Course Description:

This Course covers important topics related to power system grounding. These topics include power system fundamentals for earthing, power plant characteristics and parameters, analysis of balanced faults, high current faults (video presentation), protection and earthing, unbalanced fault calculation, sequence networks for unbalanced fault analysis, fault limiting through star point impedance, three phase transformers for fault limiting, earthing system, design fundamentals, low voltage systems and building regulations, earthing methods, earthing of MV and LV systems, earth bounding requirements, regulations for earthing, earth conductors, earthing installation methods, performance of earthing electrodes, design of earth electrodes, and design of earth electrode system

Course Goal:

To enhance the delegate knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for practical understanding of equipment grounding, bounding and ground fault detection

Course Objective:

By the end of the course, participant will be able to:

1. Understand power system fundamentals for earthing
2. Understand power plant characteristics and parameters
3. Analyse balanced faults
4. Be familiar with protection and earthing calculate unbalanced fault
5. Understand sequence networks for unbalanced fault analysis
6. Be familiar with fault limiting through star point impedance
7. Be familiar with three phase transformers for fault limiting
8. Be familiar with fundamentals of earthing system design
9. Be familiar with regulations of low voltage systems and building
10. Understand earthing methods
11. Understand earthing of MV and LV systems
12. Be familiar with earth bounding requirements
13. Be familiar with regulations for earthing
14. Understand earthing installation methods
15. Design of earth electrode system

Course Outline:

1. Introduction
2. Power system fundamentals for earthing
3. Power plant characteristics and parameters
4. Analysis of balanced faults
5. High current faults (Video Presentation)
6. Protection and earthing
7. Unbalanced fault calculation
8. Sequence networks for unbalanced fault analysis
9. Fault limiting through star point impedance
10. Three phase transformers for fault liumiting
11. Earthing system design fundamentals
12. Low voltage systems and building regulations
13. Earthing methods
14. Earthing of MV and LV systems
15. Earth bounding requirements
16. Regulations for earthing
17. Earth conductors
18. Earthing installation methods
19. Performance of earthing electrodes
20. Design of earth electrodes
21. Design of earth electrode system