Modern Power System Protective Relaying

What are the Goals?

By the end of this Modern Power System Protective Relaying training course, the participants will be able to:

• Select fit-for-the-purpose protection relays and other related devices
• Calculate fault levels and loadings of feeders and branches
• Develop and analyze typical power systems and their associated protection systems
• Analyze numerical relay protection for generators, transformers, motors, and transmission lines
• Establish communication between protection devices and controllers

Who is this Training Course for?

This Modern Power System Protective Relaying training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit those who are involved in the operation, planning, design and maintenance of power systems. 

• Project Engineers
• Project Managers
• Electrical Engineers
• Electrical Technicians
• System Operators
• Design Engineers
• Asset Engineers
• Asset Managers
• Planning Engineers
• Planning Managers
• Protection and Instrumentation Engineer
• Commissioning Engineers and Technicians

Daily Agenda

Day One : Protective Devices and Earthing Systems

• Protection zones and time-current characteristics curves
• Per Unit System and modern software for protection
• CT and VT types, specifications and applications
• Fuse Types, applications, selection and coordination
• Digital and numerical relay functionalities
• Ungrounded vs. Grounded systems

Day Two : Feeder Overcurrent and Earth Fault Protection 

• Merits and characteristics of feeder protection
• IDMT O/C & E/F protection
• Definite Time (DT) protection
• High-set instantaneous protection
• Transient overreach
• Relay settings

Day Three : Transformer Digital and Differential Protection 

• Transformer O/C and E/F Protection
• Transformer unit protection (REF and Diff)
• Buchholz and pressure relief operations
• Transformer differential protection complexities & solutions
• Unit and non-unit transformer protection
• Digital transformer protection system

Day Four : Generator Protection, Directional Protection and Capability Curve 

• Generator faults and protection features
• Generator protection overview
• Generator differential protection (Biased & Unbiased)
• Generator overall protection
• Generator full protection with numerical relays
• Interpretation of generator capability curve

Day Five : Busbar Protection and Distance Protection for Overhead Lines 

• Digital busbar protection schemes
• Busbar High Impedance Protection
• Frame leakage protection
• Line distance protection
• Line differential protection
• Summary and question & answer