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Protective Relay Training Courses

Course Objectives:

Identify the Effects of Current Transformers (CTs) on Power Systems Protection. Recognize Protective Relay Coordination Related Disturbances and Outages.

Collect the Required Data to Perform a Detailed Coordination Study.

Derive Complete Protective Relay Device Settings to Protect the Electrical Power Systems Equipment.

Who Should Attend Our Protective Relay Training Courses:

Consultants, application engineers, design engineers and electrical engineers from large industrial plants or municipal

distribution systems with complex protective relay needs will find this course highly beneficial. Attendance at the Siemens

Westinghouse Industrial Power Systems Analysis Seminar or equivalent is strongly recommended as a prerequisite

Course Content

Introduction to Power Systems Relaying

System Planning

Power System Studies

Phasor Fundamentals

Relaying Principles

Review of Short Circuit Calculations

Fundamentals of Coordination

Power Systems Grounding

Symmetrical Components

Ungrounded Systems

Solidly-Grounded Systems

Resistance-Grounded Systems

Ground Fault Detection Methods

Current Transformers

Types, CT Ratios, Polarity

Burden, Accuracy Classes, Saturation Calculations

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Protection Fundamentals

Line, Cables, Feeders

Medium Voltage Motors

Power Transformers

Protective Relay Schemes

Directional Relays

Differential Relays

Ground Relays

Power System Coordination

Course Objectives:

Recognize Coordination Related Disturbances and Outages.

Collect the Required Data to Perform a Detailed Coordination Study.

Derive Complete Protective Settings for Some of the Simpler Electrical Power Systems that are Consistent with NEC

Requirements, and Safe and Reliable Facilities' Operations.

Who Should Attend:

The course is suggested for graduate engineers or personnel with equivalent work experience in electrical power systems.

Attendance at The Electricity Forum Power System Analysis Seminar or equivalent is strongly recommended as a

prerequisite.

Course Content

Power System Fundamentals

Balanced Three-Phase Loads

Unbalanced Three-Phase Loads

Substation Configurations (Radial, Loop, etc.)

Short Circuit Theory, Terminology and Studies

Fault Current Sources and Characteristics

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Equipment Ratings and Asymmetrical Factors

Analysis of a Computerized Fault Study

Overcurrent Coordination Fundamentals

General Procedures

Data Requirements

Plotting Protective Devices

Fuses

Molded Case Circuit Breakers and MCPs

Low Voltage Power Circuit Breakers

Protective Relays

Power Systems Grounding

Symmetrical Components

Grounded and Ungrounded Systems

Ground Fault Detection and Coordination

Conductor and Bus Protection

Cable Damage Criteria

Low and Medium Voltage

Tie Line Protection

Transformer Protection

Overload Protection

Phase and Ground Fault Protection

Primary Fuse Protection

Primary Breaker Protection

AC Induction Motor Protection

NEC and ANSI/IEEE Standards

Motor TCC Curves

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MCP Low Voltage Protection

NEMA Class E2 Controllers

Thermal Overload Protection

Thermal Locked Rotor Protection

Phase and Ground Fault Protection

Miscellaneous Protection (Undervoltage, Single-Phasing, etc.)

Power System Analysis Training

Course Objectives:

Power System Analysis means verifying the adequacy of the power distribution system and it's components.

Recognize coordination related disturbances and outages.

Collect the required data to perform a detailed coordination study.

Derive complete protective device settings for some of the simpler electrical power systems that are consistent with NEC

requirements.

Who Should Attend:

This course is intended for anyone who must perform calculations, provide settings or approve the work performed by

others. The trainee should be a graduate engineer or have the equivalent practical work experience in electrical power

systems.

Course Content

Introduction to Industrial Power Systems

Single-Phase Power Loads

Three-Phase Power Loads

Substation Configurations

Short Circuit Theory and Terminology

Effects of Short Circuits

Fault Current Sources

Machine Reactances

Fault Current Characteristics

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Electrical Equipment Ratings

Fuses

Circuit Breakers

Motor Starters

Conductors and Bus

Balanced Fault Calculations

Per-Unit Modeling

Data Collection

Impedance Calculations

Momentary and Interrupting

Duty Calculations

Coordination Fundamentals

Procedures

Data Collection

Scaling Factors

Plotting Time/Current Curves

Circuit Breakers

Fuses

Time Delay/Instantaneous Relays

Relay Coordination Intervals

Equipment Protection and Coordination

NEC and ANSI/IEEE Criteria

Conductors (Low and Medium Voltage)

Transformers

Motors e. Conductors (Low and Medium