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FourSquare Training specialise in private, corporate Power BI courses delivered at your premises and tailored to your needs.

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Power BI is a powerful data visualisation program that allows businesses to monitor data, analyse trends, and make decisions. This course is designed to provide a solid understanding of the reporting side of Power BI, the dashboards, where administrators, and end users can interact with dynamic visuals that communicates information. This course focuses entirely on the creation and design of visualisations in dashboards, including a range of chart types, engaging maps, and different types of tables. Designing dashboards with KPI's (key performance indicators), heatmaps, flowcharts, sparklines, and compare multiple variables with trendlines. This one-day programme focuses entirely on creating dashboards, by using the many visualisation tools available in Power BI. You will learn to build dynamic, user-friendly interfaces in both Power BI Desktop and Power BI Service. 1 INTRODUCTION * Power BI ecosystem * Things to keep in mind * Selecting dashboard colours * Importing visuals into Power BI * Data sources for your analysis * Joining tables in Power BI 2 WORKING WITH DATA * Utilising a report theme * Table visuals * Matrix visuals * Drilling into hierarchies * Applying static filters * Group numbers with lists * Group numbers with bins 3 CREATING VISUALS * Heatmaps in Power BI * Visualising time-intelligence trends * Ranking categorical totals * Comparing proportions * View trends with sparklines 4 COMPARING VARIABLES * Insert key performance indicators (KPI) * Visualising trendlines as KPI * Forecasting with trendlines * Visualising flows with Sankey diagrams * Creating a scatter plot 5 MAPPING OPTIONS * Map visuals * Using a filled map * Mapping with latitude and longitude * Mapping with ArcGIS or ESRI 6 CREATING DASHBOARDS * High-level dashboard * Migration analysis dashboard * Adding slicers for filtering * Promote interaction with nudge prompts * Searching the dashboard with a slicer * Creating dynamic labels * Highlighting key points on the dashboard * Customised visualisation tooltips * Syncing slicers across pages 7 SHARING DASHBOARDS * Setting up and formatting phone views * Exporting data * Creating PDF files * Uploading to the cloud * Share dashboards in SharePoint online

There is a lot to learn in Power BI, this course takes a comprehensive look at the fundamentals of analysing data and includes a balanced look at the four main components that make up Power BI Desktop: Report view, Data view, Model view, and the Power Query Editor. It also demonstrates how to utilise the online Power BI service. It looks at authoring tools that enable you to connect to and transform data from a variety of sources, allowing you to produce detailed reports through a range of visualisations, in an interactive and dynamic way. It also includes a detailed look at formulas by writing both M functions in Power Query, and DAX functions in Desktop view. This knowledge will allow you to take your reports to the next level. The aim of this course is to provide a complete introduction to understanding the Power BI analysis process, by working hands-on with examples that will equip you with the necessary skills to start applying your learning straight away. 1 GETTING STARTED * The Power BI ecosystem * Opening Power BI Desktop * Power BI's four views * Introduction to Dashboards 2 IMPORTING FILES * Importing data sources * Importing an Excel file * Importing a CSV file * Importing a database * Connect to an SQL Server Database * Import vs. Direct Query * Importing from the web * Importing a folder of files * Managing file connections 3 SHAPE DATA IN THE QUERY EDITOR * The process of shaping data * Managing data types * Keeping and removing rows * Add a custom column * Appending tables together * Hiding queries in reports * Fixing error issues * Basic maths operations 4 THE DATA MODEL * Table relationships * Relationship properties 5 MERGE QUERIES * Table join kinds * Merging tables 6 INSERTING DASHBOARD VISUALS * Things to keep in mind * Inserting maps * Formatting Maps * Inserting charts * Formatting Charts * Inserting a tree map * Inserting a table, matrix, and card * Controlling number formats * About report themes * Highlighting key points * Filter reports with slicers * Sync slicers across dashboards * Custom web visuals 7 PUBLISH AND SHARE REPORTS * Publishing to Power BI service * Editing online reports * Pinning visuals to a dashboard * What is Q&A? * Sharing dashboards * Exporting reports to PowerPoint * Exporting reports as PDF files 8 THE POWER QUERY EDITOR * Fill data up and down * Split column by delimiter * Add a conditional column * More custom columns * Merging columns 9 THE M FUNCTIONS * Inserting text functions * Insert an IF function * Create a query group 10 PIVOTING TABLES * Pivot a table * Pivot and append tables * Pivot but don't aggregate * Unpivot tables * Append mismatched headers 11 DATA MODELLING EXPANDED * Understanding relationships * Mark a date table 12 DAX NEW COLUMNS * New columns and measures * New column calculations * Insert a SWITCH function 13 INTRODUCTION TO DAX MEASURES * Common measure functions * Insert a SUM function * Insert a COUNTROWS function * Insert a DISTINCTCOUNT function * Insert a DIVIDE function * DAX rules 14 THE CALCULATE MEASURE * The syntax of CALCULATE * Insert a CALCULATE function * Control field summarisation * Things of note 15 THE SUMX MEASURE * X iterator functions * Anatomy of SUMX * Insert a SUMX function * When to use X functions 16 TIME INTELLIGENCE MEASURES * Importance of a calendar table * Insert a TOTALYTD function * Change financial year end date * Comparing historical data * Insert a DATEADD function 17 HIERARCHIES AND GROUPS * Mine data using hierarchies * Compare data in groups

This course is designed for those already using Power BI Desktop and are ready to work with more comprehensive elements of analysing and reporting in Power BI. The course maintains a balanced look at data analysis including the Power Query Editor, with a deep dive into writing DAX formulas, and enhanced dashboard visualisations. The aim of this course is to provide a more complete understanding of the whole Power BI analytics process, by working with business examples that will equip you with the necessary skills to output comprehensive reports and explore Power BI's analytical capabilities in more depth. 1 THE QUERY EDITOR * Grouping rows in a table * Split row by delimiter * Add days to determine deadlines * The query editor 2 FUZZY MATCHING JOINS * Matching inconsistencies by percentage * Matching with transformation table 3 THE QUERY EDITOR M FUNCTIONS * Adding custom columns * Creating an IF function * Nested AND logics in an IF function 4 DAX NEW COLUMNS FUNCTIONS * Including TRUE with SWITCH * Using multiple conditions * The FIND DAX function * The IF DAX function * Logical functions IF, AND, OR 5 EDITING DAX MEASURES * Making DAX easier to read * Add comments to a measure * Using quick measures 6 THE ANATOMY OF CALCULATE * Understanding CALCULATE filters * Add context to CALCULATE with FILTER * Using CALCULATE with a threshold 7 THE ALL MEASURE * Anatomy of ALL * Create an ALL measure * Using ALL as a filter * Use ALL for percentages 8 DAX ITERATORS * Anatomy of iterators * A closer look at SUMX * Using RELATED with SUMX * Create a RANKX * RANKX with ALL 9 DATE AND TIME FUNCTIONS * Overview of functions * Create a DATEDIFF function 10 TIME INTELLIGENT MEASURES * Compare historical monthly data * Create a DATEADD measure * Creating cumulative totals * Creating cumulative measures * Visualising cumulative totals 11 VISUALISATIONS IN-DEPTH * Utilising report themes * Applying static filters * Group data using lists * Group numbers using bins * Creating heatmaps * Comparing proportions * View trends with sparklines 12 COMPARING VARIABLES * Visualising trendlines as KPI * Forecasting with trendlines * Creating a scatter plot * Creating dynamic labels * Customised visualisation tooltips * Export reports to SharePoint

This course starts with the basics then moves seamlessly to an intermediate level. It includes a comprehensive yet balanced look at the four main components that make up Power BI Desktop: Report view, Data view, Model view, and the Power Query Editor. It also demonstrates how to use the online Power BI service. It looks at authoring tools that enables you to connect to and transform data from a variety of sources, allowing you to produce dynamic reports using a library of visualisations. Once you have those reports, the course looks at the seamless process of sharing those with your colleagues by publishing to the online Power BI service. The aim of this course is to provide a strong understanding of the Power BI analysis process, by working with real-world examples that will equip you with the necessary skills to start applying your knowledge straight away. 1 GETTING STARTED * The Power BI process * Launching Power BI Desktop * The four views of Power BI * Dashboard visuals 2 CONNECTING TO FILES * Connect to data sources * Connect to an Excel file * Connect to a CSV file * Connect to a database * Import vs. DirectQuery * Connect to a web source * Create a data table 3 TRANSFORMING DATA * The process of cleaning data * Column data types * Remove rows with filters * Add a custom column * Append data to a table * Fix error issues * Basic maths operations 4 BUILD A DATA MODEL * Table relationships * Manage table relationships 5 MERGE QUERIES * Table join kinds * Merging tables 6 CREATE REPORT VISUALISATIONS * Creating map visuals * Formatting maps * Creating chart visuals * Formatting chart * Tables, matrixes, and cards * Control formatting with themes * Filter reports with slicers * Reports for mobile devices * Custom online visuals * Export report data to Excel 7 THE POWER QUERY EDITOR * Fill data up and down * Split columns by delimiter * Add conditional columns * Merging columns 8 THE M FORMULA * Creating M functions * Create an IF function * Create a query group 9 PIVOT AND UNPIVOT TABLES * Pivot tables in the query editor * Pivot and append tables * Pivot but don't summarise * Unpivot tables * Append mismatched headers 10 DATA MODELLING REVISITED * Data model relationships * Mark a calendar as a date table 11 INTRODUCTION TO CALCULATED COLUMNS * New columns vs. measures * Creating a new column calculation * The SWITCH function 12 INTRODUCTION TO DAX MEASURES * Common measure categories * The SUM measure * Adding measures to visuals * COUNTROWS and DISINCTCOUNT functions * DAX rules 13 THE CALCULATE MEASURE * The syntax of CALCULATE * Things of note about CALCULATE 14 THE SUMX MEASURE * The SUMX measure * X iterator functions * Anatomy of SUMX 15 INTRODUCTION TO TIME INTELLIGENCE * Importance of a calendar table * A special lookup table * The TOTALYTD measure * Change year end in TOTALYTD 16 HIERARCHY, GROUPS AND FORMATTING * Create a hierarchy to drill data * Compare data in groups * Add conditional formatting 17 SHARE REPORTS ON THE WEB * Publish to the BI online service * Get quick insights * Upload reports from BI service * Exporting report data * What is Q&A? * Sharing your reports 18 APPLY YOUR LEARNING * Post training recap lesson

ABOUT THIS TRAINING COURSE This course will provide a comprehensive, foundational content for a wide range of topics in power system operation and control. With the growing importance of grid integration of renewables and the interest in smart grid technologies, it is more important than ever to understand the fundamentals that underpin electrical power systems. Training Objectives * Basic Terminology and Concepts of Electrical Systems: Gain an understanding of the basic terminology and concepts of electrical systems and the structure of a power system * Transmission Line Parameters: Learn in detail all the transmission line parameters including line resistance, line inductance, transposition of transmission lines, and capacitance of transmission lines * Insulators: Understand thoroughly all the various types of insulators, pin type insulators, suspension type or disc insulators, strain insulators, and testing of insulators * High-Voltage Direct Current Transmission: Determine the advantages and disadvantages of high voltage direct current transmission, and gain an understanding of all the features of high-voltage direct current transmission * Substations and Neutral Grounding: Gain a detailed understanding of all substation equipment, factors governing the layout of substations, station transformers, elements to be earthed in a substation, power system earthing, earthing transformers, bus bar arrangements and gas-insulated substations * Distribution System: Learn about the effects of voltage on the conductor volume, distributor fed from one end, distributors fed from both ends at the same voltage, distributors fed from both ends at different voltages, and alternating current distribution * Circuit Breakers: Learn about the classification of circuit breakers, plain-break oil circuit breakers, air break circuit breaker, air blast circuit breakers, vacuum circuit breakers, SF6 circuit breakers, rating and testing of circuit breakers * Relaying and Protection: Learn all the requirements of relaying, zones of protection, primary and backup protection, classification of relays, electromagnetic relays, induction relays, feeder protection, phase fault protection, reactance relay, static overcurrent relay, differential protection, transformer protection, Buchholz relays, alternator protection restricted earth fault protection, rotor earth fault protection, and negative-sequence protection * Economic Operation of Power Systems: Gain an understanding of steam power plants, heat rate characteristics and characteristics of hydro plants * Load Frequency Control: Learn about speed governing mechanism, speed governor, steady state speed regulations and adjustment of governor characteristics * Voltage and Reactive Power Control: Gain an understanding of impedance and reactive power, system voltage and reactive power, voltage regulation and power transfer * Renewable Energy Sources: Learn about solar power, wind power, geothermal energy, biomass and tidal power * Restructuring of Electrical Power Systems: Gain an understanding of smart grids, smart grid components, smart grid benefits, and open smart grid protocol Target Audience * Engineers of all disciplines * Managers * Technicians * Maintenance personnel * Other technical individuals Course Level * Basic or Foundation Trainer Your specialist course leader has more than 32 years of practical engineering experience with Ontario Power Generation (OPG), one of the largest electric utility in North America. He was previously involved in research on power generation equipment with Atomic Energy of Canada Limited at their Chalk River and Whiteshell Nuclear Research Laboratories. While working at OPG, he acted as a Training Manager, Engineering Supervisor, System Responsible Engineer and Design Engineer. During the period of time, he worked as a Field Engineer and Design Engineer, he was responsible for the operation, maintenance, diagnostics, and testing of gas turbines, steam turbines, generators, motors, transformers, inverters, valves, pumps, compressors, instrumentation and control systems. Further, his responsibilities included designing, engineering, diagnosing equipment problems and recommending solutions to repair deficiencies and improve system performance, supervising engineers, setting up preventive maintenance programs, writing Operating and Design Manuals, and commissioning new equipment. Later, he worked as the manager of a section dedicated to providing training for the staff at the power stations. The training provided by him covered in detail the various equipment and systems used in power stations. In addition, he has taught courses and seminars to more than four thousand working engineers and professionals around the world, specifically Europe and North America. He has been consistently ranked as 'Excellent' or 'Very Good' by the delegates who attended his seminars and lectures. He written 5 books for working engineers from which 3 have been published by McGraw-Hill, New York. Below is a list of the books authored by him; * Power Generation Handbook: Gas Turbines, Steam Power Plants, Co-generation, and Combined Cycles, second edition, (800 pages), McGraw-Hill, New York, October 2011. * Electrical Equipment Handbook (600 pages), McGraw-Hill, New York, March 2003. * Power Plant Equipment Operation and Maintenance Guide (800 pages), McGraw-Hill, New York, January 2012. * Industrial Instrumentation and Modern Control Systems (400 pages), Custom Publishing, University of Toronto, University of Toronto Custom Publishing (1999). * Industrial Equipment (600 pages), Custom Publishing, University of Toronto, University of Toronto, University of Toronto Custom Publishing (1999). Furthermore, he has received the following awards: * The first 'Excellence in Teaching' award offered by PowerEdge, Singapore, in December 2016 * The first 'Excellence in Teaching' award offered by the Professional Development Center at University of Toronto (May, 1996). * The 'Excellence in Teaching Award' in April 2007 offered by TUV Akademie (TUV Akademie is one of the largest Professional Development centre in world, it is based in Germany and the United Arab Emirates, and provides engineering training to engineers and managers across Europe and the Middle East). * Awarded graduation 'With Distinction' from Dalhousie University when completed Bachelor of Engineering degree (1983). Lastly, he was awarded his Bachelor of Engineering Degree 'with distinction' from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He also received a Master of Applied Science in Engineering (M.A.Sc.) from the University of Ottawa, Canada. He is also a member of the Association of Professional Engineers in the province of Ontario, Canada. POST TRAINING COACHING SUPPORT (OPTIONAL) To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized 'One to One' coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster. Request for further information post training support and fees applicable Accreditions And Affliations

This course starts with data transformation strategies, exploring capabilities in the Power Query Editor, and data-cleansing practices. It looks at the Advanced Query Editor to view the M language code. This course focuses on advanced DAX measures that include filtering conditions, with a deep dive into time intelligence measures. Like the M query language, DAX is a rich functional language that supports variables and expression references. This course also looks at the creation of dynamic dashboards and incorporates a range of visualisations available in Power BI Desktop and online in the AppSource. The course finishes with a look at setting up end user level security in tables. 1 THE QUERY EDITOR * Split by row delimiter * AddDays to determine deadlines * Advanced query editor 2 FUZZY MATCHING JOINS * Matching inconsistencies by percentage * Matching with transformation table 3 LOGICAL COLUMN FUNCTIONS * Logical functions IF, AND, OR * Using multiple conditions * Including FIND in functions 4 EDITING DAX MEASURES * Make DAX easier to read * Add comments to a measure * Using quick measures 5 THE ANATOMY OF CALCULATE * Understanding CALCULATE context filters * Adding context to CALCULATE with FILTER * Using CALCULATE with a threshold 6 THE ALL MEASURE * Anatomy of ALL * Create an ALL measure * Using ALL as a filter * Use ALL for percentage 7 DAX ITERATORS * Anatomy of iterators * A closer look at SUMX * Using RELATED in SUMX * Create a RANKX * RANKX with ALL 8 DATE AND TIME FUNCTIONS * Overview of functions * Create a DATEDIFF function 9 TIME INTELLIGENT MEASURES * Compare historical monthly data * Create a DATEADD measure * Creating cumulative totals * Creating cumulative measures * Visualising cumulative totals 10 VISUALISATIONS IN-DEPTH * Utilising report themes * Create a heatmap * Comparing proportions * View trends with sparklines * Group numbers using bins * Setting up a histogram 11 COMPARING VARIABLES * Visualising trendlines as KPI * Forecasting with trendlines * Creating a scatter plot * Creating dynamic labels * Customised visualisation tooltips * Export reports to SharePoint 12 USER LEVEL SECURITY * Setting up row level security * Testing user security

ABOUT THIS VIRTUAL INSTRUCTOR LED TRAINING (VILT) This course will provide a comprehensive, foundational content for a wide range of topics in power system operation and control. With the growing importance of grid integration of renewables and the interest in smart grid technologies, it is more important than ever to understand the fundamentals that underpin electrical power systems. This course provides a thorough understanding of all basic terminology and concepts of electrical systems, structure of a power system, transmission line parameters, insulators, high-voltage direct current transmission, substation and neutral grounding, distribution system, circuit breakers, relaying and protection, power system stability, economic operation of power systems, load frequency control, voltage and reactive power control, renewable energy sources, restructuring of electrical power systems, and smart grids. This course is a MUST for practitioners, consultants, engineers of all disciplines, managers, technicians and all technical personnel who need to learn about electrical power systems. Training Objectives * Basic Terminology and Concepts of Electrical Systems: Gain an understanding of the basic terminology and concepts of electrical systems and the structure of a power system * Transmission Line Parameters: Learn in detail all the transmission line parameters including line resistance, line inductance, transposition of transmission lines, and capacitance of transmission lines * Insulators: Understand thoroughly all the various types of insulators, pin type insulators, suspension type or disc insulators, strain insulators, and testing of insulators * High-Voltage Direct Current Transmission: Determine the advantages and disadvantages of high voltage direct current transmission, and gain an understanding of all the features of high-voltage direct current transmission * Substations and Neutral Grounding: Gain a detailed understanding of all substation equipment, factors governing the layout of substations, station transformers, elements to be earthed in a substation, power system earthing, earthing transformers, bus bar arrangements and gas-insulated substations * Distribution System: Learn about the effects of voltage on the conductor volume, distributor fed from one end, distributors fed from both ends at the same voltage, distributors fed from both ends at different voltages, and alternating current distribution * Circuit Breakers: Learn about the classification of circuit breakers, plain-break oil circuit breakers, air break circuit breaker, air blast circuit breakers, vacuum circuit breakers, SF6 circuit breakers, rating and testing of circuit breakers * Relaying and Protection: Learn all the requirements of relaying, zones of protection, primary and backup protection, classification of relays, electromagnetic relays, induction relays, feeder protection, phase fault protection, reactance relay, static overcurrent relay, differential protection, transformer protection, Buchholz relays, alternator protection restricted earth fault protection, rotor earth fault protection, and negative-sequence protection * Economic Operation of Power Systems: Gain an understanding of steam power plants, heat rate characteristics and characteristics of hydro plants * Load Frequency Control: Learn about speed governing mechanism, speed governor, steady state speed regulations and adjustment of governor characteristics * Voltage and Reactive Power Control: Gain an understanding of impedance and reactive power, system voltage and reactive power, voltage regulation and power transfer * Renewable Energy Sources: Learn about solar power, wind power, geothermal energy, biomass and tidal power * Restructuring of Electrical Power Systems: Gain an understanding of smart grids, smart grid components, smart grid benefits, and open smart grid protocol Target Audience * Engineers of all disciplines * Managers * Technicians * Maintenance personnel * Other technical individuals Course Level * Basic or Foundation Training Methods The VILT will be delivered online in 5 half-day sessions comprising 4 hours per day, with 2 x 10 minutes break per day, including time for lectures, discussion, quizzes and short classroom exercises. Additionally, some self-study will be requested. Participants are invited but not obliged to bring a short presentation (10 mins max) on a practical problem they encountered in their work. This will then be explained and discussed during the VILT. A short test or quiz will be held at the end the course. The instructor relies on a highly interactive training method to enhance the learning process. This method ensures that all the delegates gain a complete understanding of all the topics covered. The training environment is highly stimulating, challenging, and effective because the participants will learn by case studies which will allow them to apply the material taught to their own organization. Each delegate will receive a copy of the following materials written by the instructor: * 'ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT HANDBOOK' published by McGraw-Hill in 2003 (600 pages) * Introduction to Power Systems Manual (500 pages) Trainer Your specialist course leader has more than 32 years of practical engineering experience with Ontario Power Generation (OPG), one of the largest electric utility in North America. He was previously involved in research on power generation equipment with Atomic Energy of Canada Limited at their Chalk River and Whiteshell Nuclear Research Laboratories. While working at OPG, he acted as a Training Manager, Engineering Supervisor, System Responsible Engineer and Design Engineer. During the period of time, he worked as a Field Engineer and Design Engineer, he was responsible for the operation, maintenance, diagnostics, and testing of gas turbines, steam turbines, generators, motors, transformers, inverters, valves, pumps, compressors, instrumentation and control systems. Further, his responsibilities included designing, engineering, diagnosing equipment problems and recommending solutions to repair deficiencies and improve system performance, supervising engineers, setting up preventive maintenance programs, writing Operating and Design Manuals, and commissioning new equipment. Later, he worked as the manager of a section dedicated to providing training for the staff at the power stations. The training provided by him covered in detail the various equipment and systems used in power stations. In addition, he has taught courses and seminars to more than four thousand working engineers and professionals around the world, specifically Europe and North America. He has been consistently ranked as 'Excellent' or 'Very Good' by the delegates who attended his seminars and lectures. He written 5 books for working engineers from which 3 have been published by McGraw-Hill, New York. Below is a list of the books authored by him; * Power Generation Handbook: Gas Turbines, Steam Power Plants, Co-generation, and Combined Cycles, second edition, (800 pages), McGraw-Hill, New York, October 2011. * Electrical Equipment Handbook (600 pages), McGraw-Hill, New York, March 2003. * Power Plant Equipment Operation and Maintenance Guide (800 pages), McGraw-Hill, New York, January 2012. * Industrial Instrumentation and Modern Control Systems (400 pages), Custom Publishing, University of Toronto, University of Toronto Custom Publishing (1999). * Industrial Equipment (600 pages), Custom Publishing, University of Toronto, University of Toronto, University of Toronto Custom Publishing (1999). Furthermore, he has received the following awards: * The first 'Excellence in Teaching' award offered by PowerEdge, Singapore, in December 2016 * The first 'Excellence in Teaching' award offered by the Professional Development Center at University of Toronto (May, 1996). * The 'Excellence in Teaching Award' in April 2007 offered by TUV Akademie (TUV Akademie is one of the largest Professional Development centre in world, it is based in Germany and the United Arab Emirates, and provides engineering training to engineers and managers across Europe and the Middle East). * Awarded graduation 'With Distinction' from Dalhousie University when completed Bachelor of Engineering degree (1983). Lastly, he was awarded his Bachelor of Engineering Degree 'with distinction' from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He also received a Master of Applied Science in Engineering (M.A.Sc.) from the University of Ottawa, Canada. He is also a member of the Association of Professional Engineers in the province of Ontario, Canada. POST TRAINING COACHING SUPPORT (OPTIONAL) To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized 'One to One' coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster. Request for further information about post training coaching support and fees applicable for this. Accreditions And Affliations

ABOUT THIS VIRTUAL INSTRUCTOR LED TRAINING (VILT)  This 5 half-day course provides a detailed description of all performance testing methods for all thermal power plant equipment including boilers, turbines, condensers, pumps, fans, deaerators, and feedwater heaters. The methodology, and code requirements for the performance tests for all thermal power plant equipment will be explained in detail. The preparatory work and instrumentation required for each test will also be covered during the course. The efficiency calculations for all equipment used in circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler and pulverized coal boiler power plants will be explained, including all processes, operational and maintenance activities, capital projects, technical options, potential initiatives and incentives to implement upgrades / repairs for increasing the power plant equipment efficiency. The course will also provide a thorough explanation of CFB and pulverized coal boiler technology including hydrodynamics, combustion, emissions, design considerations, gas-solid separators, design of CFB and pulverized coal boiler components, management of solid residues, materials, stoichiometric calculations, and model for sulfur capture. The operation, maintenance, testing, and refurbishment options of all the equipment and systems used in CFB and pulverized coal power plants will be presented, including boilers, superheaters, reheaters, turbines, condensers, feedwater heaters, deaerators, pumps, compressors, fans, electric generators, instrumentation and control systems, and governing systems, etc. The participants will get equipped on all factors which affect the CFB and pulverized coal boiler power plant efficiency and emissions, all methods used to calculate the heat rate of CFB and pulverized coal power plants as well as all areas in CFB and pulverized coal boiler power plants where efficiency loss can occur. Updated information on the methods used to improve CFB boiler and pulverized coal boiler power plant heat rate will also be provided. It includes: 1. Optimizing the combustion process and sootblowing 2. Controlling the steam temperature 3. Recovering moisture from boiler flue gas 4. Performing steam turbine maintenance 5. Lowering condenser back pressure 6. Pre-drying high moisture coal and reducing stack temperature Training Objectives * Thermal Plant Performance Testing: Gain a thorough understanding of all the performance testing methods for all thermal power plant equipment including boilers, turbines, condensers, pumps, fans, daerators, and feedwater heaters * Performance Test Methodology and Code Requirements: Understand the methodology, and code requirements for performance tests of all thermal power plant equipment * Performance Test Preparatory Work and Instrumentation: Learn about the preparatory work and instrumentation required for each equipment performance test in a thermal power plant * Equipment Efficiency Calculations: Gain a thorough understanding of the efficiency calculations for all the equipment used in circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boilers and pulverized coal boilers power plants * Calculating the Heat Rate of CFB and Pulverized Coal Boiler Power Plants: Learn all the methods used to calculate the heat rate of CFB and pulverized coal boiler coal power plants * Benefits of Lowering the Heat Rate of CFB and Pulverized Coal Boiler Power Plants: Understand all the benefits of lowering the heat rate of CFB coal power plants * Methods Used to Improve CFB and Pulverized Coal Boiler Power Plants Heat Rate: Gain a thorough understanding of all the methods used to improve the heat rate of CFB and pulverized boiler coal power plants * Processes, Operational and Maintenance Activities in CFB and Pulverized Coal Boiler Power Plants: Discover all the processes, operational and maintenance activities used to improve the heat rate of CFB and pulverized coal power plants * Capital Projects Used to Improve the Heat Rate of CFB and Pulverized Coal Boiler Power Plants: Learn about all the capital projects used to improve the heat rate of CFB and pulverized coal power plants * Technical Options for Improving the Heat Rate of CFB and Pulverized Coal Boiler Power Plants: Understand all the technical options used to improve the heat rate of CFB and pulverized coal boiler power plants * Potential Initiatives and Incentives to Implement Upgrades / Repairs for Improving the Heat Rate of CFB and Pulverized Coal Bed Boiler Power Plants: Discover all the potential initiatives and incentives to implement upgrades / repairs for improving the heat rate of CFB and pulverized coal power plants * Factors Affecting CFB and Pulverized Coal Boiler Power Plants Efficiency and Emissions: Learn about all the factors which affect CFB and pulverized coal boiler power plants efficiency and emissions * Areas in CFB and Pulverized Coal Power Plants where Efficiency Loss Can Occur: Discover all the areas in CFB and pulverized coal power plants where efficiency loss can occur * Optimize the Operation of CFB and Pulverized Coal Power Plant Equipment and Systems to Improve the Plant Heat Rate: Understand all the techniques and methods used to optimize the operation of CFB and pulverized coal power plant equipment and systems to improve the plant heat rate * CFB and Pulverized Coal Power Plant Equipment and Systems: Learn about the various types of CFB and pulverized coal power plant equipment and systems including boilers, superheater, reheaters, steam turbines, governing systems, deaerators, feedwater heaters, coal-handling equipment, transformers, generators and auxiliaries Target Audience * Engineers of all disciplines * Managers * Technicians * Maintenance personnel * Other technical individuals Training Methods The VILT will be delivered online in 5 sessions comprising 4 hours per day, with 2 breaks of 10 minutes per day, including time for lectures, discussion, quizzes and short classroom exercises. Additionally, some self-study will be requested. Participants are invited but not obliged to bring a short presentation (10 mins max) on a practical problem they encountered in their work. This will then be explained and discussed during the VILT. A short test or quiz will be held at the end the course. The instructor relies on a highly interactive training method to enhance the learning process. This method ensures  that all the delegates gain a complete understanding of all the topics covered. The training environment is highly stimulating, challenging, and effective because the participants will learn by case studies which will allow them to apply the material taught to their own organization. Trainer Your specialist course leader relies on a highly interactive training method to enhance the learning process. This method ensures that all participants gain a complete understanding of all topics covered. The training environment is highly stimulating, challenging, and effective because the participants will learn by case studies which will allow them to apply the material taught to their own organization. Each delegate will receive a soft copy of the following materials written by the instructor: * 'POWER GENERATION HANDBOOK' second edition published by McGraw-Hill in 2012 (800 pages) * Excerpt of the relevant chapters from the 'POWER PLANT EQUIPMENT OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE GUIDE' published by McGraw-Hill in 2012 (800 pages) * THERMAL POWER PLANT PERFORMANCE TESTING MANUAL (includes practical information about all the performance testing methods for all thermal power plant equipment - 400 pages) POST TRAINING COACHING SUPPORT (OPTIONAL) To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized 'One to One' coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster. Request for further information about post training coaching support and fees applicable for this. Accreditions And Affliations