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ELECTRICAL PROTECTIONS LEVEL 1
Learn the fundamentals of electrical protection: you will understand the basic concepts, types of faults and protection devices, how to select and coordinate protections and interpret real cases to improve the safety and continuity of the electrical system.
Course content
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Basic Concepts Protections:
- Introduction. Most common faults: Short circuits.
- Over and under voltage.
- Atmospheric Discharges.
- Electrical overloads.
- Mechanical Stresses (Motors).
- Protection requirements.
- Response speed.
- Selectivity.
- Security.
- Reliability.
- IEEE Nomenclature.
- Primary and backup protection.
- Areas of coverage of the protections.
- Protection and metering transformers.
- Thermal damage curves of electrical equipment.
- Criteria for selecting settings in an overcurrent device.
- Coordination criteria for overcurrent protection.
- Selectivity curves. Ground overcurrent.
- Adjustment and coordination criteria.
- Overcurrent Relay.
- Thermal protection relay for induction motors.
- Low Voltage Switchgear.
- Fuses.
Overcurrent protection:
Overcurrent Protection Elements:
General course information
- Date: May 28 & 29, 2026 (8:30 AM - 5:30 PM)
- Lecturer: Juan Manuel Ramos Santos
- Duration: 16 Hours
- Location: Bogota - Erasmus Laboratory
