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How can you get international certificate of Power Quality Expert 08.2006 |
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How can you get international certificate of Power Quality Expert
LPQI (Leonardo Power Quality Initiative) is a pan-European education programme on Power Quality, supported by the European Commission under LEONARDO POWER QUALITY INITIATIVE, delivered by European Copper Institute and a network of over 80 academic and industrial European partners operating in the electrical area and providing technical services in the field of PQ/EMC.
The objective of LPQI is to increase knowledge of the origin, diagnosis and solutions of problems related to Power Quality. Leonardo Power Quality Initiative Vocational Education System (LPQIVES) is a vocational educational system in power quality closely related to Leonardo Power Quality Initiative (LPQI – www.lpqi.org) which has been developed by 7 partners under sponsorship from European Commission and coordinated by Polish Copper Promotion Centre. LPQIVES Certification has been developed as a one of the LPQIVES project tasks.
LPQIVES is supported by: AGH-University of Science and Technology (Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza - AGH) – Krakow, Poland Association of Polish Electrical Engineers (Stowarzyszenie Elektryków Polskich - SEP) – Poland Catholic University of Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven-KUL) – Leuven-Heverlee, Belgium Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation (Fraunhofer Institut Fabrikbetrieb und-automatisierung - IFF) – Magdeburg, Germany Hungarian Copper Promotion Centre (Magyar Rézpiaci Központ) – Hungary Otto von Guericke – University Magdeburg (Otto von Guericke-Universität Magdeburg) – Magdeburg, Germany Polish Copper Promotion Centre (Polskie Centrum Promocji Miedzi -PCPM) – Poland Society of Power Engineers in Romania (Societatea Inginerilor Energeticieni din Romania - SIER) – Romania University of Bergamo (Universitŕ degli studi di Bergamo) – Bergamo, Italy
The main two goals of LPQIVES : to increase and accredit knowledge of Power Quality and EMC related issues in the engineering community. Accreditation will be through an European certification system defining a new specialization “Power Quality Expert – Level 1, 2 and 3”. Power Quality Experts will be vocationally trained specialists whose competencies will be the identification and solution to Power Quality related problems.
The Power Quality Expert Certificate confirms the award of a professional qualification as a specialist in the field of power quality. LPQIVES offers a range of educational resources ranging from the traditional books and vocational training courses (called Modules) to the latest web-based distance learning modules.
Certification
The certificate confirms the granting of professional qualification degree – specialist in the field of power quality. LPQIVES certification model can be transferred to any other organization e.g. member of EUREL (Convention of National Societies of Electrical Engineers of Europe) or any other certification body like university, which shall prove conformance with all the LPQIVES system requirements. The right to use this model requires and acceptance and written agreement with the LPQIVES Certification Board (the general management body of LPQIVES Certification) and is free. Model importing organization becomes appropriate Country Certification Partner. Such partner will be responsible for LPQIVES certification grading, promotion and finally country certification event. Every Country Certification Partner shall decide about the Certification admission procedure. The preferred way is to link it to LPQIVES trainings. The general principle is that a candidate should have taken a course and/or gained extensive experience in power quality in the extent equivalent to the knowledge which can be gained by LPQIVES modules training program. Any cost of transferring the certification model shall be covered by importing organization – certification body – Country Certification Partner. Also all the operational cost of certification shall be covered by Country Certification Partner.
Core Partners are the organizations which participated in the LPQIVES project and are signatories of the LPQIVES Memorandum of Understanding.
The Core Partners created LPQIVES Certification Board (CB) during their first meeting on 24th May, 2006 in Warsaw and decided about membership of the Certification Board:
1. Roman Targosz (PCPM) - Chairman 2. Zbigniew Hanzelka (AGH) 3. Przemysław Komarnicki (O.v.G. Univ. Magdeburg) 4. Jan Strzałka (SEP) 5. Fanica Vatra (SIER)
The Board is a voluntary body which is a beneficiary and successor of LPQIVES Work Package 4. It groups individuals delegated by Partners who work together in order to manage and coordinate LPQIVES Certification. The decisions taken by the Board have to be reached by consensus between the Parties The Board will be opened to well recognized international bodies in this area and will decide about the membership to different levels of LPQIVES Certification structure, certification criteria, will approve questionnaires and accept all major actions and decisions of LPQIVES Certification.
During its first meeting the Board appointed its chairman - Mr. Roman Targosz – PCPM, Poland and delegated responsibilities and operational duties to LPQIVES Working Committee (WC). These responsibilities and duties include certificates handling, website maintenance, database update and secretariat. The Working Committee is a working platform of the Board which delegates particular tasks to the Committee. The Committee executes these tasks through the Parties which shall provide sufficient resources for such execution. Some tasks may be co-financed from external sources like fees from participants. Decision about inclusion of additional funding means and appropriate collection mechanism has to be made by the Board.
The LPQIVES Certification Board will have free (not legal entity) status, however, participation will require a written agreement – Memorandum of Understanding. The CB meetings will be held at least once a year.. The CB delegates to Core Partners some operational work which will be financed from free contribution from Core Partners and co-financed from CB fees.
The Core Partners may become suitable Country Certification Partners.
Endorsing Partners are organizations or bodies which join LPQIVES Certification Board but are not involved in certification operationally. Their main role will be to promote and support the idea. The decision to invite and include new Endorsing Partners on different levels of LPQIVES Certification structure shall be made by the Board. All Country Partners use the same methodology, tests and certificate templates. The Certification Board provides supervision of testing procedure. The certification fees in every country are up to the decision of Country Certification Partner. However, for every LPQIVES PQ Expert certificate issued by the Country Certification partner, he shall pay to the LPQIVES Board the suitable fee at the level of 20% of country Certification test fee. The Certification event will be held once a year – in December, time synchronized between Country Certification Partners. Other options may be possible in justified cases. The module tests, if applicable, will be organized three weeks before the main test. The candidates will be notified of the test results by mail within two weeks of the date of the test.
The Certificate is available at three levels and each level must be completed before proceeding to the next stage.
The Certificate is granted in two stages:
The recommended methods of gaining knowledge are as follows:
The Education Program for Level 1 is composed of 11 modules:
Revision course in electrical engineering Definitions in the field of power quality Essentials of standardization (levels of: compatibility, emission, immunity, planned Quality of supply under electricity market conditions.
Voltage Dips and Swells Definitions; Description of the disturbance (sources of voltage dips, voltage dip duration, voltage dip magnitude, connections of transformer windings and loads, short supply interruptions); Effects of voltage dips and short supply interruptions (IT equipment and control systems, relays and contactors, induction and synchronous motors, variable speed electric drives, discharge lamps); Mitigation methods (reducing number of faults and time to clear faults, modification of the supply system configuration, voltage stabilizers, improvement of equipment immunity); Measuring voltage dips and short interruptions (measurement principles, voltage dips vs short supply interruption, measuring voltage dips and short supply interruptions, categorization of the measurement results); Methods of analysis (short-circuit analysis, site measurements); Standardization; Contract
Harmonics and Interharmonics Basic definitions Harmonic sources Effects of voltage and current distortion Methods for voltage and current harmonics mitigation Standards and regulations (international, European, Polish) Measurement methods and measuring instruments Methods of analysis Case studies Interharmonics
Voltage Fluctuations/Flicker Definitions Description of the disturbance Sources of voltage fluctuations (arc furnaces, induction motors, operation of capacitor banks) Effects of voltage fluctuations (influence on humans, light sources, other equipment) Mitigation of voltage fluctuations (general considerations, synchronous compensator, static compensator) tandardization of voltage fluctuations (international, European, Polish) Measurement methods and measuring instruments (flicker meter, flicker severity)
Overvoltages Classification of overvoltages Definitions Sources of transient overvoltages Effects of transient overvoltages Preventing overvoltages and mitigation of their effects (co-ordination overvoltage protection, methods and means of switching overvoltages mitigation, earthing,electric shock protection) Transient overvoltages measurement methods and instrumentation Methods for transient overvoltages analysis.
Reliability of Electricity Supply Terms and definitions Sources of disturbances Effects of disturbances Mitigation methods Standards and regulations (international, European, Polish) Measurement methods and measuring instruments Methods of analysis
Earthing
The Influence of Converter Systems on the Supply Network Single-phase converter systems Three-phase converter systems Uninterruptible power supply systems Variable speed drives Supply systems of improved power parameters
Capacitors in the Power System Switching operations Principles and methods of reactive power compensation with consideration of the unbalance and voltage/current distortion
Renewable Energy Sources Wind Solar Hydropower
Utility Package Introduction Frequency variation Voltage changes Quality of supply in power supply Contracts Tariffs DSM Rational use of energy
Information on training courses – seminars The trainings are held up to now in 6 European countries: Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland and Romania. Seminars take place over two days and last between 8-12 hours. Location: to be decided by the organizers . The seminars should be organized by EUREL associations or other associations of electrical engineers in Europe or technical universities and they should respond for professional supervision, provision of speakers, preparation and printing of materials etc. The seminars are payable. A certificate of attendance is awarded to every participant at the end of each module. Each participant also automatically receives 10 points.
The organizers of the certification system also recommend the use of the LPQI website : www.lpqi.org , which offers: library, an FAQ-list and forum, tests to assess your knowledge, a distance learning course, an events page detailing PQ seminars, conferences and exhibitions. Website is available in 7 language version
Conditions for the Award of Level 1 ( Power Quality Expert) - collecting of 80 points for gaining knowledge. This means that from the 10 offered seminars, the candidate must choose: 8 seminars, or b. 6 seminars and set a positive result from two tests from additional topics of the two remaining seminars – so called module tests. The costs of the module tests will be charged to the candidate. c. for each positive result of each topic the candidate will be awarded 10 points - candidate must obtain a positive result in the main test verifying the gained knowledge. - tests are organized by associations or universities. - the main test will take place once a year, although other options may be possible in justified cases. The module tests will be organized three weeks before the main test. The candidates will be notified of the test results by mail within two weeks of the date of the test. The organizer will provide professional supervision during the tests. LPQIVES Certification Board shall prepare the test questions and mark them. Two results are possible: negative result : below 60% of correct answers positive result : A (above 90%), B(above 75%), C(above 60%)
Conditions for the Award of Level 2 (Power Quality Expert) The method of certification – seminars and points – is similar to that for Level 1. The seminars will be organized in different schools of higher education, institutions, companies etc. There will be 10 separate topics, each with 10 hours of instruction. The first part (shorter) will be a theoretical introduction and the second part will be practical. After each session the participant will prepare an individual report which will be a solution to the assigned task. Those running the session will offer consultations to the participants. The Level 2 certificates will be awarded on completion of the following:
Conditions for the Award of Level 3(Power Quality Expert) At this level the candidates will prepare a diploma paper to include such elements as theoretical, design, measurement and start-up analysis. The topic of the paper can be proposed by the candidates themselves, for example it can be connected with their professional work. The topic shall be approved by a Country Certification Partner, which also marks the paper.
Template of the LPQIVES Expert certificate
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