Electrical Testing & Commissioning of Power Systems

THIS COURSE IS IDEAL FOR:

This course is a must for electrical engineers, electrical maintenance personnel, plant electricians, electrical contractors, power specialists, maintenance managers, consultants and technologists responsible for the design, construction, installation, inspection, operation, or maintenance of electrical systems, electrical technicians, inspectors, safety personnel and other employees responsible for the operation and maintenance of electrical systems in a commercial, industrial, institutional setting.

• Industrial, Commercial, Institutional Electrical Industry Engineering and Maintenance Personnel
• Electrical Engineers
• Plant Electricians
• Qualified Electrical Workers
• Instrumentation Mechanics
• Electrical Technicians

 

• 100+Page Electrical Maintenance Handbook
• A FREE Dgital Intelligent Power Today Magazine Subscription
• $100 Coupon Toward Any Future Electricity Forum Event (Restrictions Apply)
• Course Materials In Paper Format

DAY ONE

Electrical System Documentation

•     IEEE Device numbers

•     Drawing Symbols

•     Single lines drawings

•     3 line drawings

•     AC/DC Trip & Control Schematics

•     Electrical Wiring Diagrams & Connection Wiring Diagrams

•     General System Design, Lay-out and Drawings

•     Protection Relay Setting Sheets

•     Manufacturer Manuals

•     Warranty

 

Analysis and Design of Electrical Systems

•     Time-Current Characteristics

•     Ground Fault Systems

•     Coordination studies

•     Short Circuit Studies

•     ARC Flash Calculation

•     Dynamic Load Study –Motor starting

•     Unbalance Load Study

 

Testing Procedures

•     DC Voltage Testing Techniques

•     Insulation resistance tests

•     Step voltage and high voltage tests

•     Testing power factor correcting capacitors

•     AC Voltage Testing Techniques

•     Power factor and dissipation factor tests

•     Power Transformer On Power and Off Power Testing

•     Power Transformer Oil Testing

 

Electrical Safety Requirements during System installation and Equipment Maintenance

•     Construction Site Considerations

•     Safety during a start up project

•     Temporary generators and construction power

•     Personal Protective Equipment Voltage Detection

 

Equipment, Hot-sticks, Grounds

•     Temporary Grounds

•     Interlocking

•     Tagging and Permits

•     Qualified Electrical Personnel

•     Roles and duty of Authorizing Personnel

 

Commissioning Electric Power Systems

•     Management of Start Up & Commissioning Projects

•     Turnover Packages

•     Terminology

•     Objectives

•     Specifications

•     Documentation

•     Drawing control, field mark ups and“as built”

•     Test sheet document control

•     Keeping track of completed tasks

•     Deficiency tracking

 

DAY TWO

 

Commissioning Electric Power Systems

Large Area System Commissioning

•     Ensuring the system is working completely

•     Using electrical drawings & flow-sheets

•     Sensing Devices

•     Isolating devices and isolating points

 

Transformer Commissioning

•     General Construction, Operation & Safety

•     Field Assembly and Vacuum Filling of Power Transformers

•     Handling Transformer Oil, Tap-changers

•     Transformer Protective Devices, Bushings, auxiliary devices alarms & trips

•     Dry type transformers: inspection, acceptance tests

•     Liquid type transformer: inspection, and acceptance tests

•     Routine transformer tests: AC high potential testing, polarity test, induced potential test, polarization index test, and DC winding resistance tests

•     Transformer Oil test, On Power and Off Power Expectation.

 

Circuit Breaker and Switchgear Commissioning

•     General Construction, Operation & Safety

•     Metal Clad Switchgear construction and safety features

•     Commissioning Switchgear

•     600V Breaker construction and safety features

•     Capacitors

•     Current Transformers

•     Instrument Transformers, Test switches, Metering and

 

Relaying Devices

•     Insulation resistance measurement test

•     DC or AC hi-pot testing

•     Power factor or dielectric loss test

•     Circuit breaker contact resistance test

 

Commissioning Control Systems and Instrumentation

•     Field devices

•     Input and outputs

•     Program verification

•     Power up and start-up

•     Sensors

•     PLC and PAC Based Systems

•     Distributed Control Systems

•     SCADA

 

Commissioning Motors and Drive Systems

•     Motor checks and testing

•     Wiring & cable Run

•     VFD checkout and start-up

•     Filters

•     Servo Systems

 

Substation Equipment Commissioning

•     Ground Grid Design, Grounding (Step & Touch Potentials, Earth Resistivity, Bonding Resistance)

•     Testing ground grids and soil resistivity

•     High voltage towers and switches

•     Outdoor SF6 Breakers

•     Other Breaker Types

•     Other Substation Equipment

 

Plant Start Up Procedures

•     Pre-energization checklists

•     First energization procedures

•     Phase rotation and other measured system parameter

•     Systems and their integration

•     Energizing sequence

•     Safety considerations

•     Load checks

•     Documentation

•     Correction of defects

•     Spare parts

•     Final acceptance

 

4:00 pm -- Day 2 Wrap Up

•     Review Quiz

•     Questions and Discussions

The registration fee to attend this live online training course is $599 + GST/HST.

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Successful completion of this course qualifies delegates to receive a certificate of course completion with indicated CEUs.

CEUs are granted by the Engineering Institute of Canada. One CEU is equivalent to 10 professional development hours of instruction.

This course earns 1.2 CEUs.