Introduction:
Electrical equipment within an Electrical Power system plays an important role in the transmission and distribution of electrical power. The equipment needs to be operated and maintained in a safe manner securing continuity of supply to consumers.
Course Objectives:
By completing this training course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the need for a routine inspection, adequate maintenance of equipment, and accurate record-keeping
- Know the safe methods of maintenance management
- Learn the effective maintenance activities for the best utilization of time and resources
- Familiarize with the electrical equipment and systems maintenance requirements
- Understand the requirements for a logical process in fault finding and troubleshooting
- Have an understanding of the need for routine maintenance and a logical approach to fault finding techniques
- Gain knowledge on maintenance techniques on pieces of electrical power equipment/systems
- Learn safe working practices
- Have full knowledge in troubleshooting techniques, discussed and investigated
This course is designed to increase the awareness of the required diagnostic skills of Engineers and Maintenance Teams on Modern Power Systems. The course will revolve around maintenance, troubleshooting, and fault finding techniques used in today’s modern systems.
Who Should Attend?
This course is intended for all Electrical Professionals, Electrical Engineers, Electrical Supervisors, Technicians, and those professionals responsible for the operation, maintenance, and fault finding techniques.
Course Outlines:
Introduction and Safety
- Goals and discussion
- Types of fault and factors affecting fault levels
- Maintenance of electrical equipment
- Managing maintenance
- Safety
Balanced and unbalanced faults
- Safe working practices and isolation procedure’s
- Maintenance of Electrical Equipment
- Electrical systems and components
Fault identification
- Circuit breakers and capacities
- Earthing introduction
- Network earthing
- Earthing systems
- Earth bonding
Maintenance Engineering
- Predictive Maintenance
- Preventative Maintenance
- Reactive Maintenance and Troubleshooting
- Condition monitoring
Electrical Testing for Troubleshooting
- Transformer maintenance
- Generator maintenance
- Electrical Equipment: Troubleshooting and Maintenance
Transformer components and troubleshooting
- Maintenance of electric motors
- Power electronics and Pulse width modulation invertors
- AC Machine components and problem-solving
- Synchronous Generators
- Generator maintenance and troubleshooting
- Variable speed drives and Harmonics
Cabling
- Cable fault locating
- External influences
- Compatibility of equipment
SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition)
- Compatibility of electrical equipment
- Maintainability of electrical equipment
- Concepts of protective system protection