Power Control and Protection, Variable Speed Drives


- Hours	2 days

- Estimation :		Multichoice: 30 questions in 30 min at entry and exit
		Practice: workshop on VSD
- Certification :	Schneider Electric Vietnam Certificate: “PCP & VSD Course”
- Instructor	Nguyen Phuoc Vinh Tung

Aims:
The course provides specialists in the area of Automation and Control Engineering the knowledge about modern Control and Protection of motors and other electrical loads, the choice of adequate components for Control and Protection of power loads, the comprehension of the architecture of Variable Speed Drives, the mastery of ALTIVAR's functionalities and their uses in practical applications.

Course outline:
Methods of starting of AC motors, IEC standards and coordination in protection, choice solution for control and protection, PCP offer of Schneider Electric, architecture of VSD, methods for speed control of AC motors, functionalities and applications, motor control laws, the VSD in the electrical environment.

Reference

[1]	Schneider Electric	Catalogues
[2]	Nguyen Phuoc Vinh Tung	PCP slides (Vietnamese)
[3]	Nguyen Phuoc Vinh Tung	VSD slides, Workshop (Vietnamese)
[4]	Schneider Electric	Programming manuals of VSD (files)

Learning outcomes:
Knowledge and Understanding of:

Methods for starting an AC motor
IEC standards for control and protection
Schneider Electric's offer in PCP
Architecture of VSD
Functionalities and applications of VSD
Electrical environment of VSD

Cognitive Skills:

Ability to select the right components for control and protection of electrical loads
Ability to set coordination in protection schemes
Ability to use the VSD with different applications

Subject-specific Skills:

Ability to define the lifetime of contactors
Ability to program VSD
Ability to design a complete control system using motor control components and VSD's

Detailed contents:

Day	Contents	Hour	Ref.
1	Entry test: multichoice 30 questions in 30 mn Introduction Methods for starting an AC motor IEC standards and coordination in protection PCP offer of Schneider Electric	3	[1], [2]
	Selection of components for Control and Protection of power loads Exit test and correction of PCP questions	3	[1], [2]
2	Needs for speed variation of motors Architecture of VSD Modes of operation of VSD Functionnalities of VSD Motor control laws The VSD in the electrical environment	3	[1], [3]
	Workshop on VSD programming Exit test and correction of VSD questions	3	[3], [4]

Agenda

Day 1

Part 1 9:00am ~ 9:30am
Entry test for PCP and VSD
Part 2 9:30am ~ 10:30am
Introduction
Methods for starting an AC motor
IEC standards and coordination in protection

Tea break

Part 3 10:45am ~ 12:00pm
PCP offer of Schneider Electric

Lunch

Part 4 1:30pm ~ 3:15pm
Selection of components for Control and Protection of power loads

Tea break

Part 5 3:30pm ~ 4:30pm
Exit test for PCP questions
Correction

Day 2

Part 1 9:00am ~ 10:30am
Needs for speed variation of motors
Architecture of VSD
Modes of operation of VSD
Functionnalities of VSD

Tea break

Part 2 10:45am ~ 12:00pm
Motor control laws
The VSD in the electrical environment

Lunch

Part 3 1:30pm ~ 3:30pm
Workshop on VSD programming

Tea break

Part 4 3:45pm ~ 4:30pm
Exit test for VSD questions
Correction