During the course the candidates will become familiar with a wide and diverse range of equipment across the array of trades and disciplines within this sector.

Throughout the course a focus on health and safety in the workplace will be emphasized to ensure that the candidates adopt the same safe practice within industry employment as they do on the course. In addition to this the candidates will be able to identify the roles and responsibilities of the personnel operating within a Power Plant, demonstrate an understanding of the design and operation of a Power Plant and competently undertake diagnostic checks and fault diagnosis.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Be able to understand the main safety requirements of working in a Power Plant
• Be able to explain the various methods of Power Generation
• Be able to explain the function of the major components of a Fossil Fuel Power Plant (Steam Turbine, Gas Turbine, Diesel)
• Be able to explain the operational requirements of a Power Plant
• Be able to understand and explain the terminology associated with a Power Plant
• Be able to explain the function of the main parts of the relevant prime mover including method of generation, systems, generator etc.
• To know the different type of protection at power plant
• Understand the principles of operation and control of power system
• Be able to identify the roles and responsibilities of the personnel operating within a Power Plant environment

Electrical Engineers, Power Generation Engineers , Power System Protection Engineers, Gas turbine newcomers and more experienced persons who desire an overview of the many available gas turbine technologies, Personnel, Electrical and Instrumentation Technicians & Maintenance Technicians & Supervisors, Plant Operators & Technicians, Oil & Gas Industry Personnel

• Presentation
• Case study
• Life examples
• Video Demo
• Group Discussion
• Workshop

Module One:

   Electric Power Generation: Conventional Methods

• Introduction
• Fossil Power Plants
• Nuclear Power Plants
• Geothermal Power Plants
• Hydroelectric Power Plants
• Synchronous Machinery
• Thermal Generating Plants
• Distributed Utilities

  Electric Power Generation: Non-Conventional Methods

• Wind Power
• Advanced Energy Technologies
• Photovoltaic

Module Two:

AC Generator:

• Generator construction.
• Conventional excitation.
• Static excitation.
• Brushless excitation (general case).
• Behaviour under short circuit.
• Brushless excitation (without pilot exciter).
• Brush less excitation (with pilot exciter).
• The diode bridge.
• Automatic voltage regulators (AVR).
• AVR set point
• Generator speed control
• Mechanical governers.
• Modern mechanical governer.
• Electronic governers.

Power system protection

• Power System Faults.
• Short Circuit Theory and fault studies
• Components of Power System Protection Schemes .
• Current Transformers (CTs) & Voltage Transformers (VTs).
• Co-ordination of Electrical Protection Systems.
• Generators protection

Module Three:

Power System Operation and Control

• Energy Management
• Generation Control: Economic Dispatch and Unit Commitment
• State Estimation
• Optimal Power Flow
• Synchronization
• Load shedding
• Load sharing
• Emergency power sources
• Stand by sources
• SCADA control systems

Module Four:

Transformers

• Theory and Principles
• Power Transformers
• Distribution Transformers
• Underground Distribution Transformers

 Motors

• AC and DC Motors
• Motor Control Centres
• Power Plant Health and Safety
• Permit to Work Systems
• Electrical Safety and Isolation
• Responsible Persons
• Steam Safety
• Chemical Safety

Module Five:

Maintenance.

• Preventative maintenance.
• Windings protection.
• Insulation resistance test.
• Drying windings.
• Stator winding short-circuit test.
• Bearing Lubrication.
• Bearing removal.
• Bearing installation.
• Testing brushless exciter rotating rectifiers with an ohmmeter.
• Testing brushless exciter rotating rectifiers with a test lamp.
• Testing surge protector with test lamp

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing a minimum of 80% of the total course duration.