Participants will cover the maintenance and testing requirements for common substation devices, including power transformers, oil, air and vacuum circuit breakers, switchgear, ground grid systems, batteries, chargers and insulating liquids. This course focuses on what to do, when to do it and how to interpret the results from testing and maintenance.
Substation Design Training
DAY ONE
I. Introduction
- Student introductions
- Pre-Test
- Safety
II. The Substation As A System
- Application
- Common problems
- Ratings
III. Circuit Breaker Maintenance
- Maintenance frequencies
- Inspection
- Testing
- Interpreting test results
- Devices covered
- Air circuit breakers
- Vacuum circuit breakers
- Oil circuit breakers
IV. Insulating Liquids
- Sampling
- Routine tests
- Dissolved-Gas Analysis (DGA)
- Testing
- Color
- Dielectric breakdown voltage
- Interfacial tension
- Neutralization number
- Moisture
- Visual
- Dissolved-Gas Analysis (DGA)
- Interpreting test results
V. Transformers
- Types
- Inspection
- Testing
- Insulation resistance
- Winding resistance
- Power factor tests
- Coree excitation curren
- Turns ratio (TTR)
- Gas blanket tests
DAY TWO
VI. Lightning Arrestors
- Types
- Inspection
- Maintenance
- Testing
VII. Protective Relays
- Application
- Instrument transformers
- Inspection
- Testing
- Calibration
- Devices covered
- Voltage
- Transformer differential
VIII. Ground Grid Systems
- Purpose
- Grounding theory
- Types of test equipment
- Inpsection
- Testing
IX. Batteries and Chargers
- Types of station batteries
- Battery systems
- Maintenance
- Inspection
- Testing
COURSE TIMETABLE
Both days:
Start: 8:00 a.m.
Coffee Break: 10:00 a.m.
Lunch: 12:00 noon
Restart: 1:15 p.m.
Finish: 4:30 p.m.
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EARN CONTINUING EDUCATION UNIT (CEU) CREDITS
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.