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Overvoltage protection

Learn how to economically prevent excessive transient overvoltages from damaging electric utility distribution systems equipment or interrupting normal power system operation. Problems allow students to explore standard, as well as extraordinary conditions where standard overvoltage protection schemes may not be effective.

Target audience

The workshop is designed for utility distribution engineers or any engineer who is involved with design or implementation of overvoltage protection schemes for utility distribution systems.

Learning objective

The goal of this course is to explain how various overvoltage protection schemes are designed and to instruct how to solve practical and realistic overvoltage problems.

Course abstract

Learn how to economically prevent excessive transient overvoltages from damaging electric utility distribution systems equipment or interrupting normal power system operation.

Problems allow students to explore standard, as well as extraordinary conditions where standard overvoltage protection schemes may not be effective.

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Course options

Full course

  • 12 hours, four hours per day, over three days, 1.2 CEUs
  • Location: Microsoft Teams
  • To receive CEUs, attendees must remain for the entire course
  • Tuition $695 USD

Full course 

Interactive detailed discussions on transient overvoltage issues and how to mitigate them through proven technologies. Class examples and problems reinforce the course instruction focusing on resolving issues in the most effective and economical way.

Course topics

  • Basic overvoltage protection
  • Basic Insulation Level (BIL)
  • Insulation coordination
  • Sources of system over-voltages
  • Arrester fundamentals
  • Application of arresters and other over-voltage protection schemes
  • Distribution equipment protection
  • Overhead and underground systems protection
  • Substation protection
  • Switching transients
  • Low voltage surge protection

Course materials/activities

  • Attendee student manual
  • Real-world examples
  • Question and answer session
  • In-depth knowledge check
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