Course curriculum
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1
Introduction
- Introduction FREE PREVIEW
- Table of Contents FREE PREVIEW
- What Are Critical Systems? FREE PREVIEW
- Why Are Critical Systems Important? FREE PREVIEW
- Who Is This Course For? FREE PREVIEW
- Why I made This Course FREE PREVIEW
- Facility Life Cycle FREE PREVIEW
- Good Design Comes From Clear Requirements
- Redundancy
- Concurrent Maintainability
- Critical Systems Engineering Overview
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Electricity Fundamentals
- Electrical Overview
- Electricity Fundamentals
- Electricity Basics: Voltage
- Electricity Basics: Current
- Electricity Basics: Resistance
- Electricity Basics: Ohm's Law
- Electricity Basics: Apparent Power vs. Real Power
- Electricity Basics: Power Factor
- Power Factor Types
- Basic Circuit Terminology
- Life Cycle of Electricity
- Three Phase Power
- Creating Three Phase Power
- Transformers
- Calculating Three Phase Power Capacity
- Electricity Fundamentals
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Power Quality
- Power Quality Overview
- Transients
- Voltage Sag, Swell, Undervoltage, Overvoltage
- Brownout
- Blackout
- Voltage Unbalance
- Linear vs. Non-Linear Loads
- Harmonics
- Triplen Harmonics
- Total Harmonic Distortion
- Power Quality
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Emergency Generators
- Basis of Design
- Utility Power
- Emergency Power
- The Case for Standby Generators
- Generator Applications
- Generator Components
- Generator Troubleshooting
- Maintenance and Testing
- Pull The Plug Test
- Energy Curtailment and Demand Response
- Fuel Storage and Delivery Overview
- Bulk Storage Tanks
- Fuel Piping Distribution
- Fuel Maintenance and Polishing
- Fuel System Configuration
- Fuel Distribution Reliability
- Fuel Quality Assurance
- Emergency Generators
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Automatic Transfer Switches
- Automatic Transfer Switch Overview
- ATS Start Sequence
- ATS Features
- Less Common ATS Applications
- Breaker Pairs
- Paralleling Switchgear
- ATS Startup and Maintenance
- Operational Considerations
- Automatic Transfer Switches
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UPS Systems
- Uninterruptible Power Supply Systems Overview
- Types of Equipment Loads by Criticality
- Double Conversion Static UPS Basics
- UPS Modes of Operation
- UPS Components
- Silicon Controlled Rectifier (SCR)
- Insulated Date Bipolar Transistor (IGBT)
- UPS Battery Run Time
- UPS Battery Types
- UPS Battery Configuration
- UPS Battery Maintenance and Monitoring
- UPS Topology: Part 1
- UPS Topology: Part 2
- UPS Commissioning and Maintenance
- Generator and UPS Coordination Issues
- Diesel Rotary UPS (DRUPS)
- UPS Systems
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Static Transfer Switches and Power Distribution Units
- Static Transfer Switch Overview
- STS Operation
- STS Maintenance Bypass
- Rack-Mounted STSs
- Power Distribution Units
- PDU Output Configurations
- Electrical: Putting It All Together 1
- Electrical: Putting It All Together 2
- Electrical: Putting It All Together 3
- Static Transfer Switches and Power Distribution Units
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Cooling
- Cooling Overview
- Stages of Heat Removal in a Data Center
- Air Side: Typical CRAC Unit Arrangement
- ASHRAE Standards
- CRAC Unit Properties
- CRAC Unit Humidity Control
- CRAC Unit Control and Monitoring
- Aisle Containment
- Hot Aisle vs. Cold Aisle Containment
- Water Side: Four Design Concepts
- Chillers
- Open Cooling Towers
- Challenges With Cooling Towers
- Air-Cooled Condensers
- Dry Coolers
- Economization
- Air Side Economizer
- Water Side Economizer
- Cooling Redundancy
- Learn The Fundamentals
- Cooling
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Fire Protection
- Fire Protection Overview
- Fire Protection System Objectives
- Addressable Alarm and Notification System
- VESDA
- Wet Sprinkler System
- Pre-Action System Overview
- Pre-Action System: Single vs. Double Interlock
- Gaseous Fire Suppression: Inert Gas
- Gaseous Fire Suppression: Chemical Clean Agent
- Water Mist System
- Condensed Aerosols
- Fire Protection
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Commissioning
- Commissioning Overview
- Don't Wait Until The End of the Project
- Commissioning Start Before Construction
- Commissioning Ramps Up Toward the End
- Breaker Testing and Cable Testing
- UPS Systems
- Generators
- Automatic Transfer Switch
- Static Transfer Switches
- Panelboards and Branch Circuit Monitoring
- Transformers
- Fire Alarm System
- Chillers
- Computer Room Air Conditioning Units
- Outside Air Handling Units
- Fan Coil Units
- Building Management System
- Leak Detection
- Room Validation Test
- Integrated Systems Test
- Final Report
- Commissioning
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Monitoring and Controls
- Monitoring and Controls Terminology
- System Architecture
- Graphics
- Programs
- Alarms
- Trends
- Monitoring and Controls
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Incident Management
- Emergency Response
- Incident Examples
- Improving Performance in High Stress Situations
- Postmortem Analysis
- Incident Management
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13
Maintenance Management
- Maintenance Management Overview
- Equipment List
- Schedules
- Procedures
- Vendors
- Software
- Maintenance Management
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14
Capacity Management
- Capacity Management Overview
- Major Systems to Monitor
- Assumptions: Derating Breakers
- Assumptions: Accounting for Redundancy
- Stranded Capacity
- Capacity Management
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Energy Efficiency
- Energy Efficiency Overview
- Retrocommissioning
- Variable Frequency Drives
- Higher Voltage Distribution
- Heat Recovery
- New Computer Monitors
- LED Lighting Retrofit
- Occupancy Sensors for Lighting and HVAC
- Aisle Containment for Data Centers
- Energy Efficiency
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Conclusion
- Further Education and Career Development
- Resources
- Course Slides