Cost Effective Strategies for the Maintenance of Electrical Power Systems

This Cost Effective Strategies for the Maintenance of Electrical Power Systems training seminar is designed to increase the troubleshooting and fault finding diagnostic skills of engineering teams of a modern power system.

CONTENT

Introductions and Safety

• Pre-course Assessment
• Goals and Discussion
• Types of Fault and Factors Affecting Fault Levels
• Maintenance of Electrical Equipment
• Managing Maintenance
• Safety
• Balanced and Unbalanced Faults
• Safe Working Practices
• Safe Isolation Procedures

Maintenance of Electrical Equipment

• Electrical Systems and Components
• Fault Identification
• Circuit Breakers and Capacities
• Earthing Introduction
• Network Earthing
• Earthing Systems
• Earth Bonding

Maintenance Engineering

• Predictive Maintenance
• Preventative Maintenance
• Reactive Maintenance and Troubleshooting
• Condition Monitoring
• Electrical Testing for Troubleshooting
• Transformer Maintenance
• Generator Maintenance

Electrical Equipment: Troubleshooting and Maintenance

• Transformer Components and Troubleshooting
• Maintenance of Electric Motors
• Power Electronics and Pulse width Modulation Invertors
• AC Machine Components and Problem Solving
• Synchronous Generators
• Generator Maintenance and Troubleshooting
• Variable Speed Drives

Cabling

• Cable Fault Locating
• External Influences
• Compatibility of Equipment
• SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition)
• Post-course Assessment

Introductions and Safety

• Course Assessment
• Goals and Discussion
• Safety Precautions when Fault-finding
• Issues around Live Working
• Test Equipment
• Personal Safety
• Fault-finding

Protective Systems of Electrical Equipment

• External Influences
• Compatibility of Electrical Equipment
• Maintainability of Electrical Equipment
• Concepts of Protective System Protection
• Power System Protection Equipment
• Statutory Requirements for Safe Working Practices when Fault-finding
• Electrical Systems and Components
• Fault Identification
• Protective Devices and Capacities
• The Purpose of the Earth

FOR WHOM:

Works, Services and Maintenance Personnel

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.