Course Description:

This course presents a comprehensive and systematic description of the concepts and principles of operation and application of protection schemes for various power system elements. Our course begins with an overview of power system faults, short circuit calculations, components of power system protection schemes, as well as a full session on microprocessor-based protective relays and their application.

This course deals with protection systems from a practical perspective, and includes important functional aspects such as testing and coordination of protection systems.

Course Goal:

To enhance the delegate knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to manage reactive power and correct power factor

Course Objectives:

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

1. Know the basic electrical system protection techniques including fault analysis
2. Understand of protective devices
3. Understand problems generally faced and solutions successfully adopted by industry
4. Learn to calculate the basic fault currents flowing in any part of the electrical system
5. Improve your electrical system protection against faults and over voltages

Course Outlines:

1. Power System Faults
2. Short Circuit Theory and fault studies
3. Components of Power System Protection Schemes
4. Current Transformers (CTs) & Voltage Transformers (VTs)
5. Co-ordination of Electrical Protection Systems
6. Feeder Over current Protection
7. Transformer Protection

Who Can Benefit?

1. Electric power engineers.
2. Supervisors and qualified technicians
3. Other engineers like mechanical, communication engineers.