Summary
Electrical engineering is a profession that is greatly respected due to the complex knowledge and skill an individual must possess to conduct the job safely and accurately. Especially when it comes to power system control.
Power system control is incredibly important. Power systems require a constant close eye to ensure they are working as effectively as possible, and that there are no faults occurring within the system. An unprotected power system can be detrimental to an organisation, and not only has the ability to halt business functions, but it can also have a widespread impact on people and other businesses, with the risk of causing great harm.
With the modern advancements in sources of energy, including a variety of renewable energy, managing power systems has become more challenging than ever. An electrical engineer needs to be highly competent in the infrastructure of power systems, their characteristics, and their specific functions.
To ensure power systems continue to work correctly, a protection system should be in place. Power protection systems are installed and maintained to catch faults when or if they occur. They block the fault and contain it before it has the opportunity to cause greater damage. An engineer qualified and skilled in this area of electrical engineering will then be required to thoroughly investigate the fault to prevent further issues.
- To understand the purpose of protection systems for power networks and assets.
- To analyse and reconfigure systems.
- To minimise outages and loss of supply.
- To reduce risk to critical equipment.
- To understand how to utilise protection systems to protect power assets.
- To identify and conduct fault calculations.
- To review the safety requirements for power protection networks.
- To build personal confidence in protecting power networks.
This course is designed for anyone responsible for developing protection or maintaining power systems for an organisation. It would be most beneficial for:
- Electrical Engineers
- Electrical Engineer Technicians
- Health and Safety Officers (HSOs)
- Engineer Managers
- Risk Assessors
- Electrical Engineer Supervisors
- Security Consultants
- Project Managers
This course uses a variety of adult learning styles to aid full understanding and comprehension. Participants will observe practical demonstrations that highlight the types of power systems and what protection they would likely need to provide a full and comprehensive understanding of the subject.
They will be provided with all the necessary tools and equipment they may require. Participants will have the opportunity to practice the skills learned through this course. They will be able to practice fault calculations, types of network protections and review health and safety requirements. Having a safe environment to align knowledge with physical actions will guarantee they will be able to truly understand the techniques and methods learned.
Course Content & Outline
- The principles and concepts of power protection.
- Health and Safety Regulations and organisation safety standards.
- Contribution to network design.
- Consequences of not protecting power systems.
- Understand how LV systems and LV fuses work.
- Understand how HV systems and HV fuses work.
- Review the principles of LV and HV systems.
- Examine busbar protection within a power network.
- Define the characteristics of different power networks.
- Evaluate the purpose of grading.
- Identify the different methods of grading.
- Current and Time grading.
- Grading fuses.
- Inverse Definite Minimum Time (IDMT) and Dependent Time Overcurrent (DMT).
- Assess why fault calculations necessary.
- Review Fault Level and why it is essential.
- Types of network faults and how to identify them.
- Reducing the network to minimise fault impact.
- How to calculate fault levels with fault currents.
- Introduction to symmetrical components.
- Consequences of unbalanced fault calculations.
- Principles of radial feeder protection.
- What networks is Radial Feeder Protection designed for?
- Principles of Transformer and Transformer feeder protection.
- Transformer fault types and characteristics.
- What networks is Transformer and Transformer feeder protection designed for?
- Protection of non-radial networks.
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