0. Automation and information networks

  Fuzzy logic
Electronic starters and variable speed drives

1. Electrical knowhow

  Fault arcs on busbar sets and switchboards
Extra losses caused in high current conductors
EMC: Electromagnetic compatibility
Ferroresonance
Power quality
Calculations for LV and HV networks
Electrical disturbances in LV
Cohabitation of high and low currents
Electrodynamic forces on busbars in LV systems
Power supply of lighting circuits
Electric motors... and how to improve their control and protection
Electronic starters and variable speed drives
Overvoltages and insulation coordination in MV and HV
Lightning and HV electrical installations
Dynamic stability of industrial electrical networks

2. Electrical networks

Harmonic disturbances in networks, and their treatment
Calculation of short-circuit currents
Automatic transfering of power supplies in HV and LV networks
Electrical installation dependability studies
Dynamic stability of industrial electrical networks
Integration of local power generation in industrial sites and commercial buildings
Power quality
The singularities of the third harmonic
Energy savings in buildings
Calculations for LV and HV networks
Inverters and harmonics (case studies of non-linear loads)
Harmonics upstream of rectifiers in UPS
System earthings in LV
System earthings worldwide and evolutions
The IT system earthing (unearthed neutral) in LV
Active harmonic conditioners and unity power factor rectifiers
Neutral earthing in an industrial HV network
Overvoltages and insulation coordination in MV and HV
MV public distribution networks throughout the world
HV industrial network design
Basic selection of MV public distribution networks

3. Electrical and environmental constraints

EMC: Electromagnetic compatibility
Harmonic disturbances in networks, and their treatment
Enclosures and degrees of protection
Earthquakes and electrical equipment
Ferroresonance
Power quality
The singularities of the third harmonic
Electrical disturbances in LV
Thermal study of LV electric switchboards
Inverters and harmonics (case studies of nonlinear loads
Harmonics upstream of rectifiers in UPS
Disturbances in electronic systems and earthing systems
LV surges and surge arresters. LV insulation co-ordination
Active harmonic conditioners and unity power factor rectifiers
Cohabitation of high and low currents
LV protection devices and variable speed drives (frequency converters)
Power supply of lighting circuits
Overvoltages and insulation coordination in MV and HV
Lightning and HV electrical installations
Basic selection of MV public distribution networks

4. Dependability: availability, safety...

Introduction to dependability design
Automatic transfering of power supplies in HV and LV networks
Electrical installation dependability studies
Uninterruptible static power supplies and the protection of persons
High availability electrical power distribution
Dependability and LV switchboards
Energy-based discrimination for LV protective devices
System earthings in LV
System earthings worldwide and evolutions
The IT system earthing (unearthed neutral) in LV
Discrimination with LV power circuitbreakers
Protection of electrical distribution networks by the logic selectivity system
Neutral earthing in an industrial HV network
Dependability of MV and HV protective devices
Basic selection of MV public distribution networks

5. Protection devices and monitoring

Enclosures and degrees of protection
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Residual current devices in LV.
Uninterruptible static power supplies and the protection of persons
Energy-based discrimination for LV protective devices
LV surges and surge arresters. LV insulation co-ordination
LV circuit-breakers confronted with harmonic transient and cyclic currents
Intelligent LV switchboards
Discrimination with LV power circuitbreakers
LV protection devices and variable speed drives (frequency converters)
Power supply of lighting circuits
Protection of electrical distribution networks by the logic selectivity system
Control equipment for MV capacitor banks
Behaviour of the SF6 MV circuit-breakers Fluarc for switching motor starting currents
Control, monitoring and protection of HV motors
Protection of industrial and commercial MV networks
Directional protection equipment
Protection of MV/LV substation transformers

6. Breaking techniques and switchgear

From current transformer to hybrid sensors, in HV
SF6 properties and use in MV and HV switchgear
MV breaking techniques
Current transformers: how to specify them
Current transformers: specification errors and solutions
Vacuum switching
Development of LV circuit-breakers to standard IEC 947-2.
LV breaking by current limitation
The behaviour of SF6 puffer circuitbreakers under exceptionally severe conditions
Design and use of MV current-limiting fuses
Control equipment for MV capacitor banks
Behaviour of the SF6 MV circuit-breakers Fluarc for switching motor starting currents
Current transformer for HV protection
Breaking by auto-expansion

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