Electric energy is essential for anything that we do. Electricity is most often generated in power stations also known as power houses, which are more economical. This generated electrical energy has to be transmitted over a long distance for commercial and domestic use. A lightning protection ensures safety to the building. It is designed to protect a structural damage due to lightning strikes by preventing such strikes and safely passing them to the ground. Because of the high energy and current levels associated with lightning, no protection system can guarantee absolute safety from lightning.
This course is structured in such a way that it covers a complete note on Power Generation and its methods, Power transmission, Electric Motors, PLC, VSD, Explosion prevention techniques, Earth leakage, Motor protection and Lightning protection.
After completion of this course, students will have a very good knowledge about power generation, transmission systems and also about earthing and lightning protection systems.
WHO SHOULD COMPLETE THIS COURSE?
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electrical engineers
- Process Engineering
- Production Managers
- Automation and Process Engineers
- Maintenance Engineers and Supervisors
- Electricians
- Instrument and Process Control Technicians
COURSE OUTLINE
POWER GENERATION
- Power generation fundamentals
POWER GENERATION METHODS
- Thermal power plant
- Combustion power plant
- Hydro-electric power plant
- Nuclear power plant
- Modern power stations
- Solar energy
- Wind energy
- Geothermal power plant
- Rotating and static components
VIBRATION DETECTION & MEASUREMENT
- Vibration detection techniques
- Vibration measurement & control
AC AND DC POWER
- AC Vs. DC fundamentals
- AC Vs. DC transmission
- Common applications
- Relative advantages & disadvantages
SINGLE & THREE PHASE POWER
- What is phase?
- Single phase AC
- Three phase AC
- Advantages of 3-phase system
- AC motors
- 3-phase induction motor
- 3-phase synchronous motor
- 3-phase wound rotor motor
MAINTENANCE AND EFFICIENCY
- Maintenance Requirements
- Maintenance checklist
- Efficiency calculations
PRIME MOVERS
- Internal combustion engines
- Classification of IC engines
- Steam turbines
- Steam turbine categories
- Gas turbines
- Hydraulic motors
- Piston types hydraulic pumps
- Air pumps
ELECTRIC MOTORS
- Electric motors
- DC motors
- DC series, shunt & compound motor
- AC motors
- Selection criteria & applications
- Maintenance requirement
- Checklist for effective maintenance
- Efficiency calculations
PLC
- PLC concepts
- PLC fundamentals
PLC ARCHITECTURE
- PLC block diagram
- PLC architecture
- Typical example
- PLC based automation
VSD – DRIVE COMPONENTS
- Drive components
- PWM inverter
VSD
- Energy conversion
- Variable speed drive
- Speed: constant vs. Variable
- VSD applications
MAINTENANCE AND EFFICIENCY
- Maintenance requirements
- NEMA12 applications
- Effective maintenance
- Efficiency calculations
POWER TRANSMISSION
- Power transmission – industrial
- Substation equipment
- Primary feeds & network systems
DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMERS
- Distribution transformers
- Secondary distribution systems
- Distribution capacity
- Distribution design & operation
POWER FACTOR CORRECTION & HARMONIC INFLUENCES
- Power factor correction
- Capacity improvement
- Harmonic influences
PROTECTION EQUIPMENT
- Protection equipment used in power systems
- Operation of fuses, circuit breakers, relays and insulators
EARTH LEAKAGE & MOTOR PROTECTION
- Earth leakage protection
- Motor protection devices
SWITCHING AND EARTHING SYSTEMS
- Switching equipment
- Maintenance systems
- In-services tests
- OEM parameters vs. test results
- Earthing objectives
- Importance of earthing
- TN earthing system
- TN-S earthing system
- TN-C earthing system
- TN-C-S earthing system
- Earthing selection criteria
HAZARDOUS AREAS
- Hazardous area identification
- Area classification
- Calculation of zone extent
EXPLOSION PREVENTION TECHNIQUES
- Explosion prevention techniques
- Explosion confinement
- Ignition source isolation
- Energy limiting
- Selection of correct technique
- Codes of practice in force across the world
- ATEX requirements
- Mechanical glands & types of cables approved for the area
EARTHING REQUIREMENT
- Earthing requirements
- Minimum energy transfer
- Standards
LIGHTNING PROTECTION
- Lightning protection risks
- Risk assessments
- Need for lightning protection
- How a lightning protection system works
- Physical installation
- Design of the system
