A Highly Interactive Training Course On

Power System Protection and Reliability

Protection Devices Testing, Adjusting and Operating
to Increase Reliability of Power System Network

Power System Protection and Reliability
Course Schedule

CLASSROOM

28 Apr-09 May 2025
Dubai
$11,900
11-22 Aug 2025
Dubai
$11,900
08-19 Dec 2025
Dubai
$11,900
Certificate

Training Overview

Training Overview

The Fundamentals of the Power System Protection and Reliability Training Course offered by Coventry Academy provides participants with a comprehensive understanding of digital power system relaying principles and their practical applications. This training is designed to equip delegates with the knowledge and skills necessary to test, operate, and adjust protective relays effectively. The course emphasizes the importance of reliability and availability in power system networks, ensuring safe and efficient operation.

Key features of the Coventry Academy training course include:

  • Definition and overview of all protection devices required for power systems
  • Understanding standards and regulations related to protection devices and their settings
  • Application of function tests for protection devices and power system protection and control (PDPC) analysis
  • Study of fault types and fault analysis techniques
  • Application of protection relays according to ANSI (American National Standards Institute) codes

What are the goals?

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

  • Understand power protection devices
  • Understand faults system and types  
  • Power system reliability and PD analysis
  • Load types and network availability
  • Learn Fundamental Principles of Power System Protection

Who is this Training Course for?

This Coventry Academy training course will benefit all electrical, technical & instrumentation engineers. It will help them understand more the principles of power system protection and reliability.

This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • Electrical power system engineers
  • Electrical technician
  • All engineers and tech work in substations, power system and electrical companies (generation, transmission, dist.)
  • For managers to understand the effect of power factor correction with cost 
  • Anyone who requires an understanding of the principles of protective relaying such as recent graduates or those who are new to the industry. Also beneficial as an update on the latest relaying technology

How will this Training Course be Presented?

This Coventry Academy training course will utilize a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This includes lecture with active delegate participation including discussions and workshops. Real life problems and case studies will be worked out and discussed. Through an active participation in the group work and class discussions, the delegates will be a lot of opportunity to increase their experience and knowledge of techniques available for equipment troubleshooting.

The Course Content

Module 1: Power Quality and Reliability
Day One: Introduction, Voltage Sags and Interruptions
  • Power quality definition and basics
  • Quantifying power quality
  • ITI curve
  • Causes of voltage sags
  • Causes of interruptions
  • Mitigation methods
Day Two: Transient Voltage Excursions
  • Motor starting
  • Switching and traveling waves
  • Capacitor switching
  • Lightning
  • Lightning shielding and grounding
  • Ferroresonance
Day Three: Reliability Indices, Effects of Fault Clearing on Power Quality
  • IEEE-defined reliability indices
  • Interpreting reliability indices
  • Fault clearing
  • Reclosing strategies
  • Fuse saving philosophy
  • Fuse blowing philosophy
Day Four: Insulation Coordination, Arresters, and Steady-State Voltage Regulation
  • Basic impulse level
  • Insulation systems
  • Insulation testing
  • Arrester selection and application
  • Load tap changers and voltage regulators
  • Effects of steady-state voltage on system operation
Day Five: Harmonics
  • Fundamentals of harmonics
  • Causes and effects of harmonics
  • AC power and power factor
  • Mitigating harmonic effects
  • K-factor transformers
  • Harmonic filters
Day Six: Introduction, Math Review, Symmetrical Components and Sequence Networks
  • Protection introduction
  • Phasor math
  • Per-unit calculations
  • Symmetrical components
  • Sequence networks
  • Fault modeling
Day Seven: Electromechanical and Digital Relays, Relay Schemes for Radial Systems, Time-Coordinated Overcurrent Protection
  • Electromechanical relay operating principles
  • Microprocessor-based relay implementation
  • Instantaneous and time overcurrent relays
  • Reclosers and sectionalizers
  • Time-current curves
  • Device coordination
Day Eight: Relay Schemes for Networked Systems and Device Protection
  • Distance relays
  • Distance relays with pilot protection
  • Differential relays
  • Differential relays for bus protection
  • Differential relays for generator protection
  • Differential relays for transformer protection
Module 2: Power System Protection
Day Nine: Effect of Protection on Reliability
  • Reliability indices
  • Fault clearing time and reclosing
  • Effects of nearby faults
  • Fuse saving strategy
  • Fuse blowing strategy
  • Intelligent protective devices
Day Ten: Arc Flash Hazard and a Look to the Future
  • Shock hazard versus burn/blast hazard
  • IEEE 1584 and NFPA 70E
  • Personal protective equipment
  • Hazard labeling
  • A look to the future: communication-based overcurrent protection
  • A look to the future: intelligent sectionalizing