Electrical Power System Basics For Non- Electrical Professional

Course Code: EM73

Course Objective

  • To understand power system components and subcomponents
  • To review the substation components
  • To understand earthing systems
  • To understand the different components circuit breakers
  • To understand distribution system and power factor improvement
  • To review the different transformer types

 

Target Audience

  • Non Electrical
  • Mechanical Professional staf

  

Course Outline

  • Power System Components
  • Transmission Lines. Distribution Lines.
  • Transformers, Circuit Breakers.
  • Buses, Switchyards, Fuses. Substations.
  • Reclosers. Generators
  • Power System Subcomponents
  • Current Transformers. Voltage Transformers
  • Capacitive Coupled Voltage Transformers
  • Protective Relays. Control Relays.
  • Master Trip Relays. Programmable Logic Controllers.
  • Insulators, Bushings.
  • Cable Terminators. Disconnect Switches.
  • Air Break Switches
  • Motor-Operated Air Break Switches
  • Ground Switches. Surge Arrestors. Sectionalizers.
  • Batteries. Power Factor Improvement
  • Power Factor. Power Triangle
  • Disadvantages of Low Power Factor
  • Causes of Low Power Factor
  • Power Factor Improvement Equipment
  • Calculations of Power Factor Correction
  • Importance of Power Factor Improvement
  • Most Economical Power Factor
  • Meeting the Increased kW Demand on Power Stations
  • Underground Cables, Construction of Cables
  • Insulating Materials for Cables
  • Classification of Cables, Cables for 3-Phase Service
  • Laying of Underground Cables, Insulation Resistance of a
  • Single-Core Cable
  • Capacitance of a Single-Core Cable
  • Current-Carrying Capacity of Underground Cables
  • Cable Testing, Permissible Current Loading
  • Types of Cable Faults, A.C. Distribution & Calculations
  • Methods of Solving A.C. Distribution Problems
  • 3-Phase Unbalanced Loads
  • Four-Wire Star-Connected Unbalanced Loads
  • Ground Detectors, Introduction to Switchgear
  • Switchgear, Essential Features of Switchgear
  • Switchgear Equipment, Bus-Bar Arrangements
  • Switchgear Accommodation, Short-Circuit, Short-Circuit Currents,
  • Faults in a Power System
  • Circuit Breakers, Classification of Circuit Breakers
  • Oil Circuit Breakers, Types of Oil Circuit Breakers
  • Air-Blast Circuit Breakers, Sulphur Hexaflouride (SF6) Circuit
  • Breakers, Vacuum Circuit Breakers (VCB)
  • Circuit Breaker Ratings, Transformer
  • Types of Transformers, Elements of Transformers
  • General Theory of Transformer Operation
  • Transformer Characteristics, The Three-Phase Transformer
  • Taps, Substation Transformers, Basic Objectives
  • Earthing Electric Equipment, System Earthing
  • MV Earthing Systems
  • Earthing Systems in LV Distribution Networks


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Date & Location

Date : 08 January 2023

Duration : 5 days

Place : Cairo

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Duration : 5 days

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Duration : 5 days

Place : Tokyo

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