EK-SP Inspection, Testing and Commissioning

EK-SP Inspection, Testing and Commissioning

  • Duration:
  • Investment: US$ 299.00
Certificate:

Must complete all lessons

Description

Whether you are designing, specifying, installing, testing or commissioning electrical equipment from small to large commercial and industrial installations, you need to have a thorough understanding of switchboards, switchgear, circuit breakers and associated protective relays.

The overall focus of this workshop is on electrical inspection, testing and commissioning and will commence with a detailed examination of switchgear (and circuit breakers). Circuit breakers are critical components in electrical distribution systems and their operation significantly affects the overall operation of the system. Protection relays are then discussed. These are used in power systems to maximise continuity of supply and are found in both small and large power systems from generation, through transmission, distribution and utilisation of power in plant, industrial and commercial equipment.


We cover commissioning and periodic inspection of cables and their various failure modes and how to detect these faults. The often neglected topic of switchboards will be detailed next, followed by the interesting topic of interfacing to the control system (either PLC’s or other control devices).

 

YOU WILL LEARN

  • Nuts and bolts of electrical inspection, testing and commissioning
  • Detailed principles and rules for inspection, testing and commissioning of switchboards, switchgear, cabling and protection relays
  • Selection of appropriate type and rating of switchgear and circuit breakers
  • The different standards and specifications used for switchgear and circuit breakers
  • Asset management of switchgear and protective relays
  • Safe maintenance policies including safe working in switch rooms, indoor and outdoor substations

 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

  • Design engineers
  • Electrical engineers and technicians
  • Electrical maintenance engineers, technicians and supervisors
  • Electricians
  • Field and service technicians
  • Instrumentation engineers and technicians
  • Plant operators
  • Project engineers
  • Managers, 
  • engineers, 
  • technicians 
  • and others who may work with switchgear, circuit breakers, switchboards and cabling, who need to update their skills and knowledge in this critical area of inspection

 

COURSE OUTLINE
FUNDAMENTALS OF SWITCHGEAR

  • Single line diagrams
  • Typical construction – LV/MV and HV
  • Active and passive network components
  • Circuit breaker utilisation
  • Fuse switches
  • HV fuses in combination with and as alternatives to circuit breakers
  • Auto-reclosers and auto-reclose operations

 

SPECIFICATIONS OF SWITCHGEAR

  • Switchgear ratings – highest system and impulse withstand voltages, load and short circuit currents
  • Simple and complex protection schemes
  • Switchgear ancillaries, measurement CTs, VTs and relays
  • Cable terminations
  • Indoor and outdoor operation

 

SHORT CIRCUIT TESTING

  • Symmetrical and asymmetrical breaking
  • Make and break operations
  • Understanding test oscillograms
  • Case study – specification for a 132kV switchboard

 

SWITCHGEAR DIAGNOSTICS, TESTING AND MAINTENANCE

  • Asset records
  • Condition Based Maintenance (CBM)
  • Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM)
  • Switchgear inspection methodologies
  • Insulation deterioration
  • Diagnostic techniques
  • Partial discharge measurement and survey
  • Partial discharge – Transient Earth Voltage (TEV) monitoring
  • Partial discharge by acoustic methods
  • Timing tests
  • Thermovision
  • Tan delta testing
  • Principles of circuit breaker maintenance
  • Contact maintenance and contact wipe
  • Oil testing
  • Maintenance of vacuum circuit breakers and SF6
  • Switchgear defects and defect control
  • Switchgear installations

 

POWER SYSTEM PROTECTION PRINCIPLES AND RELAYS

  • Principles of protection
  • Types of faults
  • Types of protection systems
  • Types of protective relays
  • Electromechanical and static relays
  • Numerical relays

 

CONFIGURATION OF NUMERICAL RELAYS

  • Setting approach in conventional relays
  • Configuration of relays
  • Troubleshooting typical problems

 

CABLING COMMISSIONING AND PERIODIC TESTING

  • Review of codes for testing
  • Drum length checks
  • Post installation checking
  • Pre-commissioning and periodic tests
  • Tests as tools for condition monitoring and early failure alarm
  • HV tests using DC and very low frequency AC
  • Partial discharge tests and mapping of results
  • Dielectric dissipation factor measurements
  • Micro destructive and non-destructive tests for life assessment
  • Operation and maintenance of cables

 

CABLE FAILURE MODES AND FAULT DETECTION

  • Types of failure
  • Reasons for failure
  • Fault location
  • Electrical tests for detection of cable faults
  • Safety issues in fault detection
  • Analysis of failures

 

SWITCHGEAR INSTALLATION, INSPECTION AND COMMISSIONING

  • Inspection
  • Routine, type, acceptance and pre-commissioning tests
  • High voltage equipment test techniques
  • Commissioning procedures

 

INTERFACE TO CONTROL EQUIPMENT (PLCS)

  • Overview of PLC
  • PLC I/O modules
  • Pre-commissioning tests
  • Commissioning procedures
  • Typical faults

 

Investment

Plan Name Investment
Unlimited Access for 2 Years: US$ 299.00

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.

Courses by this presenter

Name Level Release Date
EN-SP Electrical Power Systems for Non Engineers 31-08-2015
EK-SP Inspection, Testing and Commissioning 08-09-2015
AF-SP Arc Flash Protection for Electrical Safety Professionals 26-08-2015
TF-SP Practical Power Transformers 23-09-2015
AC-SP Practical Fundamentals HVAC 07-10-2015
PT-SP Fundamentals of Process Plant Layout and Piping Design 28-10-2015
PD-SP Practical Power Distribution 18-11-2015
ER-SP Practical Earthing (Grounding), Bonding, Lightning and Surge Protection 19-11-2015
MK-SP Best Practice Electrical Engineering in Mining, Building Industry and Utilities 15-01-2016
MKa-SP Understanding Basic Costings for Apprentices and Technicians 15-01-2016
PS-SP Practical Power System Protection 25-01-2016
EY-SP Fundamentals of Electrical Substation and Switchyard Design 28-01-2016
MEY1-SP Role and configurations of substations, system studies, switchyard technical specifications 10-02-2016
MEY2-SP Fault limiting, PFC, harmonic control, protection design 10-02-2016
MEY3-SP Earthing systems, switchyard lightning protection, control and interlocking 10-02-2016
MEY4-SP Switchyard facility planning, GIS SWGR 11-02-2016
MEY-SP Advanced Electrical Substation and Switchyard Design 11-02-2016
MEY5-SP Overview of MV metal enclosed SWGR, MV substation design & specifications 11-02-2016
DIA4-SP Advanced Industrial Automation - Plant Layout and Piping Design 14-02-2016
DIA-SP Specialized Engineering (Industrial Automation) 25-02-2016
BCIIP-SP Relay Theory and Basic System Protection 16-03-2016
SAK-SP Swiss Army Knife of Videos on Engineering Skills 08-06-2016
EN4-SP Electrical Power Systems - Transformers 01-07-2016
EN5-SP Electrical Power Systems - Earthing Systems 01-07-2016
EN6-SP Electrical Power Systems - Power Protection 01-07-2016
PS6-SP Practical Power System Protection - Feeder Protection 01-07-2016
PS8-SP Practical Power System Protection - Instrument Transformers 01-07-2016
PS18-SP Practical Power System Protection - Generator Protection 01-07-2016
PD2-SP Practical Power Distribution - Overview of Power Distribution 18-11-2015
EN3-SP Electrical Power Systems - Measurements and Applications 01-07-2016
EN12-SP Electrical Power Systems - Power Quality 01-07-2016
CAW04-SP - Professional Certificate of Competency in Electrical Wiring Standards: AS/NZS 3000:2018 10-09-2019
DEMO: SAK-SP Swiss Army Knife of Videos on Engineering Skills 08-06-2016

Requirements

General Requirements:

No formal electrical education is required as everything is examined from a fundamentals and practical point of view. As such, this is certainly not an advanced course but one focusing on the fundamentals using basic maths to ensure you quickly understand the key concepts.