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Load Forecasting and System Upgrade

Coventry Academy -  Load Forecasting and System Upgrade
5
Days

Course Schedules

 Istanbul
 21-25 Apr 2025
 $5,950
 Dubai
 21-25 Jul 2025
 $5,950
 Cairo
 30 Nov-04 Dec 2025
 $5,950

Training course overview

To effectively upgrade and economically operate an electrical power system, it's essential to conduct a comprehensive review of key electrical equipment and load profiles, such as Switchgear, Protection systems, Transformers, Motors, Variable Speed Drives (VSDs), Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS), Batteries, Motor Control Centers (MCCs), and Cable Systems, understanding their specifications and operational characteristics.

The Load Forecasting and System Upgrade training course offered by Coventry Academy integrates practical and theoretical exercises focused on installing and analyzing load forecasting studies and system upgrades within electrical power systems. It is designed to enhance your understanding of electrical power systems and their components. Participants will explore key electrical equipment, load profiles, and effective strategies for upgrading and economically dispatching power systems.The course also includes theoretical and practical exercises in load shedding analysis.

Key features of this training course include:

  • Detailed exploration of power system components, load types, load estimation, and advanced load forecasting techniques.
  • Hands-on system analysis and simulation using tools like ETAP to optimize power system operations and upgrades.
  • Emphasis on power system upgrading strategies, including load sampling rates and forecasting procedures.

What are the goals?

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to: 

  • Develop and understand electrical system design/specification by basic principles
  • Determine and apply key electrical principles from codes, standards & DEPs
  • Apply specification focus of key types of electrical equipment
  • Analyze and design MCCs, Cable Systems, including specification & maintenance requirements
  • Develop and understand real and reactive power scheduling of each power plant
  • Be competent with solving problems of economic operating dispatch
  • Develop and apply the operation constrains for load forecasting and upgrade
  • Develop short/medium/long term load forecasting

Who is this training course for?

This Coventry Academy training course is benefit all levels of electrical engineers in scope of design, installation, operation and maintenance. It will enable them to master and understand the power system components, loads, protection and maintenance. The training course will greatly benefit:

  • Planners and Analysts Engineers
  • Electrical Engineers
  • Electrical Supervisor
  • load dispatch center Engineers and supervisors
  • Electrical Distribution Engineers
  • Operation & maintenance engineers

How will this training course be presented?

This Coventry Academy training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This includes 30% as lectures, software and simulators presentation, 30% workshops on the software and the simulators, 30% practical exercises and case studies on different practical cases using software and simulator, also 10% as videos for practical case studies is included.

Course Outline

Day One: Power System Components & Upgrade
  • Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electrical Power
  • Transformer Types, lead and lag power factor
  • Motors and Generators Types
  • Switchgears and Low Voltage Panels
  • Circuit Breaker Types and Function
  • Relays Types and Function
Day Two: Types of Loads and Load Estimation
  • Types of loads, Load estimation and calculations
  • Diversity factor, demand factor and distribution Factor, voltage sensitivity of loads
  • Loads distribution networks using AUTOCAD, REVIT software and ETAP software
  • All power networks load calculations
  • Low and Medium Voltage networks
  • Electrical measurements, smart meter and testing, Characteristics customers and by class, Appliance duty cycles and coincidence of load
Day Three: Powers System Upgrading, Analysis & Load Forecasting
  • Coincident load behaviour, Coincident curve, expectation of non-coincident load
  • Coincidence factors and curves, Diversity factor and load management
  • Load profile and flat rate structure, Load Shed and Load duration curves analysis
  • Load sampling rate and type, signal engineering perspective on load sampling
  • Determination of the sampling method and type
  • Relationship between losses and demand
  • T&D systems are built to satisfy customers, not loads
 Day Four: Load Sampling Rate, Load Forecasting
  • Growth of electric load and T&D capacity requirements
  • Spatial load growth and the “s” curve characteristic
  • Evaluation criterion & forecasting accuracy
  • Short term load forecasting
  • Very short-term load forecasting
  • Medium/long term load forecasting
Day Five: Load Forecasting Techniques & Procedures
  • Load forecasting techniques and combined forecasting
  • Hierarchical load forecasting
  • Outlier detection and data cleansing
  • Load settlement and demand response forecasting
  • Retail energy forecasting and frequently made mistakes
  • The art of load forecasting

The certificate

  • Coventry Academy Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course

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