Modern Electrical Power System, Basic Electrical Systems and Electrical Safety

Course Contents

• • Generation Fundamentals
•  → How electricity is generated
•  → 3-Phase generation
•  → Stator, Rotor and Exciter
•  → Prime movers (Coal, Hydro, Nuclear, other)
• • Substation Overview
•  → Major equipment (Transformers, circuit breakers, regulators, air switches)
•  → Buswork and air switches
•  → Control building and battery backup control power
• • Transmission Overview
•  → Types of structures
•  → Configurations
•  → Characteristics
• • Distribution Facilities Overview
•  → Common voltages
•  → Radial system
•  → Typical distribution equipment
• • Telecommunications Overview
•  → Control centers and remote terminal units
•  → Types of communications systems (fiber, microwave, power line carrier, etc.)
• • Electricity
•  → Single and Three Phase Connections
•  → Voltage and Current equations
•  → Power Factor
•  → Transformers and Regulators
•  → Circuit Breakers and Reclosers
•  → Capacitors, Inductors and Lightning Arresters
•  → Control Building equipment
•  → Conductors and Insulators
•  → Transmission Lines
•  → Distribution Facilities
•  → Service Entrance Equipment
•  → Metering
•  → Protective Relays
•  → Synchronization
• • Normal System Operations Basics
• • Emergency System Operations Basics
• • Generator Balance and Demand Curves