To upgrade and economically dispatch and operate an electrical power system, a review of the main types of electrical equipment and load profiles (Switchgear, Protection, Transformers, Motors, VSDS, UPS, Batteries, MCCs, Cable Systems), including their specification and nature.
This Load Forecasting and System Upgrade training course will use practical and theoretical exercises concerning installation of load forecasting study analysis and system upgrade of electrical power system. It will also include the practical and theoretical exercises concerning load shedding analysis.
This Coventry Academy training course will feature:
Power system component, load types, load estimation and load forecasting
System analysis and simulation using ETAP
Powers System Upgrading, Analysis & Load Forecasting
Load Sampling Rate, Load Forecasting
Load Forecasting Techniques & 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