Distribution Reliability and Power Quality Course
Electrical and Power Engineering

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Distribution Reliability and Power Quality Course
Course Overview:
This course aims to optimize the quality and the trustworthiness of electrical transmission and distribution (ET&D) systems through competent planning and calculative analysis.
Participants will be taught about reliability indices, system faults, power quality issues such as voltage sags, momentary interruptions, and many others.
Emphasis is put on planning approaches with consideration of real-life examples and compative analysis, alongside methods of improving reliability using automation, protection devices, and maintenance.
Targeted towards electrical engineers, supervisors, and managers, this course provides attendees with a skill set that enables the modeling and development of stable and reliable networks that meet the demands of today and tomorrow.
Course Objectives:
The first half of the course emphasizes the distribution reliability process and case studies. Emphasis is placed on the methods and criteria employed to select alternatives, and trade-off analysis required for distribution planning is regulated and restructured markets. The second section emphasizes the practical calculation of reliability measures. Theory and definitions are covered in introductory lecture sessions and illustrated through examples. Explanation of necessary data input and interpretation of output results from the calculation examples are discussed. Real-life examples will be used for both the distribution quality and reliability case studies. The attendees will be capable of proper planning of the distribution networks in newly developing areas in the manner that these networks can supply the present and future loads at the standard voltages with the highest efficiency and supply reliability.
Who Should Attend?
In general, electrical power engineers, supervisors and qualified distribution system technicians can take part in this course.
Course Outlines:
- Reliability ( Reliability Indices, Storms and Weather, Modeling Radial Distribution Circuits, Parallel Distribution Systems, Improving Reliability, Switching and Protection Equipment, Automation, Maintenance, and Inspections).
- Voltage Sags and Momentary Interruptions ( Momentary Interruptions, Voltage Sags, Occurrences of Voltage Sags, Characterizing Sags and Momentaries, Equipment Sensitivities)
- Other Power Quality Issues (Overvoltages and Customer Equipment Failures, Switching Surges, Harmonics, Flicker, Voltage Unbalance).
- Faults (General Fault Characteristics, Fault Calculations, Limiting Fault Currents, Arc Characteristics, High-Impedance Faults, External Fault Causes, Equipment Faults).
- Reliability and Power Quality Improvement Programs (Improvements in Protection Practices, Fault Sources, Programs to Reduce Fault Rates, Outage Follow-Ups, Problem-Circuit Audits).