Advanced Power System Protection

This Advanced Power System Protection has the following objectives:

• Understand the electrical characteristics of various electrical faults.
• The nature of different types of electrical faults and the effect these faults can have on company assets.
• Understanding of electrical fault protection systems.
• Identify different types of protection systems, understand the purpose of each type of protection system and identify the zone of protection for a given relay.
• Recognize modern protective relays and understand their basic operation.
• Appreciate the characteristics and importance of voltage transformers and current transformers in achieving dependable and accurate electrical protection systems.
• Understand the concept of protection system discrimination and appreciate its importance in improving security of supply.
• Be familiar with the requirements for testing of protection systems.
• An Increased level of knowledge of the theoretical aspects and Operation of Protective Relays.
• Familiarity with the application, basic connections and internal schematics.
• Ability to test several Relays (Electromagnetic and Solid State), including type 50 / 51, type 27 / 59, etc …
• Practical solutions for specifying and operating protection systems.
• Comprehensive understanding of principles and selection of protection relays and protection schemes.
• Some demonstrations for short circuit and relay coordination using ETAP 7.5 Power station.
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