- Familiarity with electrical power generation systems
- A basic knowledge of protective relay design, symmetrical components, and power system protection
- A working knowledge of trigonometry, basic calculus, complex numbers, and phasor concepts
Generation System Protection
PROT 409
Overview
This course provides an in-depth study of the methods used in designing complete protection systems for generation systems.
Course participants will:
Review
- Balanced and unbalanced electrical fault analysis in generation plants
- Relaying fundamentals applied to generator protection
- Basic digital relay concepts
Explore
- Synchronous generator characteristics
- Generating station arrangements
- Generator grounding
- Generator stator circuit protection
- Generator field circuit protection
- Protection against generator abnormal operating conditions, including loss-of-field and out-of-step conditions
- Breaker failure and inadvertent energizing protection
Study and Discuss
- Causes and effects of generator damage
- Generator protection methods and relay setting calculation
What You Will Learn
At the conclusion of this course, students can:
- Identify the protection requirements of synchronous generators
- Apply generation system protection principles
- Identify and select appropriate protection schemes for various generator applications
- Determine settings for system backup using phase distance and overcurrent elements
- Apply high- and low-impedance neutral grounding techniques
- Calculate settings for critical generator protection elements, including:
- Differential and ground fault
- Out-of-step protection elements
- Loss-of-field, overexcitation, and overvoltage
Course Fee
$1,500.00 (three-day course). Includes course notebook, reference materials, and certificate of completion.Course Hours
Classes are conducted from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. each day. Complimentary lunch and breaks are provided.
A degree in electrical engineering or equivalent experience is required. In addition, this course requires completion of Power System Protection for Engineers (PROT 401) or the following:
Engineers who need a comprehensive understanding of the design concepts and methods used in protecting electrical power generation systems.
A scientific calculator capable of performing computations involving complex numbers.
2.1 continuing education units (CEUs) available.
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