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Medium Voltage & High Voltage Switchgear Operations & Maintenance

Effective Maintenance Routine for Electrical Equipment including Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Medium Voltage & High Voltage Switchgear Operations & Maintenance
Course Schedule

CLASSROOM

21-25 Jul 2025
Dubai
$5,950
15-19 Dec 2025
Kuala Lumpur
$5,950
19-23 Jan 2026
Dubai
$5,950
Certificate
  • Coventry Academy Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course

Training Overview

Training Overview

This Medium and High Voltage Switchgear Operations & Maintenance training course will provide an in-depth look at current technologies related to the construction and features of medium and high voltage switchgear. The training course will primarily focus on the operation and maintenance of electrical power distribution equipment, including transformers, circuit breakers, and gas-insulated switchgear.

With the global push for reducing carbon footprints and combating climate change, new dielectric fluids and gases are being introduced into electrical power installations. In a time when technology is advancing rapidly, artificial intelligence (AI) is making significant strides in modern engineering, including electrical engineering. The future of switchgear involves leveraging AI and predictive analytics to improve maintenance practices, optimize performance, and strengthen grid resilience. This training course will explore the integration of AI and predictive analytics into switchgear, outlining the potential benefits and key considerations of this emerging technology.

This training course will feature:

  • Understanding the types of medium voltage and high voltage switchgears
  • Operation principle of medium voltage circuit breakers
  • Artificial intelligence (AI) incorporating the electrical switchgears
  • Importance of maintenance and relay protection with artificial intelligence (AI) 
  • Digital instrumentation and remote monitoring

What are the goals?

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

  • Understand the role and importance of switchgears
  • SF6 circuit breakers and the new generation vacuum circuit breakers
  • Determine the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in electrical switchgears
  • Maintenance strategies and predictive analytics with artificial intelligence (AI)
  • Digital instrumentation and remote monitoring

Who is this Training Course for?

This training course will benefit all levels of professional in an electrical installation. It will enable them to understand operations and maintenance of medium and high voltage circuit breakers and switchgears. This Medium Voltage & High Voltage Switchgear Operations & Maintenance training course will greatly benefit:

  • Electricians
  • Electrical supervisors
  • Plant electricians
  • Operations & maintenance engineers, supervisors & technicians
  • Maintenance technicians

How will this Training Course be Presented?

This Medium Voltage & High Voltage Switchgear Operations & Maintenance training course will utilise a variety of proven adult training techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This includes presentation and discussion of latest videos and technologies on medium and high voltage switchgears.

Questions are encouraged throughout, particularly at the daily wrap up sessions. This provides opportunities for participants to discuss with the Presenter specific issues and, if possible, find appropriate solutions. Specific goals of each participant will be discussed to ensure that their needs are fulfilled whenever practicable.

The Course Content

Day One: The Role and Importance of the Switchgear in Power Systems
  • Circuit breakers, transformers, auto reclosers and disconnectors operations 
  • Earth switches construction and applications
  • Switchgear symbols on single-line diagrams
  • Substation switchgear layouts
  • Types of current situation
  • Fault clearing process with digital relays
Day Two: Sulphur HexaFlouride (SF6) and the new generation Vacuum Circuit Breakers
  • Compression principles
  • SF6 hazards and test equipment
  • Dead and Live tank HV circuit breakers
  • Operation mechanisms of HV circuit breakers
  • MV and HV new generation vacuum circuit breakers
  • Automated circuit breaker monitoring
Day Three: Eco Efficient Switchgears with Relevant Dielectric Fluids, Gases and Substances, Artificial Intelligent (AI) based electrical switchgears
  • Understanding reduction of carbon footprint and global warming potential
  • Types of eco-friendly fluids used in transformers
  • Green gases used in electrical switchgears
  • The medium and high voltage vacuum circuit breakers with clean air
  • The state-of-the-art gas insulated substation switchgears
  • Artificial intelligence (AI) based electrical switchgears
Day Four: Artificial intelligence (AI) and relay protection, Maintenance and Testing Instruments
  • Importance of maintenance
  • Maintenance strategies
  • Predictive analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) integration
  • Dissolve gas analysis for transformers
  • Digital transformers
  • Digital testing, diagnostic and analysing instruments
Day Five: Protection Relays, Digital Instrumentation and Remote Monitoring
  • Artificial intelligence (AI) for electrical protection
  • Numerical relays characteristics and functionalities
  • Numerical relays applications
  • Remote monitoring of substation equipment
  • Wrap up session with Q&A