Course Outline
This is a 3 day primer course in electric power generation to better understand the fundamentals of electric power and engine driven generators. The ultimate goal is a complete mastery of power generation but this is difficult without fully understanding the technology behind it. This course will pave the way to achieving that goal by providing a fundamental base from which to quickly build a thorough understanding in gen-set operation, troubleshooting and application.
Who should attend?
Engine service technicians and sales professionals who are responsible for product commissioning, field service, or customer contact who have little knowledge or service experience with electric power generating equipment or its application.
- Understanding principles of voltage generation
- Synchronous generator construction
- DC excitation
- Theory of operation
- Relationship of field poles and rpm
- Alignment to the engine
- Voltage regulators
- Theory of operation
- Adjustments
- Troubleshooting
- Field Boost options
- Single and three phase AC power definitions
- Generator voltages and wiring
- Understanding voltage harmonics
- Induction motor starting load calculations
- Recommended tools for generator service
- Reading and understanding literature and specifications
- What it is
- How to calculate it
- Pitfalls of low power factor
- Power factor correction
- Understanding the principles of generator paralleling
- Governor control
- Cross current compensation
- Generator construction
- Understanding operating characteristics
- Induction generator market and application
- No voltage condition
- Low voltage condition
- Generator running hot
- Woodward 2301A and 2301D speed control and load sharing control systems – operation, wiring and adjustments
- Woodward EG-3P actuator
- Linkage adjustments
- Circuit breakers
- Understanding transfer switches and sizing
- Maintenance
- Work safety planning
- Safe measuring tools
- Safe measuring techniques