testing, Maintenance and Evaluation
  • BS 7430 & IEEE 80 Standards
  • Finite Element Method (FEM)
  • Methods of Designing Grounding systems
  • Ground Faults
  • Design Cases (Grounding module) & Reporting
  • Grounding Installations
  • Classification of Hazardous Locations
  • Basis and Determination of Classified Zones
  • Applicable Codes, Standards, and Guidelines
  • Wiring methods, control measures and mechanical systems
  • Explosion Prevention and Methodology

Course Manual

Participants will be provided with a comprehensive presentation material as reference manual. This presentation material is a compilation of core valuable information, references, presentation methods and inspiring reading which will be used as a part of material guide.

Why Edtech ?

  • Industry Experienced; Internationally Qualified Trainers
  • Hands-on Practical Sessions & Assignments
  • Intensive Study materials
  • Flexible Schedules
  • Realistic training methodology
  • High-Quality Training in Affordable Course Fees
  • Achievement Certificate, as approved by the Ministry of Education (Abu Dhabi Center for Technical and Vocational Education Training - ACTVET), HABC, AWS, IAOSHE, SHRM, etc.