Electrical Training Institute

Power System Protection and Coordination

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This 12-Hour live online Power System Protection Training course will provide a practical understanding of protective device applications and protective relay schemes for electrical power systems and equipment.<

This 12-Hour ive Online Power System Protection and Coordination Training Course Will Provide A Practical Understanding of Short Circuit Currents and Protective Device Applications for Electrical Power Systems And Equipment.

The primary objective of a power system protection and coordination study is to protect the system in case of any abnormal operations, maintain continuity of service by restricting the extent and time of disruption and reducing damages to the system. It is impossible to avoid fault due to natural events, equipment failure, human errors etc.., however, a proper system study can help minimize the impact to the facility operations. A good maintenance practice also helps ensure that the system performs at its best and eliminates faults and outages associated with equipment failure

A severe short circuit fault in your power system can have catastrophic consequences. This makes short circuit study training fundamental. Fault levels vary from system to system, and location to location. Our training will help you to calculate the maximum available short circuit current at various points throughout the system. Calculated values are then used to evaluate the application of protective devices, and to develop circuit breaker trip settings, which is part of a Power System Coordination Study. A properly coordinated protection system isolates portions of the system affected by a fault or other disturbance as quickly as possible with less impact on the rest of the distribution.

The reliability and safety of electric power distribution systems depend on accurate and thorough knowledge of short-circuit fault currents that can be present, and on the ability of protective devices to satisfactorily interrupt these currents. Knowledge of the computational methods of power system analysis is essential to engineers responsible for planning, design, operation, and troubleshooting of distribution systems. Such knowledge is necessary to determine the interrupting requirements of circuit breakers and fuses, the mechanical and thermal requirements of devices exposed to fault currents, and to perform protection and coordination studies. A full and complete understanding of short-circuit fault currents is essential for the proper and safe coordination of power system coordination and arc flash mitigation.

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES

To provide a practical understanding of protective device applications and protective relay schemes for electrical power systems and equipment. Refresh your knowledge of the basic industrial system protection techniques including fault analysis and overvoltage assessment. Develop relay settings and thoroughly understand the philosophy of protective systems. Study actual cases illustrating various techniques in present use and highlighting approaches used by experienced system designers. Enhance your experience with power system protection problems generally faced, and solutions successfully adopted, by industry

Power System Protection and Coordination of various electrical equipment and apparatus requires a good understanding of phase and ground short circuit currents, detection, and safe clearing of the faulted equipment. Large or small, each and every industrial, commercial and institutional organization needs to understand how to protect their investment in their electric power systems. To do this properly, companies need to know how to perform an electrical protection analysis of all the parts of their power system: such as analyse fault data, come up with protection settings, then get all of the components of their plant to be controlled by the operators who are responsible for integrating their power system into communication and data acquisition modes.

Engineers who need a comprehensive understanding of the challenges and solutions for protecting electrical power systems should attend this course. Students will learn the essentials of electrical protection design, relay coordination, and fusing fundamentals, breaker fundamentals.

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES

  • Analyze power system faults for balanced and unbalanced conditions using symmetrical components.
  • Understand power system protection problems generally faced, and solutions successfully adopted, by industry.
  • Review basic industrial system protection techniques including fault analysis
  • Understand selective coordination to eliminate mis-coordination!
  • Provide protective device settings and develop time current curves.
  • Learn different equipment in the power system and protection techniques.
  • Recommended solutions to help correct common problems.

 

The Power System Protection And Coordination Engineering Training Course:

  • Will reduce unnecessary downtime!
  • Provide recommended settings for adjustable trip circuit breakers and relays.
  • Will increase coordination (selectivity) between devices.
  • Identifiy deficiencies in system protection.
  • Will provide recommended solutions to help correct your problem areas.
  • Reviews and discusions on the use of system devices with respect to National Electric Code requirements, and appropriate ANSI/IEEE standards

 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Electrical Engineers, technicians and technologists in the industrial, consulting, and utility fields involved in design, operation and maintenance who require knowledge of electrical system protection techniques.

 

STUDENTS RECEIVE

  • This Course Includes Our Latest Protection and Control Electrical Handbook!! (Value $20)
  • $100 Coupon Toward any Future Electricity Forum Event (Restrictions Apply)
  • 1.2 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) Credits (12 Professional Development Hours)
  • FREE Magazine Subscription (Value $50.00)
  • Course Materials in Paper Format

 

 

Power System Protection and Coordination Training

 

 DAY ONE

Power System Protection

 

Short Circuit Theory and Analysis

  • Effect of Short Circuit
  • Fault Current Sources
  • Fault Current Types
  • Fault Calculations
  • Typical Industrial Power Systems

 

System Design Considerations:

  • Safety
  • Reliability
  • Flexibility
  • Voltage Considerations

 

Electrical Equipment Ratings:

  • Switchgear Rating and selection criteria
  • Low Voltage Fuse
  • Molded Case Circuit Breakers
  • Busway
  • Conductors

 

Switchgear Ratings & Selection Criteria:

  • Low Voltage Power Circuit Breakers
  • Power Fuse
  • Load Interrupters
  • Medium Voltage Power Circuit Breakers

 

Transformer Protection

  • Objectives in Transformer protection
  • Transformer primary protective device
  • Factors affecting transformer protection

 

Generator Protection

  • Short-circuit performance
  • Generator protective device

 

Conductor and Bus Protection:

  • Types of Conductor Circuits
  • Protection of cables
  • Busway protection

 

Motor Protection

  • Factors to consider
  • Types of protection
  • MV Motor protection

 

DAY TWO

Power System Coordination

Overcurrent Coordination

  • Effect of Short Circuit
  • Fault Current Sources
  • Fault Current Types
  • Fault Calculations
  • Typical Industrial Power Systems
  • Overcurrent Coordination Fundamentals:
  • Overcurrent protection general consideration
  • Protection guidelines
  • TCC Plots
  • CTIs

 

Fuse Characteristics:

  • Low Voltage Fuses
  • Power Fuses
  • TCC Curves
  • Fuse Coordination Criteria

 

LV Circuit Breaker Characteristics:

  • Molded Case Circuit Breakers (MCCBs)
  • Low Voltage Power Circuit Breakers
  • TCC Curves
  • Coordination Criteria

 

Time overcurrent relays

  • Introduction
  • Electromechanical Relays
  • Relay Characteristics
  • Solid State Relays
  • CTIs


 

COURSE TIMETABLE

 

Both days:
Start: 10:00 a.m. ET
Finish: 4:30 p.m. ET

 

 

Live Online Course Registration Fees & CEU Credits

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

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EARN CONTINUING EDUCATION UNIT (CEU) CREDITS

EIC

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.