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LONG 506 - Electrical Substation Design and Electrical Protection System (5 Days)
This program is designed to provide an introductory for the fundamentals of the electrical, civil, structural design issues of electric power substations. The program also it will address a complete variety of substation design subjects. It will also discuss application, installation, maintenance and testing issues related to low, medium and high-voltage switchgear and electrical circuit breaker equipment. Additionally the course will provide fundamentals on protection, relay design and protection schemes for transmission lines and transformers.
Course Objectives
- Understanding of substation technology and modern substation design practices
- Understanding the importance of preventive maintenance check and servicing of the various types of circuit breakers
- Implementing safe electrical systems of work and operations
- Understanding the fundamentals of electrical power protection and applications
- Recognizing the different fault types
- Performing simple fault and design calculations
- Understanding protection system components
Who Should Attend?
- Electrical engineers
- Power system engineers
- Design engineers
- Protection and control engineers
- Project engineers
- Electrical technicians
- Professionals involved in substation design and operation
5-Day Course Syllabus
Day 1 — Electrical Substations, Power Systems and Project Development
- Structure of the electric power system overview
- Systems for distribution of power
- Classifications
- Equipment definitions
- Design principles
- Workflow and project sequence
- Site identification and acquisition
- Engineering design, drawings and documentation
- Construction, testing and commissioning
- Safety
- Power requirements
- Site constraints
- Atmospheric
- Environmental, community and societal influences
- Costs and financial analysis
- Schedules and impacts
Day 2 — Site, Civil and Structural Substation Design
- Substation grade types
- Drainage and erosion protection
- Oil spill containment
- Slab on grade and others
- Design techniques
- Open air
- Metal clad switchgear
- Gas insulated subs / SF6
- Materials
- Design options and considerations
- Finishes
Day 3 — Bus Configurations, Conductors, Insulation and Grounding
- Types of common configurations
- Reliability criteria
- Insulation protection and shielding
- Clearance
- Surge arresters
- Need for grounding
- Personnel safety
- Hazardous potentials during faults
Day 4 — Substation Equipment and Switching Systems
- General specifications and ratings
- Transformers
- Core, winding configuration
- Tap changers
- Specifications
- Design and purpose
- Potential transformers
- Current transformers
Day 5 — Auxiliary Systems and Substation Protection Fundamentals
- Necessity
- AC station power
- DC and battery power
- Integration of electrical, civil and structural design considerations
- Application and installation considerations
- Maintenance and testing considerations
- Low, medium and high-voltage switchgear considerations
- Electrical circuit breaker equipment considerations
- Fundamentals of electrical power protection
- Protection applications
- Recognition of different fault types
- Simple fault and design calculations
- Protection system components
- Relay design fundamentals
- Protection schemes for transmission lines and transformers
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