Live support chatIntroduction to Electrical Transformers (Video On Demand)
Credit: 3 PDH
Subject Matter Expert: Jonathan Russell, BEng (Hons)
In Introduction to Electrical Transformers, you'll learn ...
- The role of transformers in power transmission
- Key components of a transformer and their respective functions, including the core, winding, insulating materials, and cooling systems
- Transformer types, designs and applications
- Typical locations of transformers in electrical grids and their placement in relation to other components of the grid
Overview
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Credit: 3 PDH
Unless you are living 'off the grid', you are using electricity from an electrical system that uses a transformer. Power stations use electrical transformers to increase voltage. Sub-stations use electrical transformers to decrease voltage. Even your smartphone and laptop use transformers to charge their batteries. But what are transformers? How do they work? And why do we need them? This course will help you answer all of these questions and many more!
The course is designed to take you from zero to hero concerning electrical transformer knowledge. Interactive 3D models are used extensively to show you exactly how a transformer and its components work.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- The functioning of electrical transformers, including their role in power transmission and how they convert voltage levels to meet electrical requirements.
- Different types of electrical transformers and their applications, limitations, and design variations.
- Key components of a transformer and their respective functions, including the core, winding, insulating materials, and cooling systems.
- How Buchholz relays and silica gel breathers function and their role in detecting and preventing transformer faults.
- The purpose of a conservator tank and its importance in maintaining transformer oil levels and preventing air contamination.
- Onan and its significance in transformer design, including the role of cooling systems in ensuring transformer efficiency and longevity.
- The necessity of transformers in electrical grids, including how they enable power transmission across long distances and voltage regulation.n
- Typical locations of transformers in electrical grids and their placement in relation to other components of the grid.
Video on Demand
This course is a recorded version of a live lecture and will be streamed directly to your computer's media player. Our format is generally compatible with media players included with all computers and mobile devices. After watching the video presentation, you will return to your account to take the online quiz. While this is a recording of a live presentation, please note that this recording will not qualify as a "live" or "interactive" continuing education activity in those jurisdictions where it is required.
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 24 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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Credit: 3 PDH
