EY-SP Fundamentals of Electrical Substation and Switchyard Design

EY-SP Fundamentals of Electrical Substation and Switchyard Design

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COURSE OUTLINE

ROLE OF SUBSTATIONS IN AN ELECTRICAL NETWORK, TYPES AND CONFIGURATIONS OF SUBSTATIONS

  • Networks – an introduction
  • Different voltages in a network
  • Substations as network nodes
  • Substation types based on their position in the network
  • Optimising the location of a substation
  • Substation options: Outdoor air insulated, GIS, Indoor air insulated
  • Configurations of HV substations based on their bus arrangement (typical SLD)
  • Data on the industrial loads required for the design of the electrical supply substation
  • Load assumptions for residential and commercial consumers
  • Environmental issues in the location of a switchyard and mitigation measures


SYSTEM STUDIES REQUIRED FOR FINALISING EQUIPMENT RATINGS

  • Load flow study (active/reactive loads)
  • Short circuit study
  • Harmonic flow
  • Voltage profile and reactive power compensation
  • Stability study
  • Note: The objective/relevance of each of these studies to the substation equipment selection and specifications, the inputs required and outputs expected will be covered in this section. A broad overview of the studies will be provided without going into the actual calculations involved.


OVERVIEW OF SWITCHYARD EQUIPMENT AND THEIR ORDERING SPECIFICATIONS

  • Main (primary) equipment
  • Busbars
  • Disconnectors
  • Circuit breakers
  • Instrument transformers
  • Lightning arrestors
  • Power transformers
  • Structures
  • Layout options
  • Sectional and Safety clearances and their influence on the layout
  • Design of busbars (strung/tubular) and interconnections between equipment
  • Interconnecting cables and use of marshalling kiosks


PROTECTION DESIGN FOR SUBSTATION

  • Brief overview of protection
  • Over current protection
  • Protection coordination
  • Protection of transformers
  • Busbar protection
  • Feeder protection
  • Current transformers requirements for protection
  • Equipment requirements for substation automation
  • PLCC applications in protection and communication
  • PLCC hardware and integrating them with the switchyard equipment


SUBSTATION EQUIPMENT FOR FAULT LIMITING, PFC AND HARMONIC CONTROL

  • Need for and application of:
    • Fault limiting reactors
    • Power factor compensation equipment
    • Static VAR compensators
    • Harmonic filters
    • Equipment design and selection of ratings
    • Layout of these equipment in a switchyard


EARTHING SYSTEM AND LIGHTNING PROTECTION OF SWITCHYARDS

  • Basics of functional and protective earthing
  • Touch and step voltages in substations
  • Earth grid and its role in safety
  • Switchyard fence-why it should be a part of the earth grid
  • Design of earth grid-basic considerations in conductor sizing and mesh spacing
  • Pros and cons of including the control building within the  switchyard earth grid
  • Earth mat laying and welding
  • Safety mesh at operating points
  • Role of gravel layer in safety
  • Transferred voltage hazards
  • Planning isolation of outgoing services to avoid transfer voltage
  • Basics of lightning and hazards
  • Role of shield wire and lightning masts
  • Typical configurations of lightning protection of switchyards
  • Analysis of hazard using cone of protection and rolling sphere methods
  • Selection of lightning arrestors-Types, class and ratings


SWITCHYARD CONTROL AND INTERLOCKING

  • Dc power requirements for switchyard equipment
  • Dc equipment configuration and specifications
  • Dc distribution for switchyard equipment
  • Battery calculations basis
  • Space planning and related facilities for a battery installation
  • Ac auxiliary power for switchyard systems-loads which require ac power
  • Possible source options
  • Ac auxiliary distribution for switchyard equipment and support systems
  • Control scheme of disconnectors and circuit breakers
  • Control interconnection approach
  • Use of optical fibre-based control scheme
  • Role and location of marshalling kiosks in different bays


SWITCHYARD-FACILITY PLANNING

  • Site preparation, levelling
  • Earth resistivity measurement and its role in design verification
  • Civil works such as equipment foundations, cable trenches, control building, storm drains, transformer oil collection pit
  • Structures and their design requirements
  • Substation fence and physical security
  • Surveillance
  • Planning water requirements and supply arrangement
  • Fire protection, lighting and ventilation of control room and other equipment

 

Investment

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Unlimited Access for 2 Years: US$ 149.00

Instructor

Behrouz Ghorbanian

BSc, MSc, MIEAust

Behrouz has completed degree courses in Telecommunications and Electrical Engineering overseas. He also completed his studies in Electrical Utility Engineering at Curtin University in 2004. Behrouz started his career in the oil and gas industry where his role got him involved in the maintenance and repair of electronic and navigational marine equipment (VHF and SSB radios, Sat Nav, engine control panels etc). He then moved to the power industry and was involved in the design, installation, and commissioning of substations mainly for consultancies and utilities. He has also established a good reputation in teaching power system protection over his long term services lecturing at Curtin University, and also over the period he worked as a Protection Engineer in New Zealand.

Over the past years, Behrouz has been involved in many major projects across Australia (Port Hedland, Barrow Island, Tamar Valley, Karratha, and Newman for example). His most recent experience is related to cost estimation and risk assessment of major substation projects with a special focus on the secondary systems (Protection, COMMS, SCADA). He has also worked as an Engineering Manager and Senior Project Engineer on major copper mine projects overseas. Behrouz has also gained good knowledge in substation design, HV cables sizing and installation, transmission system design, earthing system design and applications, and power system protection design and applications.

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