The electrical equipment employed within an Electrical Power system holds significant importance in the transmission and distribution of electrical power. It is crucial to operate and maintain this equipment in a safe manner to ensure uninterrupted power supply to consumers.

Course Objectives:

By completing this training course, participants will be able to:

Understand the need for a routine inspection, adequate maintenance of equipment, and accurate record-keeping
Know the safe methods of maintenance management
Learn the effective maintenance activities for the best utilization of time and resources
Familiarize with the electrical equipment and systems maintenance requirements
Understand the requirements for a logical process in fault finding and troubleshooting
Have an understanding of the need for routine maintenance and a logical approach to fault finding techniques
Gain knowledge on maintenance techniques on pieces of electrical power equipment/systems
Learn safe working practices
Have full knowledge in troubleshooting techniques, discussed and investigated

This course is designed to increase the awareness of the required diagnostic skills of Engineers and Maintenance Teams on Modern Power Systems. The course will revolve around maintenance, troubleshooting, and fault finding techniques used in today’s modern systems.

Who Should Attend?

This course is intended for all Electrical Professionals, Electrical Engineers, Electrical Supervisors, Technicians, and those professionals responsible for the operation, maintenance, and fault finding techniques.

Course Outlines:

Introduction and Safety

Goals and discussion
Types of fault and factors affecting fault levels
Maintenance of electrical equipment
Managing maintenance
Safety
Balanced and unbalanced faults
Safe working practices and isolation procedure’s

Maintenance of Electrical Equipment

Review of Day 1
Electrical systems and components
Fault identification
Circuit breakers and capacities
Earthing introduction
Network earthing
Earthing systems
Earth bonding

Maintenance Engineering

Review of Day 2
Predictive Maintenance
Preventative Maintenance
Reactive Maintenance and Troubleshooting
Condition monitoring
Electrical Testing for Troubleshooting
Transformer maintenance
Generator maintenance

Electrical Equipment: Troubleshooting and Maintenance

Review of Day 3
Transformer components and troubleshooting
Maintenance of electric motors
Power electronics and Pulse width modulation invertors
AC Machine components and problem-solving
Synchronous Generators
Generator maintenance and troubleshooting
Variable speed drives and Harmonics

Cabling

Review of Day 4
Cable fault locating
External influences
Compatibility of equipment
SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition)
Compatibility of electrical equipment
Maintainability of electrical equipment
Concepts of protective system protection

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