Engineering and Maintenance
Electrical Noise Effects On Instrumentation Control Equipment

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Electrical Noise Effects On Instrumentation Control Equipment Course
Introduction:
Course Objectives:
Upon the successful completion of this course, each participant will be able to:-
- Learn the relationship between earth ground to electricity and electrical shock
- Understand why some electrical systems are connected to earth ground
- Use the National Electric Code (NEC) as standard for grounding instrument systems
- Understand how people become part of an electrical circuit and how to avoid it
- Understand what a ground loop is
- Compare noise and interference and how they are transmitted
- Identify instrument signal wiring and conductors
- Use methods to reduce instrument noise
- Understand the effects of harmonics on power systems, control systems, and computers
Who Should Attend?
This Intensive five-day instructional program covering the educational needs of Instrumentation and Control Engineers & Technicians, Electrical Engineers & technicians, Projects Engineers & Technicians, computers and IT Engineers, and Technical Supervisory personnel involved in Grounding and Noise Considerations for Control Equipment and Computers. No specific prerequisite training or experience required for registration.
Course Outlines:
Grounding:
- NEC Definitions
- Earth Ground
- Electrical Shock
- Wye- and Delta-Connected Transformers
- Grounding Electrical Systems
- Methods of Grounding Electrical Systems
- Isolated Grounding
- Ground Loops in Instrumentation
Noise:
- What is Noise?
- What is Interference?
- Transmission of Noise and Interference
- Signal Wiring and Conductors
- Shielding and Grounding in Instrumentation
- Methods of Shielding and Grounding in Instrumentation
Powering Sensitive Electronic Equipment:
- Power disturbance waveforms
- Surge suppression devices and characteristics
- Power conditioners
- UPS
- Power system harmonics and their effect