Electrical Engineering Technology (EET)

Industry’s electrical needs are diverse and ranges from Electricians to Electrical Engineers. One of the special needs of any un-interrupted industrial operation is consistent power generation in response to unreliable electricity grids or when tradition hydroelectricity is unavailable. This makes Electrical Technologist with expertise in Power System Design and Maintenance valuable assets for companies.

Our Electrical Engineering Technology Diploma program addresses critical employment needs in the electric utilities work-force. The students will gain hands-on experience and necessary set of skills and competencies and broad knowledge of the Power Industry.

Electrical

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Industrial Electrical Power Systems need a good design. A proper functioning electric power distribution system is vital to safety, maintenance, troubleshooting and the efficient operation of a modern industrial plant.

The power distribution system includes high voltage utility tie circuit breakers, main transformers, medium voltage switchgear, distribution transformers, motor control centers, electric motors, variable speed drives, etc. This course is designed to address all aspects of industrial power distribution systems, including system planning, equipment selection, specification and application, system grounding, protection and conformity with electrical code requirements, etc. Typical one-line and relaying diagrams will be discussed for various applications.

Course Duration: 3 Days

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

Learn industrial power systems design principals, planning and analysis.

This course is designed for electrical power engineers to review, reinforce and refresh their knowledge of power system design, operation and troubleshooting.

* The course will provide a systematic approach to design of a new Electrical Power System or retrofit an obsolete system, encompassing distribution, transformers, MCC, panel boards, lighting loads and manufacturing plant electrical system.

Advance your knowledge and skills in system planning, equipment selection, specification and application. Learn and understand important aspects of power distribution system design steps. Improve your knowledge of how to operate your industrial power system efficiently, securely and safely.

Our Power System Analysis Training Course Will Teach Students How To:

  • Design electrical power systems more efficiently Better select and size power system components Understand the fundamentals of short circuit studies
  • Understand the basics of coordination studies Calculate overcurrent device settings Understand power system design and analysis
  • Provide the optimum sizing of the Electrical System for a specific Application to obtain maximum performance and reliability
  • Select the best electrical equipment for retrofitting an old system

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

The Substation Course is dedicated but not limited to the following qualified individuals:

  • Electrical Power Engineer
  • Licensed Electricians
  • Managers that must understand the Power Systems of the Substations
  • Electrical Safety Inspectors
  • Any other individuals who are interested in this subject
  • Electrical Operators
  • District and Zone Managers

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COURSE Description:

The Bulk Electrical System Course is focused on the General Arrangement of the Electrical System, Starting from Utility and ending at the Distribution level.

The Course explain also the Distribution Generation and the requirements to connect a Green Energy System or Local Micro Generation System to the GRID including recommendations of protections to be used with typical topology of the Power System.

Second Part of the Course is Focused on the Protection PRC Standards, and the available Protection for the Major Equipment: Transformers; Motors; Generators Busses; Cables and other electrical components.

Course Duration: 3 Days

Learning Outcome:

After successfully completing the Substation Course the student will be able to:

  • Define an electrical Subsystem as BULK ELECTRICAL or Distribution
  • Apply the PRC Standards Based on the BULK Electrical System Criteria
  • Implement the Models to create the proper protection System using EASY POWER
  • Perform Protection Coordination for specific Substation
  • Create TCC -Time Current Curve for the Substation


Jobs related to the Substation Course:

  • Substation Engineering
  • Protection Engineer
  • Substation Operator
  • Switching Authority
  • Contract Manager working on a Substation Project
  • Electrical Inspector
  • District and Zone Managers

 

 

Who should attend:

The Substation Course is dedicated but not limited to the following qualified individuals:

  • Electrical Power Engineer
  • Licensed Electricians
  • Managers that must understand the Power Systems of the Substations
  • Electrical Safety Inspectors
  • Any other individuals who are interested in this subject
  • Electrical Operators
  • District and Zone Managers

 

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COURSE Description:

Third and Last Course for this package–Power System Modeling and Calculations

This Course is addressing all you need to know to perform a Power System Model Implementation using one of the dedicated software:

Easy Power will be used for the practical implementation.

Course Duration: 3 Days

Learning Outcome:

  • Perform correct Data Collection to model the power system
  • Perform Load Flow Hand Calculation, and Easy Power Load Calculation
  • Solve the Short Circuit Calculation for three phases; phase to ground and phase to phase to ground
  • Calculate correctly the voltage drop for a distribution system
  • Evaluate the Power Factor
  • Perform Dynamic Motor Start Study for a Large Induction Motor connected to the Grid.
  • Perform Short Circuit Calculation using Symmetrical Components
  • Generate TCC Curves for the Relay Protection Coordination
  • Generate ARC Flash Reports and Labels
  • Implement a Ground Grid for a Substation
  • Understand the different types of grounding systems

Who should attend:

The Substation Course is dedicated but not limited to the following qualified individuals:

  • Electrical Power Engineer
  • Licensed Electricians
  • Managers that must understand the Power Systems of the Substations
  • Electrical Safety Inspectors
  • Any other individuals who are interested in this subject
  • Electrical Operators
  • District and Zone Managers

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COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Our Electrical Motor Protection System Design course focuses on detailed technical solutions for the protection of electrical motors, including very large medium-voltage motors (4.16 kV and 13.8 kV). Learn about the development of relay protection systems using EasyPower and ETAP software. Study solutions that use digital protective relays by GE Multilin, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL), ABB, Basler AG and Siemens. Practice using thermal models of motors to determine the temperature limit reached during repetitive starts.

 

COURSE OUTCOMES:

Upon successful completion of this course, the students will have reliably demonstrated the ability to:

  1. Model an electrical system and select the proper digital relays from a manufacturer
  2. Perform protection coordination for the Electrical Motor
  3. Create a Protection Relay Setting Sheet
  4. Implement backup protection as required for large motors
  5. Coordinate the motor protection with the feeder protection
  6. Develop ground fault protection study for the Electrical Motor
  7. Perform Transient Study for Starting Electrical Motor
  8. Adjust the differential protection R87 to coordinate with overload and transients

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COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Our Generator Protection System Design course focuses on detailed technical solutions for the protection of electrical generators, including very large medium-voltage generators (4.16 kV, 13.8 kV, 22 kV and 25 kV). Learn about the development of relay protection systems using EasyPower and ETAP software. Study solutions that use digital protective relays by GE Multilin, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL), ABB, Basler AG and Siemens and are applied to the stator winding protection using R87 differential protection, third-harmonic neutral current injection or 64REF restricted ground protection. Get the skills you need to be able to incorporate voltage unbalance, R46 and R47 designators and 32R reverse power. Also consider loss of excitation, R40 and R81 designators, phase swing and Rate of Change of Frequency (RoCoF) protection.

 

COURSE OUTCOMES:

Upon successful completion of this course, the students will have reliably demonstrated the ability to:

  1. Model an electrical system and select the proper digital relays from a manufacturer
  2. Perform protection coordination for the Electrical Generator
  3. Create a Protection Relay Setting Sheet
  4. Implement backup protection as required for large Generators
  5. Coordinate the Generator protection with the Unit Power Transformer Protection
  6. Develop ground fault protection study for the Electrical Generator
  7. Perform Transient Study for Starting Electrical Generator
  8. Adjust the differential protection R87 to coordinate with overload and transients


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COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Our Transformer Protection System Design course focuses on detailed technical solutions for the protection of electrical transformers, including very large high-voltage unit power transformers (230 kV and 500 kV). Learn about the development of relay protection systems using EasyPower and ETAP software. Study solutions that use digital protective relays by GE Multilin, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL), ABB, Basler AG and Siemens. Consider the Alstom integrated protection systems that include the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) phase loss protection design. Study bulk electric power systems and primary and backup power protection using the ETAP device protection and co-ordination evaluation software.

 

COURSE OUTCOMES:

Upon successful completion of this course, the students will have reliably demonstrated the ability to:

  1. Model an electrical system and select the proper digital relays from a manufacturer
  2. Perform protection coordination for the electrical Transformers, shell type; three phase or independent transformers
  3. Create a Protection Relay Setting Sheet
  4. Implement backup protection as required for large Transformers, part of Bulk Electrical Systems
  5. Coordinate the Transformer protection with the Generator and the transmission line protection, Distance Relay 21 and Directional Power Relay 32
  6. Develop ground fault protection study for the Electrical Transformer
  7. Perform Transient Study for Power up a Power Transformer
  8. Adjust the differential protection R87 to coordinate with overload and transients

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COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Our Substation Grounding Design course focuses on the correct design for a substation grounding system using the ETAP software grounding model and following the standard requirements of the IEEE 80. Learn how to correctly model a grounding system by calculating ground potential rise (GPR), touch voltage and step voltage limits. Get the skills you need to ensure the safety of personnel and equipment by studying different scenarios and grounding interconnection.

 

COURSE OUTCOMES:

Upon successful completion of this course, the students will have reliably demonstrated the ability to:

  1. Model an electrical grounding system for a medium voltage subsystem
  2. Perform ETAP MODEL Calculation of the GPR-Ground Potential Rise; Touch and Step Potential
  3. Create voltage GPR distribution for a discharge to the substation grounding mesh
  4. Implement corrective actions for an unsafe grounding system
  5. Calculate the necessary number of rods to be added to a degraded grounding system
  6. Recommend the proper grounding system for the substation fence
  7. Recommend solutions to mitigate potential rise generated by transmission lines
  8. Generate Ground Fault Report for variant interconnection to other grounding systems, e.g. concentric neutral interconnection

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COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Our Substation Integrated Protection Design course focuses on detailed technical solutions for the protection of electrical distribution substations using EasyPower and ETAP software. Study solutions that use digital protective relays by GE Multilin, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL), ABB, Basler AG and Siemens, and learn to design and calculate a modern substation protection system that protects all equipment (such as busbars, switches and power transformers).

 

COURSE OUTCOMES:

Upon successful completion of this course, the students will have reliably demonstrated the ability to:

  1. Model an Electrical Distribution Substation and select the proper digital relays from a manufacturer
  2. Perform protection coordination for the Distribution Substation
  3. Create a Protection Relay Setting Sheet
  4. Implement backup protection as required for the high voltage bulk electrical substations
  5. Coordinate the substation protection with the feeder protection
  6. Develop ground fault protection study for the Distribution Substation
  7. Perform Transient Study for Fast Transfers
  8. Adjust the differential protection R87 to coordinate with overload and transients

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COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Our Backup Power Relay Protection course focuses on detailed technical solutions for the protection of uninterruptible power supply (UPS), battery backup and power backup systems as well as typical relay protection systems. Learn about the development of the relay protection system using EasyPower and ETAP software. Practice using differential protection, instantaneous overcurrent protection, time overcurrent protection and ground fault protection.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

Upon successful completion of this course, the students will have reliably demonstrated the ability to:

  1. Model an electrical system and select the proper digital relays from a manufacturer
  2. Perform protection coordination for the UPS; Battery; Backup Generator System
  3. Create a Protection Relay Setting Sheet
  4. Implement backup protection as required for the large Backup Generator Systems
  5. Coordinate the UPS, Battery & Power Backup Systems, and typical Relay Protections with the feeder and the load protection
  6. Develop ground fault protection study for the Electrical UPS, Battery & Power Backup Systems, and typical Relay Protections
  7. Perform Transient Study for Starting Electrical Motor powered from a backup power system, UPS or Power Generator
  8. Perform Harmonic Study and calibrate filters for elimination of harmonics
  9. Perform Resonance Study using ETAP

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