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This 5 day course will teach participants the electrical operation of three phase AC generators and how to maintain, test and troubleshoot them.
It is 50% hands on and is customized to the unique need of each client and their own equipment.
Our instructors all have 35+ years of experience with industrial generation and control.
Who should attend: Anyone responsible for generators and their management
You will be able to: Safely, efficiently and effectively maintain generators
Unfortunately, this course does not currently have any upcoming dates.
Yet, if you're interested in it, please chat with our sales team
or fill out a quote request so we can get one scheduled in your area.
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Lazarous Masiyiwa, Qulliq Energy Corp"Essential course for Diesel Power Generation. Excellent instructor."
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Terry Leblanc, Quilliq Energy Corp"The information and method of delivery is second to none. Found the information was custom tailored for our line of work. Top instruction and field knowledge. More than highly recommend this course."
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James Edwards, Qulliq Energy Corp"The course was tailored to our specific field of work. I now have a more in depth knowledge of my everyday tasks. I would recommend this course to anyone in the Power Generation Field."
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Sateana Goupil, Qulliq Energy Corp"The instructor gave an informative and detailed course on Generator & Alternator Maintenance. His ability to communicate various functions and uses for individual devices will enable me to be more competent and confident at my job as an electrician. Material covered on Diesel engines will allow me to...
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Jules Pineau, Qulliq Energy Corp"This was a very good course and I totally enjoyed it. All materials, presentations of this course is very pertinent to our job here at QEC Iqaluit. The hands on part was very good, which expanded our knowledge of Alternator testing via the 3 terminal Megger. I highly recommend this course; it is very...
Course topics
I. ALTERNATORS (SYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS)
Objective:
II. AUTOMATIC VOLTAGE REGULATORS
Objective:
III. GOVERNOR FUNDAMENTALS
Objective:
View all topicsI. ALTERNATORS (SYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS)
Objective:
- Configurations
- Armatures
- Connections
- Temperature and Environment
- Insulation Systems
II. AUTOMATIC VOLTAGE REGULATORS
Objective:
- Generator Characteristics
- Manual Excitation Control
- Automatic Excitation Control
- Frequency and Frequency Regulation
- Frequency and Frequency Regulation
- Frequency and Frequency Regulation
- Voltage and Voltage Regulation
- Voltage Regulator Stability
- Types Of Sensing Circuits
- Power Input Circuit
- Frequency Compensation
- Fault Current Support
- Excitation Support Systems
- Power System Stabilizers
III. GOVERNOR FUNDAMENTALS
Objective:
- Mechanical Governing
- Unstable Governor
- Speed Droop Governor
- Isochronous Governor
- Prime Movers with Isolated Loads
- Prime Movers Tied to Utility Power
- Proportional Electronic Governor Systems
- Electronic Governing
- Actuator Elements
- Electronic Isochronous and Droop Speed Control
- Isochronous Load Sharing
- Electrical Governing Versus Mechanical Governing
- Digital Governing and Controls
IV. ENGINE PROTECTIVE CONTROLS
Objective:
- Basic Components
- Lubrication
- Cooling
- Overspeed
- Miscellaneous
- Alarms
- Shutdown
- Generator Instrumentation
V. LOAD BANKS
Objective:
- Alternator Loading Considerations
- Load Bank Applications
- Portable Load Banks
- Permanent Load Banks
- Radiator Load Banks
- Medium Voltage Load Banks
- Load Bank Controls
VI. AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SWITCHES
Objective:
- Supplying Emergency Power
- Transferring Power
- Manual Devices
- Automatic Devices
- Controlling Automatic Transfer Switches
- Transferring Motor Loads with Automatic Transfer Switches
- Ground-Fault Protection
- Open Transition Transfer Switches
- Closed Transition Transfer Switches
- Automatic Transfer Systems
- Maintaining Emergency Power
- Transfer Systems
- System Faults
- Motor Load Considerations
- Testing
- Maintenance
VII. PARALLELING GENERATORS
Objective:
- Electric Power System
- Parallel Operation of Generators
- The Control Strategy
- Synchronization
- Protective Strategy
- Failure Modes
- The Protective Relaying Scheme
- Islanding
- Suitable Protective Schemes
- Dedicated Interconnect Circuit
- Medium Voltage Interconnect
VIII. TROUBLESHOOTING ON-SITE POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS
Objective:
- Applicability
- The Common Troubleshooting Process
- The Formal Troubleshooting Process
- Case Studies
- Conclusion
- Practical Troubleshooting Tools
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Norm Jewitt
Years of Experience40He began his career in the electrical trade by engaging in construction activities at a potash mine located west of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Since then, he has accumulated experience in various facets of the electrical trade, including construction, commissioning, and maintenance.Norm has contributed his skills to the commercial, industrial, and mining sectors. Additionally, he successfully managed...
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Shawn Thistle, Syncrude CanadaNorm was great, a very knowledgeable guy, and answered questions with relatable stories.
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Brittany Goudreault, TransAltaNorm was good. Took the time to make sure we all properly understood the content being taught to us and made the course interactive, ensuring that everyone participated.
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Christopher Legault, FKMNorm was fantastic. Extremely knowledgeable and able to answer all questions. Gave great personal experience and stories to make the course relevant.
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Wayne Jeffrey
Years of Experience43Wayne joined Canada Training Group with over 40 years of knowledge and experience in the Electrical and Instrumentation industry. As a Master Electrician and Journeyman Instrument Mechanic, Wayne offers a unique perspective to training that provides solid theory with practical applications gained through years of work in the industry. Wayne’s oilfield and agriculture experience encompasses maintenance...
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John Wile, Department of National DefenseWayne is a great instructor, extremely knowledgeable, and always able to make the material relatable.
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Aron Orlowski, Trans Northern Pipelines Inc.Wayne was very knowledgeable on the topics of Arc Flash and LOTO. He was engaging and kept it interesting.
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Jacob Lazariuk, Fortis Mining Engineering and ManufacturingWayne was great, very personable and knowledgeable. He was very willing to answer questions or discuss problems seen in the field.
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Edward Rideout
Years of Experience56Ed Rideout has been involved with the electrical field in many ways for nearly 54 years. His electrical experience started when he was just out of vocational school and was hired as the sole electrician at a local fish plant in charge of six fishing trawlers, a power house and a fish plant facility. In 1975 Ed went on to work with Nova Scotia Power, first as an apprentice electrician in a generating...
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Stephen Ramkhelawan, Saipem Canada"Mr. Ed Rideout was very interesting to listen to and his work experiences certainly helped me understand his material and topics presented. I would be more than happy and interested to attend another one of his seminars. Mr. Rideout is very knowledgeable and presented information in a very well planned...
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Josh Whalen, Department of National Defence“Ed is a great instructor; his experience in the trade is a great asset to young electricians such as myself.”
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Chance Harness, Vollmer Inc.Edward has had a lot of valuable experience in the utility industry as well as the industrial. He is also very knowledgeable in safety because of the various managerial roles he's been involved with throughout his career. Edward was also very interested in teaching and learning. He keeps the course 'fresh...
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Jim Roberts
Years of Experience45Jim Roberts brings over 43 years of experience in the electrical field. A graduate from the Georgian College Electrical Engineering program, he started his career at Toronto Hydro Electrical Systems as a High Voltage Underground Cable Fault Technician then proceeded to Toronto Transit Commission where he obtained his red seal 309A electrical license and became a Maintenance/Construction Electrician...
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Conrad Castillo, Littelfuse StartcoThe instructor; Jim Roberts did very well. He was very thorough and entertaining in the course. Jim was also able to keep my attention and kept me engaged in this course. Thanks Jim!”
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Gerry Bell, CumminsJim was able to adjust on the fly to differences between course materials and trailer hardware vs examples we provided for our hardware.
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Abhijit Jagdale, D&V ElectronicsJim is an amazing instructor, he covered all the points & everyone was able to understand the importance of arc flash training. His funny way of training really helped me to focus throughout the day.
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"Essential course for Diesel Power Generation. Excellent instructor."
Lazarous Masiyiwa, Qulliq Energy Corp -
"The information and method of delivery is second to none. Found the information was custom tailored for our line of work. Top instruction and field knowledge. More than highly recommend this course."
Terry Leblanc, Quilliq Energy Corp -
"The course was tailored to our specific field of work. I now have a more in depth knowledge of my everyday tasks. I would recommend this course to anyone in the Power Generation Field."
James Edwards, Qulliq Energy Corp -
"The instructor gave an informative and detailed course on Generator & Alternator Maintenance. His ability to communicate various functions and uses for individual devices will enable me to be more competent and confident at my job as an electrician. Material covered on Diesel engines will allow me to...
Sateana Goupil, Qulliq Energy Corp -
"This was a very good course and I totally enjoyed it. All materials, presentations of this course is very pertinent to our job here at QEC Iqaluit. The hands on part was very good, which expanded our knowledge of Alternator testing via the 3 terminal Megger. I highly recommend this course; it is very...
Jules Pineau, Qulliq Energy Corp
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