Fundamentals of Substation Equipment and Control Systems

Introduction

This Fundamentals of Substation Equipment and Control Systems training course focuses mainly on the substation layout, equipment, design, installation, operation and control of medium and high voltage switchgear and equipment, regarding auxiliary equipment necessary for its operation. Medium/High voltage equipment plays a vital role in the safe distribution of electrical power.

The substation equipment needs to be rated, designed, controlled and operated in a safe manner, securing continuity of supply to consumers. Technical aspects of switching devices, as well as their maintenance requirements, are briefly included in this training course to understand the risks associated with substation equipment operation and control. Aspects of modern protection and control techniques in asset management will be covered at the level appropriate for this training course.

Protection and control systems are installed to prevent faults from damaging electrical plants and to initiate isolation of faulted sections in order to maintain continuity of supply elsewhere on the system.

This GLOMACS training course will highlight:

• The substation common layout roles
• The substation equipment functions
• The substation elements requirements and design
• The substation switching modes and operations
• The roles of MV and HV switchgears
• Compression principles of circuit breakers
• Application and installation of vacuum interrupters
• Importance of maintenance and testing
• Protective relays characteristics and control schemes

Objectives

At the end of this training course, you will learn to:

• Understand the operations and types of substations
• Develop management and implementation of safe work systems
• Design coordination protection and control systems required and used in substations
• Air and gas-insulated switchgear operations and maintenance
• Various types of protective relays
• Various types of used control system in substation

Training Methodology

This training course will ensure that participants will receive thorough training on the subjects covered by the training course outline, with the instructor utilising a variety of proven adult learning teaching and facilitation techniques. Training course methodology will include audio and video PowerPoint presentation.

The training course is designed to have an interactive format to maximize delegate participation. Questions and answers sessions are encouraged throughout the training course. The case studies are tailored to the attendees' needs and various examples from practice will be discussed in problem-solving workshop sessions.

Organisational Impact

Upon completion of this training course the organizational impact would be:

• Technical training and up-skilling to improve and realise the full potential of a competent workforce
• Productivity increases through minimisation of project time acceptance/design and commissioning
• Identification for opportunities of improvements due to deep understanding of the presented state-of-the-art substation layout technologies
• Networking of personnel with technology leaders and other engineers and technicians with substantial field experience
• Exposure of personnel to the standard international procedures
• Attitude change of workforce, as continuous follow up of new technologies

Personal Impact

On successful completion of this training course, the delegate will be able to understand:

• The fundamentals of substation layout types, design, installation, operations and control
• The need for a routine inspection, adequate operation of equipment and accurate record keeping
• Types of protections, grounding and control of substations
• How to coordinate, control and operate substation equipment
• Switching modes and techniques - properties of insulating oils and their analysis
• The use of SCADA monitoring and control