Modern Electrical Power System

Course Contents

• Generation Fundamentals
  
  
  • How electricity is generated
  • 3-Phase generation
  • Stator, Rotor and Exciter
  • Prime movers (Coal, Hydro, Nuclear, other)
    
    
• Substation Overview
  
  
  • Major equipment (Transformers, circuit breakers, regulators, air switches)
  • Buswork and air switches
  • Control building and battery backup control power
    
    
• Transmission Overview
  
  
  • Types of structures
  • Configurations
  • Characteristics
    
    
•  Distribution Facilities Overview 
  
  
  • Common voltages
  • Radial system
  • Typical distribution equipment
    
    
• Telecommunications Overview 
  
  
  • Control centers and remote terminal units
  • Types of communications systems (fiber, microwave, power line carrier, etc.)
    
    
• Electricity 
  
  
  • Single and Three Phase Connections
  • Voltage and Current equations
  • Power Factor
  • Transformers and Regulators
  • Circuit Breakers and Reclosers
  • Capacitors, Inductors and Lightning Arresters
  • Control Building equipment
  • Conductors and Insulators
  • Transmission Lines
  • Distribution Facilities
  • Service Entrance Equipment
  • Metering
  • Protective Relays
  • Synchronization

• Normal System Operations Basics

• Emergency System Operations Basics

• Generator Balance and Demand Curves