| Overview
This course
is intended to benefit engineers who design, use, inspect, or repair
circuits that contain DC power sources and accompanying DC components.
Application of DC circuits includes control, instrumentation, and
motor excitation.
Whereas both
AC and DC circuits as well as transmission lines are susceptible to
transient phenomena, DC components are particularly subjected to
transients caused by current interruptions that routinely occur when
circuits are de-energized. Simply closing and opening a switch, for
example, can cause unintended radio-frequency interference and/or
contact degradation. The
course is intended for engineers who have knowledge of basic circuit
theory and circuit components, such as resistors, capacitors, relays,
contactors, and switches.
The course
will cover circuit configurations and components typically encountered
that become part of unintended transient phenomena.
The course will include an overview of low-voltage arcing
characteristics that become part of the transient response mechanism.
To receive PDH credit,
the student must take a multiple choice quiz of twenty (20) questions.
Specific Knowledge
or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the
following specific knowledge and skills:
- Ability
to recognize circuit configurations that harbor potential transient
problems
- Techniques
for reducing or eliminating problem sources
- Ability
to estimate available energy within transients
- Ability
to derive equivalent circuits to model first-order transient
behavior
Course
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quiz for credit.
DC
Circuit Switching Transients
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