Advanced Power Distribution Engineering for Utilities

• Deregulation and technical changes increase the need by utility engineers for better information. This course helps fill some of those needs in the area of electric distribution systems.
• The first two days of the course focus on the equipment-oriented information and applications such as choosing transformer connections, sizing and placing capacitors, and setting regulators. Day three and four of this course cover reliability and power quality.
• The performance of the distribution system determines greater than 90% of the reliability of service to customers (the high-voltage transmission and generation system determines the rest). If performance is increased, it will have to be done on the distribution system. At the last day of this course, we tackle lightning protection, grounding, and safety. Safety is a very important consideration in the design, operation, and maintenance of distributed facilities.
• The last two sessions of day five on distributed generation provide information to help utilities avoid problems caused by the introduction of distributed generation.
• This course provides many tools to help address the challenges of providing a more reliable distribution system given significant cost constraints. In addition to a wealth of classic information on distribution practices, the course provides new insights based on recent research by EPRI, the Consortium for Electric Infrastructure to Support a Digital Society

COURSE CONTENT 

• Modern Power Distribution Systems
• Overhead Lines
• Underground Distribution
• Distribution Transformers
• Distribution Substations
• Voltage Regulation
• Capacitor Application
• Faults
• Short Circuit Protection
• Reliability
• Voltage Sags and Monetary Interruptions
• Power Quality
• Lightning Protection
• Grounding & Safety
• Distributed Generators

FOR WHOM:

Works, Services and Maintenance Personnel

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.