Day 1
Customer Equipment and Service Requirements
• Single phase 120 and 240 volt equipment
• Three phase 277/480 volt equipment
• Medium voltage, 13 KV, equipment
• High Voltage, 138 KV, equipment
• Power quality
• Reliability
• Customer Load Types
Distribution System Design and Operation
• Voltage and current ratings
• Overhead lines and components
o Wire, cable and support structures
o Electrical clearance considerations
o Circuit reclosers and fuses
o Air break switches
o Surge and lightning protection
• Underground lines and components
o Cable and duct banks
o Fuses and sectionalizers
o Insulated switches
o Surge and lightning protection
o Submersible and Padmounted Components
• Distribution System Operation – General Concepts
o Short circuit detection and isolation
o Load and voltage control
o Power factor correction (capacitors)
o Voltage regulators
o Distribution system efficiency
• Distribution System Operation – Radial Systems
• Distribution System Operation – Networked Systems
• Distribution System Operation – Automated Systems
• Distribution System Operation – With SMART Grid Enhancements
• Distribution System Operation – With Distributed, Renewable Generation
• Distribution System Operation – Cold Load Pickup
Day 2
Transmission System Design and Operation
• Voltage and current ratings
• Voltage Control
• Overhead lines and components
o Wire, cable and support structures
o Electrical clearance considerations
o Air break switches
o Surge and lightning protection
• Underground lines and components
o Cable and duct banks
o Insulated switches
o Surge and lightning protection
• Transmission system operation
o Short circuit detection and isolation
o Load and voltage control
o Economic dispatch of generators
o Power factor correction
o Voltage control with generators
o Transmission system efficiency
o System stability considerations
o Reactive Power Requirements
o FIDVR (Fault Induced Delayed Voltage Recovery)
Day 3
Substation Design and Operation
• Voltage and current ratings
• Voltage Control
• VTs (Voltage Transformers)
• CTs (Current Transformers)
• Transformer connections and ratings
• Switchyard Configurations
• Substation Configurations
• Outdoor, Open Air, substations
o Electrical clearance considerations
o Instrumentation and Controls
o Circuit breakers and ratings
o Circuit switchers and circuit interrupters
o Protective relaying
o Air break switches
o Zones of protection
o Surge and lightning protection
• Indoor, enclosed, substations
o Switchgear designs
o GIS (Gas Insulated Substation) designs
o Phase bus designs and ratings
o Electrical clearance considerations
• Substation operation
o Bus configurations
o Transformer and bus redundancy
o Single failure analysis
o Short circuit detection and isolation
o Circuit breaker failure considerations
• Substation Operation – Radial Systems
• Substation Operation – Networked Systems
• Substation Operation – With Automated Distribution Systems
• Substation Operation – With SMART Grid Enhancements
• Substation Operation – With Distributed, Renewable Generation
• Substation Operation – Arc Flash Considerations
*Special note: Course notes include numerous photographs of many power system components. Small transformers, insulators, surge arrestors, fuses, wire, cable, cable terminators and other items are utilized during class discussions.
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