Power Quality for Combined Utility & Renewable Power Seminar

Many buildings have a combination of power sources including utility, renewable energy inverters, standby generators and uninterruptible power supplies (UPS). Power Quality for Combined Utility & Renewable Power Seminar compares these power sources from a power quality perspective and offers advice for the proper sizing of these power sources, based upon the intended loads. It demonstrates the various levels of power quality achievable for renewable energy inverters based on various filter schemes and provides instruction about the effect that specific loads can have on various power sources.

Introduction and Comparison of power sources [30 minutes]

• Utility
• Renewable energy (RE) inverters
• Standby generators
• Uninterruptible power supplies

Filter techniques for RE inverters [30 minutes]

• PWM waveform
• Supra-harmonics
• Filter reactors
• Various L-C filters
• Multi-level inverters

Power source sizing requirements [45 minutes]

• Inverter based sources
• Renewable energy inverters
• Uninterruptible power supplies (UPS)
• Inductance based sources
• Utility service transformer
• Standby generator

PQ impact of loads on power sources [45 minutes]

• LED lighting
• Chillers & HVAC
• Fan walls & ECMs
• EV charging

Possible interactions between loads and power sources [60 minutes]

• Harmonics
• Supra-harmonics
• EMI

Wrap-up (disturbances, waveform signatures, measurements) [30 minutes]

Upon completion of Power Quality for Combined Utility & Renewable Power Seminar, participants should have a meaningful understanding of the power quality considerations for facilities that combine renewable power sources with traditional (utility) power. This seminar explains power quality issues for specific power sources as well as the impact of various loads on these sources.

Brought to you by Power Quality Specialists @ Allied Industrial Marketing, Inc.