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Webinars On Demand
Check out our webinars on demand - each webinar includes a brief description, learning objectives, and the webinar video.
Find Your Bearings
An examination of design features of common generator bearings as well as practices for proper maintenance and minimal vibration.
Generator bearing selection plays a key role in determining the overall performance, lifetime, cost and maintenance methods for a generator set. In “Find Your Bearings” we will examine differences in cost, size, application, maintenance practices and certifications between deep groove ball, spherical roller, split roller, and sleeve bearings. In addition, we will explore the appropriate maintenance routines and practices needed to maximize your generator life. Finally, we will discuss how vibration measurements and limits affect the design of the generator for custom applications.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand major design features, advantages and disadvantages of common generator bearing types.
- Learn how to properly maintain bearings to maximize generator life.
- Explore methods to test and evaluate generator vibration limits.
Generator Jargon
An examination of key electrical terms and how these characteristics affect Generator design and testing.
Electrical Characteristics of a generator are often overlooked or misunderstood when planning or quoting a power generation project. This often leads to over-sizing, unnecessary testing, added costs, and even in extreme cases catastrophic failure in the field.
“Generator Jargon” will examine these crucial electrical characteristics and their effect on design, testing, and load considerations with topics including:
- Pitch
- Harmonics
- Saturation
- Reactance
- Time Constants
- Power Factor
- Voltage Dip
- Efficiency
Properly Sizing Your Generator
Ensuring trouble-free and efficient generator operation.
Power generation is needed in an endless variety of locations and environments, with each installation having different factors affecting generator requirements. Incorrect generator sizing can be disastrous in any power generation project if particular installation factors are not properly taken into account.
This webinar will introduce common factors that can affect your power supply, and will explain why the correct sizing of your generator is essential to producing the best results. You will gain a better understanding of how winding pitch, temperature rise, altitude, harmonics and other factors affect your end power solution.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how environmental factors can affect your power generation solution.
- Learn how different types of enclosures affect generator sizing.
- Know what data is required for proper machine sizing.
Testing 1 2 3
The “What, How, and Why” of Generator Testing
Standard and specialized Generator Testing is a crucial process in ensuring reliable operation in the field for any given application.
In this Webinar, we’ll first explore the “what, how, and why” of standard generator tests as well as how to make sense of and apply generator testing data and curves for your particular application. This includes examining winding resistance, voltage regulation, OC saturation curves, voltage dip and rise on load, phase sequence and balance, and more.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn what standard generator tests are performed, how they are conducted, and why.
- Interpret generator tests results and be able to utilize this data for a given application.
- Understand application-specific optional generator tests and the benefits these results can provide.
Voltage Regulators
The Key to Genset Performance and Protection
Voltage regulators are the heart of generator performance, reliability, and safety. Understanding the function, optimal set points, and modes of Automatic Voltage Regulators (AVRs) and Digital Voltage Regulators (DVRs) is crucial in ensuring the proper operation of any genset as well as offering protection to overloading.
This webinar will provide an extensive overview on voltage regulator theory and operation, including:
- Digital and Analog voltage regulators operation
- Obtaining values for various setpoints within the regulator program
- Regulator modes and their functions
- Limiters and Protections operation and setpoints
- Programmable logic functionality (brief intro)
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Webinars
Explore DEIF solutions through expert-led webinars covering topics like "storage & solar management" "critical power" and in-depth DEIF product insights.
ASC-4 Battery Standalone & New Hybrid Features
We’re introducing a new standalone version of our tried and tested ASC-4 Battery automatic sustainable controller! Join our free webinar on 5 May to get a solid introduction to the new controller which helps you integrate a battery energy storage system (BESS) in brownfield hybrid applications.
During the webinar, you will also get a general update on new hybrid control features from DEIF and how you can use them in your installation – and we conclude by taking a sneak peek at upcoming hybrid product news from DEIF!
Presenter
The webinar is presented by Jacob Danielsen, Product Manager for the hybrid and wind segments at DEIF. With 15+ years of experience at DEIF working with land power gensets, wind applications, and (for the last 3 years) hybrid power, Jacob combines solid knowledge of customer and market needs to deliver green products and solutions.
Agenda
- ASC-4 Battery Standalone
- Battery storage in brownfield installations
- How to connect
- Standard operation modes
- Simple genset – storage control – sync/non sync
- Flexible controls using M-Logic
After the webinar, you will know how you can integrate the ASC-4 Battery Standalone to reap the benefits of a BESS in existing power plants, and you will have a good understanding of new hybrid features offered by DEIF.
TDU 110 & 115 Touch Displays
We’re introducing two new touch displays that help you get a complete overview of your power plant. The new TDU 110 and TDU 115 are fully customisable to your application and offer many benefits for installers and operators alike. Join our free one-hour webinar on 16 March to get an introduction to the new units and the possibilities they offer!
Plug ‘n’ play installation, intuitive operation
The two new touch displays offer easy plug ‘n’ play installation and setup with no need for additional tools such as a PC. The large screen provides a great overview: The action pane is always visible, showing operators the most important data at a glance, and the intuitive commands make it easier to take action quickly when needed.
The webinar will be presented by Product Manager Tom Leenaerts from our Advanced Control and Protections team. Tom holds a Bachelor’s degree in Automotive Engineering and has more than 10 years of experience from the industrial rental business.
Agenda
- Introduction
- What is a TDU?
- Introduction to the 110 and 115
- New features
- Added value for the market
- Setting up
- Demo
- Recap
After the one-hour webinar, you will have a good understanding of the possibilities offered by our new TDU 110 and 115 touch displays, and how they can add value in your applications.
DEIF Hybrid Controls
Hybrid ecosystems are a viable proposition in many power applications, and development is happening fast. In this webinar, you’ll get an overview of hybrid market trends and a useful introduction to new DEIF product features that help you make the most of hybrid ecosystems – and to our Clean and Green strategy which sets the direction for our efforts to improve sustainability in power applications.
We’ll cover a wide range of topics, for example the newest version of the AGC 150 Hybrid application software which lets you save on external converters and installation/setup. We’ll discuss new tried-and-tested PV and BESS protocols that let you choose from a wide range of PV suppliers and brands and achieve higher BESS configuration flexibility in your application. We’ll even talk about old and half-forgotten approaches such as closed loop operation and inverter control. Finally, we take a quick look in the crystal ball to identify probable future trends and developments in the hybrid market.
Agenda
- DEIF’s hybrid strategy
- Market and trends
- Hybrid ecosystems
- EMS functions
- Old and new
Presenter
The webinar will be presented by Product Manager Jacob Danielsen who is responsible for our Hybrid and Wind Pitch System segments. With 14+ years of experience at DEIF working with land power gensets, wind applications, and (for the past 3 years) hybrid systems, Jacob combines solid knowledge of customer and market needs to deliver green products and solutions.
Medium Voltage Relay - MVR
At this webinar, we will give an overview of the relay variants and options, the applications, possible synergies with other products, programming software, and much more.
Intelligent & Efficient Power Management Systems
Engineering an intelligent, safe and efficient power management system can be challenging, but with DEIF’s solutions, you are guaranteed proven quality and decades of experience. Product Manager Jan M. Jacobsen will on this webinar take you through the basics of designing an efficient, reliable and intelligent system that will serve you for years.
AGC-4 MKII Launch Webinar
This new premium controller will revolutionise your power management setup. The AGC-4 Mk II is a further development of our well-known bestseller AGC-4. The controller is way faster and easier to set up, AND it features new functions such as an N+X option, easy and safe transformer maintenance, and short time parallel in less than 100ms.
Agenda
- Purpose and outcome
- What's new
- What's in it for you
- Difference between AGC-4 and AGC-4 Mk II
- Options
- More userfriendly USW
- Software versions and compatability
AGC 150 Hybrid
Are you interested in integrating renewables in small and medium-sized diesel projects?
The controller is an efficient and low-cost way to integrate solar PV with gensets and fits perfect for PV rooftop, Mains and Genset installations.
TDU 107 Webinar
In this 60-minute webinar, you will learn how to use the new pre-programmed touch screen, TDU-107 and it how it can benefit your AGC-4, Automatic Genset Controller.
You will learn about the key features and benefits such as improved user-friendliness and the difference between the two different variants.
The pre-programmed touch screen
Designed to simplify the daily operation of the AGC-4 controller, we present the preprogrammed TDU 107. The new TDU 107 display provides user-friendly touch screen control, visualisation and graphical overviews with a quality display that is easily readable even at sharp angles.
AGC 150 Webinar
In this webinar, you will learn about the key features within the AGC 150 controller such as power management and the new menu structure that enables longer text on display and popup message with information.
You will learn about various applications such as single genset, single genset with mains, and multiple gensets with mains. Other applications that will also be covered are the following:
- Multiple Mains or Gensets
- Mains with Tie Breaker
- Bus Tie Breaker control
- Load control
- Solar control
- Battery control
The AGC 150 genset controller fits all types of genset and takes up very little space thanks to the slim design. Loaded with all necessary functions for protection and control of a genset, it delivers best-in-class field performance with the most modern processor technology and a user-friendly interface that will ease everyday operation.
MVR Medium Voltage Protection Relays
This webinar will give you a useful general introduction to DEIF’s MVR range of medium voltage protection relays and their use. You will get an overview of the features and options provided by our MVR range to help you meet the requirements in your applications.
We will cover the following topics:
- A short introduction to medium voltage
- DEIF MVR medium voltage protection relays
- Applications with IEC/ANSI function codes
- PC software
- Application examples
The webinar will be presented by DEIF Sales Manager Tuan Anh Nguyen. He has more than 16 years of experience in land and marine sector. Tuan Anh joined DEIF in 2010 and in charge of taking care of the marine and land sector in Vietnam also markets in both Laos and Cambodia.
ASC 150 Storage & Solar Webinar
Discover the hybrid flexibility and scalability by the new ASC 150. Building a hybrid plant or adding sustainable assets to an existing plant, the new controller will enable anyone, to do highly complex microgrid controls with standard features and parameters.
Join our free webinar to gain insight on how ASC 150 Storage and Solar, can be used in Hybrid and microgrid projects both as single controller setup for brownfield and in power management setup for greenfield.
Agenda
- ASC 150 new member of a big family
- ASC 150 Storage
- ASC 150 Solar
- ASC use and features
- ASC 4 vs ASC 150
Presenter
Jacob Danielsen is Product Manager for the Hybrid and Wind segments. With +15 years of experience in DEIF, working the last 5 years in Hybrid, he combines the knowledge of customer and market needs to deliver maximum green products and solutions.
Courtesy of DEIF