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In Ground Fault Coordination, you'll learn ...
- Coordination of ground fault devices
- Different methods of system grounding and how they affect ground fault detection and protection schemes
- Differences between ground faults and phase faults, and how this affects coordination
- The role that zero sequence networks play in detecting ground faults
Overview
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Credit: 1 PDH
Length: 11 pages
This course explains coordination of ground fault devices including choosing settings that will maximize safety, equipment protection, and isolation of ground faults. We will review the different methods of system grounding and how they affect ground fault detection and protection schemes. Differences between ground faults and phase faults, and how this affects coordination will also be explained.
After covering these topics, we will move on to more advanced concepts including specific considerations for equipment such as transformers and motors. Other topics covered are the role that zero sequence networks play in detecting ground faults.
These topics will be tied together with an example of a ground protection scheme with typical settings that illustrate poorly coordinated devices as well as an example of the same devices with settings fully coordinated.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- What is Grounding?
- What are Ground Faults?
- Types of Grounding Systems
- Neutral Grounding Equipment
- Ground Fault Detection and Protection Methods
- Positive, Negative, and Zero Sequence Currents
- Why is Coordination Important?
- Pickup and delay settings and Time-Current Coordination Curves (TCCs)
- Equipment-specific considerations: Transformers & Motors
- Ground Fault Coordination Examples
- Relevant Codes and Standards
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 10 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 1 PDH
Length: 11 pages
