IEEE Recommended Practice for Powering and Grounding Electronic Equipment

IEEE Recommended Practice for Powering and Grounding Electronic Equipment

Course Outline

This course includes a multiple-choice quiz at the end, which is designed to enhance the understanding of the course materials.

Learning Objective

At the conclusion of this course, the student will be familiar with:

Definitions of the terms that pertain to power quality issues that are generally not otherwise available in IEEE standards;
Identify the relevant codes and standards, as well as to define the existing electrical environments to which equipment is typically subjected;
The fundamental concepts necessary for the understanding and applying recommended practices for the design of a compatible and essentially hazard free interconnection to the power system;
Information on available measurement equipment useful for investigating and diagnosing problems in power systems that serve electronic equipment;
The fundamentals of how to conduct a site survey for problem identification and diagnosis;
The recommended approach for conducting surveys;
The basic technology, performance, and function of available power conditioning equipment;
The specification, performance verification, and maintenance of available power conditioning equipment;
The recommended design and installation practices for powering and grounding electronic equipment;
Recommendations for a building’s grounding and bonding infrastructure for telecommunications;
The grounding and bonding of electrical and electromagnetic protection devices and apparatus;
Use of shielded cabling;
Understand the recommendations for premises outside plant telecommunications facilities;
The recommendations for telecommunications tower structures;
The recommendations for auditing the locations for proper powering and grounding telecommunications;
The grounding and wiring methods to minimize the impact of noise on industrial control systems;
A basic understanding of the principles and recommended practices for the most useful noise prevention techniques;
Provide real-world examples of performance and safety problems that have been encountered in the field;
How the case studies illustrate the need to follow specific recommended practices and the details of the specific problems that can be encountered when recommended practices are not followed;
The term origin of disturbance;
The sources of disturbances;
The term swell;
The differences between a swell and a surge;
The electrical measures and equipment symptoms of difficult installation scenarios;
The meaning of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC);
The significance of the rate of change in voltage;
The need for surge protection for solid-state devices;
The term surge protection device (SPD);
The Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association’s (CBEMA) curve;
The grounding of ITE systems;
The use of the faraday cage;
The major issues of power quality;
The importance of grounding for every energy delivery system;
The important technique in power quality of using approximations;
The two major types of transient voltage disturbances;
The use of standard power reliability indices;
The difference between a voltage sag and a voltage dip;
The importance of step load changes;
The different kinds of transient current flow;
The types of frequency variations and slew rate;
The importance of switching surges;
The characteristics of lightning induced surges;
The term ground potential rise (GPR);
The basics of electrostatic discharge ;
Transient and interference coupling mechanisms; and
Application of the three grounding system configurations used with electronic equipment to improve system operation.

Intended Audience

The intended audience is professional electrical engineers, project managers, and project engineers, involved in the design, installation, and maintenance for the electric power and grounding and protection of electronic equipment.

Benefit to Attendees

Provide a consensus of recommended practices in an area where conflicting information and confusion, stemming from different viewpoints of the same problem, have dominated.

Course Content

These practices address electronic equipment electrical performance and protection issues while maintaining a safe installation, as specified in the National Electric Code (NFPA 70, 2008 Edition). You are required to obtain a copy and study "IEEE Recommended Practice for Powering and Grounding Electronic Equipment", IEEE Std. 1100-2005. The recommended practice, commonly known as the "Emerald Book" is not intended to replace or to take precedence over any codes or standards adopted by the jurisdiction where the installation resides. The Emerald Book is a useful reference tool that every practicing electrical engineering professional should have access to.

The "IEEE Recommended Practice for Powering and Grounding Electronic Equipment", IEEE Std. 1100-2005 can be purchased from the following websites:

http://shop.ieee.com/
http://www.global.ihs.com/

IEEE Recommended Practice for Powering and Grounding Electronic Equipment
IEEE Std. 1100-2005
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - Overview
Chapter 2 - Definitions
Chapter 3 – General needs guidelines
Chapter 4 - Fundamentals
Chapter 5 - Instrumentation
Chapter 6 – Site surveys and power analysis
Chapter 7 – Specifications and selection of equipment and materials
Chapter 8 – Recommended design and installation practices
Chapter 9 – Telecommunications and distributed computing
Chapter 10 – Industrial systems
Chapter 11 – Case histories

You need to obtain a copy and study the "IEEE Recommended Practice for Powering and Grounding Electronic Equipment", IEEE Std. 1100-2005.

Course Summary

This 15-hour course presents recommended design, installation and maintenance practices for electrical power and grounding (including both safety and noise control) and protection of electronic loads such as industrial controllers, computers, and other information technology equipment (ITE) used in commercial and industrial applications. This course is intended to provide a consensus of recommended practices in an area where conflicting information and confusion, stemming from different viewpoints of the same problem, have dominated. It is necessary to obtain a copy and study the "IEEE Recommended Practice for Powering and Grounding Electronic Equipment", IEEE Std. 1100-2005. The recommended practice, commonly known as the "Emerald Book" is not intended to replace or to take precedence over any codes or standards adopted by the jurisdiction where the installation resides.

Related Links

For additional technical information related to this subject, please visit the following websites or web pages:

http://www.ansi.com/
http://www.ieee.com/
http://www.nfpa.com
http://www.nema.com

Quiz

Once you finish studying the above course content, you need to take a quiz to obtain the PDH credits.

DISCLAIMER: The materials contained in the online course are not intended as a representation or warranty on the part of PDH Center or any other person/organization named herein. The materials are for general information only. They are not a substitute for competent professional advice. Application of this information to a specific project should be reviewed by a registered architect and/or professional engineer/surveyor. Anyone making use of the information set forth herein does so at their own risk and assumes any and all resulting liability arising therefrom.