Lightning Protection Design Course for True Electrical Engineers

Description

Join the comprehensive course, “Lightning Protection Design Course for True Electrical Engineers” to explore the complexities of protecting electrical systems from the powerful impact of lightning. This course has been carefully designed to educate electrical engineers with the information and skills required to create resilient lightning protection systems.

Begin this educational journey with the goal of acquiring the knowledge and skills necessary to build lightning protection systems. Through the completion of this course, students will acquire the information and practical insights necessary to protect themselves against the unpredictability of lightning energy.

The course consists of 49 lessons in total duration of 16 hours 50 minutes.

Course Content:

Section 1: Introduction to Lightning Protection System

• Explore the fundamentals of lightning phenomena.
• Understand the effects and potential damages caused by lightning.
• Dive into the intricacies of lightning waveforms.

Section 2: Risk Assessment Calculation

• Identify key components of a lightning protection system.
• Learn risk assessment calculations using NFPA 780 standards.
• Explore practical methods, including online tools and Excel, for risk assessment.

Section 3: Design of Air Termination System

• Master various methods of air termination design.
• Explore the Rolling Sphere Method for effective design.
• Understand the Mesh Method for robust protection.
• Learn about the Protective Angle Method for optimization.
• Apply theoretical knowledge to practical scenarios with design examples.
• Explore the innovative Early Streamer System in lightning protection design.

Section 4: Down Conductors and System Accessories

• Master the design principles of down conductors.
• Understand the significance of cross-sectional areas in conductor and accessory design.

Section 5: Basics of AutoCAD for Electrical Design

• Learn how to grasp the basics of AutoCAD for Electrical Design.
• Discover how to initiate AutoCAD, change backgrounds, and take note of important considerations.
• Master various techniques for drawing lines, rectangles, circles, polygons, polylines, arcs, ellipses, points, and construction lines.
• Explore advanced commands for hatching, rotating, trimming, extending, copying, erasing, blocking, exploding, inserting, scaling, mirroring, moving, aligning, joining, offsetting, breaking, dividing, filleting, and chamfering.
• Understand the process of managing drawing properties and dimensions, using match commands, and incorporating styles.
• Get a grip on layers in AutoCAD, understanding their concept and application.
• Unlock the potential of advanced commands such as multi-spiral lines, leaders, and the purge command.
• Perfect the art of drawing techniques like changing drawing axes, creating fluorescent symbols, and executing the replace block command.
• Explore the intricacies of printing options for electrical drawings, navigating the AutoCAD menu bar, and leveraging the autosave feature.
• Discover effective strategies for organizing and preparing architectural drawings for electrical design.

Section 6: Design of the Lightning Protection System Using AutoCAD Software

• Complete lightning protection system design including the mesh grid, air terminals, down conductors, and accessories.

Who this course is for:

• Electrical engineers seeking expertise in lightning protection system design.
• Those interested in expanding their knowledge of international standards for lightning protection.
• Professionals involved in the implementation of lightning protection systems. Requirements
• No prior requirements except the basics of electrical power engineering.