Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the participant shall be able to;
- Protect common substation devices, including power transformers
- Protect oil, air, and vacuum circuit breakers, switchgear, ground grid systems, batteries, chargers and insulating liquids.
- Maintain common substation devices
- Troubleshoot common substation devices, including power transformers
- Troubleshoot oil, air, and vacuum circuit breakers, switchgear, ground grid systems, batteries, chargers and insulating liquids
Outlines
Day 1:Protection Principles
- Overview of Power System Faults
- Substation Protection Fundamentals
- Current Transformers (includes a class exercise)
- Over-current Protection Principles (includes a class exercise)
Day 2:Busbar & Transformer Protection
- Differential Protection Principle
- Bus Protection (includes a class exercise)
- Transformer Differential Protection
- Transformer Protection Exercise
Day 3: Circuits and Breaker Failure
- Transformer Overcurrent, Overload, and Mechanical Protection
- Transformer Overcurrent Protection Exercise
- Substation Trip Circuits and Breaker Failure
Day 4: Circuit Breaker troubleshooting
- Inspection
- Testing
- Troubleshooting
- Interpreting test results
- Devices covered
- Air circuit breakers
- Vacuum circuit breakers
- Oil circuit breakers
Day 5: Transformers & Lightning Arrestors Troubleshooting
- Types
- Inspection
- Troubleshooting
- Insulation resistance
- Winding resistance
- Power factor tests
- Coree excitation curren
- Turns ratio (TTR)
- Gas blanket tests
Lightning Arrestors
Who Should Attend
This course has been designed for operation electrical substation technicians and engineers. Also for plant electricians responsible for performing day-to-day servicing and repairing of a company’s electrical equipment. This course will also benefit plant and troubleshooting engineers, and protection engineers. In addition personnel involved in plant operation and design as well as engineering contractor equipment specialists, should also find the course beneficial