Distribution automation training explains how utilities use intelligent field devices, communications and control-room software to make distribution systems more reliable, efficient and ready for distributed energy resources.
This 12-hour, two-day course covers DA field devices and architecture, communications and cybersecurity, fault location, isolation and service restoration (FLISR), integrated Volt/VAR control and optimization, ADMS and DERMS, DER integration and hosting capacity, IEEE 1547 interconnection requirements, demand response and microgrids. This course should be taken in conjunction with our SCADA Training: T&D Architecture, Implementation and Emerging Trends course.
Distribution systems were built for one-way power flow from the substation to the customer. That model no longer holds. Rooftop solar, battery storage, EV charging and electrification are creating reverse power flow, voltage rise, protection miscoordination and rapidly changing loads on feeders that were never designed for them. At the same time, regulators and customers expect fewer and shorter outages.
Distribution automation is how utilities respond. Automated reclosers and switches restore most customers within minutes instead of hours. Volt/VAR optimization cuts losses and demand. ADMS and DERMS give operators visibility and control of the grid edge. Engineers, operators and planners need to understand how these systems work together and how to justify, specify and operate them.
This 12-hour instructor-led course is organized into 12 practical modules over two days.
Day One covers distribution automation foundations and core applications:
Day Two covers ADMS/DERMS and DER integration:
The course closes with a real-world multi-agent voltage control case study and a course review.
SCADA architecture, RTUs and telemetry are covered in depth in the companion SCADA Training course. This course focuses on the distribution automation applications built on top of SCADA.
The course references current standards, including IEEE 1547-2018, IEEE 1547.1-2020, UL 1741 SB, CSA C22.3 No. 9, IEEE 2030.5, IEEE 2030.7/2030.8, IEC 61850, DNP3 (IEEE 1815), IEC 62351 and IEEE 1686.
Upon completion of this Distribution Automation Training, participants will be able to:
1. Distribution Systems and the Case for Automation
2. Distribution System Analysis for DA Engineers
3. DA Field Devices and Architecture
4. DA Communications, Protocols and Cybersecurity
5. Fault Location, Isolation and Service Restoration (FLISR)
6. Integrated Volt/VAR Control and Optimization
7. ADMS, OMS and DERMS
8. DER Technologies and Grid Interface
9. DER Integration Challenges and Hosting Capacity
10. DER Interconnection Requirements
11. Demand Response, Flexibility and DER Aggregation
12. Distributed Control, Microgrids and the Future of DA
COURSE SCHEDULE:
Both days:
Start: 10 a.m. Eastern Time
Finish: 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time
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