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Power Quality Improvement and Harmonic Mitigation

Poor power quality quietly drains efficiency, trips sensitive equipment and shortens the life of motors and transformers across African plants and utilities. This programme helps electrical staff measure the real causes of voltage sags, flicker and harmonic distortion, then choose practical corrective measures. Delegates leave able to plan surveys, read instrument results and specify mitigation that pays for itself.

What you will be able to do

  • Explain the main power quality disturbances and how each one affects connected equipment.
  • Set up and interpret a power quality survey using logging instruments.
  • Calculate harmonic distortion levels and compare them against common planning limits.
  • Select filters, reactors and capacitor arrangements suited to a given load profile.
  • Assess the effect of nonlinear loads such as drives and rectifiers on a network.
  • Build a costed mitigation plan that links improvements to equipment reliability.

Course outline

  1. 01Power quality disturbances and their sources
  2. 02Voltage sags, swells, flicker and transients
  3. 03Harmonic theory and distortion indices
  4. 04Survey planning and instrument set up
  5. 05Reading logged data and event records
  6. 06Nonlinear loads and their signatures
  7. 07Passive and active filter options
  8. 08Capacitor banks, detuning reactors and resonance
  9. 09Earthing and wiring influences on quality
  10. 10Building a mitigation and monitoring plan

Who should attend

Electrical engineers, plant electricians, facilities engineers and utility technicians who investigate equipment trips, energy losses or disturbance complaints.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendar
17 to 19 Aug 2026Nairobi3US$1,500
24 to 26 Aug 2026Durban3R13,000
31 Aug to 2 Sep 2026Johannesburg3R13,000
14 to 16 Sep 2026Mauritius3US$1,500
21 to 23 Sep 2026Dubai3US$1,500
28 to 30 Sep 2026Lagos3US$1,500
5 to 7 Oct 2026Harare3US$1,500
12 to 14 Oct 2026Kampala3US$1,500
19 to 21 Oct 2026Dar es Salaam3US$1,500
26 to 28 Oct 2026Pretoria3R13,000
2 to 4 Nov 2026Cape Town3R13,000
16 to 18 Nov 2026Online3US$900
23 to 25 Nov 2026Mozambique3US$1,500
30 Nov to 2 Dec 2026Cairo3US$1,500
7 to 9 Dec 2026Accra3US$1,500
14 to 16 Dec 2026Lusaka3US$1,500
21 to 23 Dec 2026Kigali3US$1,500

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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