Lightning and Lightning Protection Systems

Renewable Energy & Sustainability · 5 Days · Public · Al-Khobraa certified · From USD 3,900

Overview

Earthling is an integral part of any electrical system. Properly selected Earthing equipment will accomplish many desirable objectives, such as: Improving the system operating characteristics. Providing a source of earth fault current relaying. Reducing personnel hazards. Equipment Earthing should be differentiated from system earthing since the functions of the two are often confused. A "system earth" is a connection to ground from one of the current carrying conductors of a distribution or wiring system.

Learning Objectives

• The basic principles & importance of earthing of electrical systems.
• The function of the power system earthing and the various options available.
• Role of protective grounding in ensuring safety; sizing of grounding conductors.
• Importance of equipotential bonding in ensuring safety.
• Design of ground electrodes, measurement of soil resistivity and ground electrode resistance.
• Fundamental principles in the design of grounding systems in substations.
• Solving static electricity-related hazards by grounding and bonding.
• Role of grounding in surge protection of power distribution equipment and sensitive systems.
• How to test and maintain earth electrode & Earthing grid.

Who Should Attend

Consulting Engineers Electrical Engineers Project Engineers Maintenance Engineers Power System Protection and Control Engineers Building Service Designers Electrical and Instrumentation Technicians

• Consulting Engineers
• Electrical Engineers
• Project Engineers
• Maintenance Engineers
• Power System Protection and Control Engineers
• Building Service Designers
• Electrical and Instrumentation Technicians

Course Outline

Day 1 — What is System Earthing?

• Why Use System Earthing.
• Basics of grounding/earthing & Bonding.
• Objectives of equipotential bonding.
• Different types of functional & Protective earthing.

Day 2 — Different Types of System or Neutral Earthing

• Systems with an isolated neutral-point.
• Reactance earthed systems.
• Resistance earthed systems. Earthed system:
• Effectively earthed system.

Day 3 — Static electricity and protection

• Lightning & surge arresters.
• Transient overvoltages.
• PQ problems & triplen harmonics (Zero phase sequence).
• Ground electrode system.

Day 4 — Substation earthing grid

• Touch & Step voltages.
• Grounding regulations from various national codes.
• BS 7430 & IEEE 80 Standards.
• Maintenance & testing (3 pin method, 61.8%, and slope method).

Day 5 — Methods of designing Grounding systems

• Ground faults.
• Design cases (Grounding module) & Reporting.

Accreditation

Al-Khobraa certified. On completion delegates receive an Al-Khobraa certificate of achievement.

Dates & Venues

Dates	Venue	Delivery	Duration	Fee (USD)
27–31 December 2026	Dubai, UAE	Public	5 days	3,900

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