Description
The course covers the application and testing of electrical protection in-depth and involves a number of practical exercises and demonstrations combined with classroom theory. A wide range of protective devices is used during the course including electromechanical, microprocessor-based and numerical relays.
What you will learn
- Introduction to power system protection
- Fuse and MCCB protection
- Current and voltage transformers
- Primary injection testing
- Earthing of high voltage systems
- Basic fault level calculations
- Introduction to symmetrical components
- Classification and function of relays
- Inverse definite minimum time (IDMT) relays
- Calculation of graded time settings for IDMT relays
- Secondary injection testing
- Directional overcurrent and earth fault protection
- Differential protection
- Numerical relays
- Feeder protection
- Transformer protection
- Motor protection
- Generator protection
- Bus zone protection
- Trip circuit supervision requirements
- Standard marking of switchgear panel wiring