ABOUT THIS TRAINING COURSE
This course will provide a comprehensive, foundational content for a wide range
of topics in power system operation and control. With the growing importance of
grid integration of renewables and the interest in smart grid technologies, it
is more important than ever to understand the fundamentals that underpin
electrical power systems.
Training Objectives
* Basic Terminology and Concepts of Electrical Systems: Gain an understanding
of the basic terminology and concepts of electrical systems and the structure
of a power system
* Transmission Line Parameters: Learn in detail all the transmission line
parameters including line resistance, line inductance, transposition of
transmission lines, and capacitance of transmission lines
* Insulators: Understand thoroughly all the various types of insulators, pin
type insulators, suspension type or disc insulators, strain insulators, and
testing of insulators
* High-Voltage Direct Current Transmission: Determine the advantages and
disadvantages of high voltage direct current transmission, and gain an
understanding of all the features of high-voltage direct current transmission
* Substations and Neutral Grounding: Gain a detailed understanding of all
substation equipment, factors governing the layout of substations, station
transformers, elements to be earthed in a substation, power system earthing,
earthing transformers, bus bar arrangements and gas-insulated substations
* Distribution System: Learn about the effects of voltage on the conductor
volume, distributor fed from one end, distributors fed from both ends at the
same voltage, distributors fed from both ends at different voltages, and
alternating current distribution
* Circuit Breakers: Learn about the classification of circuit breakers,
plain-break oil circuit breakers, air break circuit breaker, air blast
circuit breakers, vacuum circuit breakers, SF6 circuit breakers, rating and
testing of circuit breakers
* Relaying and Protection: Learn all the requirements of relaying, zones of
protection, primary and backup protection, classification of relays,
electromagnetic relays, induction relays, feeder protection, phase fault
protection, reactance relay, static overcurrent relay, differential
protection, transformer protection, Buchholz relays, alternator protection
restricted earth fault protection, rotor earth fault protection, and
negative-sequence protection
* Economic Operation of Power Systems: Gain an understanding of steam power
plants, heat rate characteristics and characteristics of hydro plants
* Load Frequency Control: Learn about speed governing mechanism, speed
governor, steady state speed regulations and adjustment of governor
characteristics
* Voltage and Reactive Power Control: Gain an understanding of impedance and
reactive power, system voltage and reactive power, voltage regulation and
power transfer
* Renewable Energy Sources: Learn about solar power, wind power, geothermal
energy, biomass and tidal power
* Restructuring of Electrical Power Systems: Gain an understanding of smart
grids, smart grid components, smart grid benefits, and open smart grid
protocol
Target Audience
* Engineers of all disciplines
* Managers
* Technicians
* Maintenance personnel
* Other technical individuals
Course Level
* Basic or Foundation
Trainer
Your specialist course leader has more than 32 years of practical engineering
experience with Ontario Power Generation (OPG), one of the largest electric
utility in North America. He was previously involved in research on power
generation equipment with Atomic Energy of Canada Limited at their Chalk River
and Whiteshell Nuclear Research Laboratories.
While working at OPG, he acted as a Training Manager, Engineering Supervisor,
System Responsible Engineer and Design Engineer. During the period of time, he
worked as a Field Engineer and Design Engineer, he was responsible for the
operation, maintenance, diagnostics, and testing of gas turbines, steam
turbines, generators, motors, transformers, inverters, valves, pumps,
compressors, instrumentation and control systems. Further, his responsibilities
included designing, engineering, diagnosing equipment problems and recommending
solutions to repair deficiencies and improve system performance, supervising
engineers, setting up preventive maintenance programs, writing Operating and
Design Manuals, and commissioning new equipment.
Later, he worked as the manager of a section dedicated to providing training for
the staff at the power stations. The training provided by him covered in detail
the various equipment and systems used in power stations.
In addition, he has taught courses and seminars to more than four thousand
working engineers and professionals around the world, specifically Europe and
North America. He has been consistently ranked as 'Excellent' or 'Very Good' by
the delegates who attended his seminars and lectures.
He written 5 books for working engineers from which 3 have been published by
McGraw-Hill, New York. Below is a list of the books authored by him;
* Power Generation Handbook: Gas Turbines, Steam Power Plants, Co-generation,
and Combined Cycles, second edition, (800 pages), McGraw-Hill, New York,
October 2011.
* Electrical Equipment Handbook (600 pages), McGraw-Hill, New York, March 2003.
* Power Plant Equipment Operation and Maintenance Guide (800 pages),
McGraw-Hill, New York, January 2012.
* Industrial Instrumentation and Modern Control Systems (400 pages), Custom
Publishing, University of Toronto, University of Toronto Custom Publishing
(1999).
* Industrial Equipment (600 pages), Custom Publishing, University of Toronto,
University of Toronto, University of Toronto Custom Publishing (1999).
Furthermore, he has received the following awards:
* The first 'Excellence in Teaching' award offered by PowerEdge, Singapore, in
December 2016
* The first 'Excellence in Teaching' award offered by the Professional
Development Center at University of Toronto (May, 1996).
* The 'Excellence in Teaching Award' in April 2007 offered by TUV Akademie (TUV
Akademie is one of the largest Professional Development centre in world, it
is based in Germany and the United Arab Emirates, and provides engineering
training to engineers and managers across Europe and the Middle East).
* Awarded graduation 'With Distinction' from Dalhousie University when
completed Bachelor of Engineering degree (1983).
Lastly, he was awarded his Bachelor of Engineering Degree 'with distinction'
from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He also received a
Master of Applied Science in Engineering (M.A.Sc.) from the University of
Ottawa, Canada. He is also a member of the Association of Professional Engineers
in the province of Ontario, Canada.
POST TRAINING COACHING SUPPORT (OPTIONAL)
To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer
individualized 'One to One' coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can
help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your
learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your
capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be
delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers.
They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help
you achieve your goals faster.
Request for further information post training support and fees applicable
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