This training course will highlight:

• Power quality and risks with instability
• In-rush/cold rush effects
• Voltage control and regulation
• Blackout/power outage prevention
• Power system reliability
• How Blackouts occur
• Voltage and frequency concerns
• Load shedding

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

• List methods used to improve power quality
• Discuss analysis concepts when investigating potential power quality and interruption issues
• Analyze power quality
• Risk assess Power outages
• Understand how power outages can start and cascade
• Apply procedures to ensure power continuity
• Consider a variety of planning techniques for Power Blackouts
• Consider the use of SMART technology

This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will especially benefit:

• Electrical Construction Engineer
• Designers
• Maintenance Supervisor Electrical
• Electrical Power Technician
• Commissioning Supervisor
• Electrically Supervisor
• Managers with power infrastructure responsibility
• Senior Managers power infrastructure responsibility

DAY 1 : Blackouts, Instability, and Inrush
• Introduction to Power System Blackouts
• Blackout concerns
• Causes of Blackout
• Instability and transient issues
• Inrush/Cold inrush concerns
• Voltage control and stabiiity
• Inductive loads and reactive power issues

DAY 2 Power Analysis, Blackout Preventative Measures and Voltage Stability
• Power system analysis
• Blackout preventative measures
• Blackout prevention - analysis of standards and compliance
• VAR Compensation
• Voltage stability

DAY 3Power Restoration, Asset Concerns and Power Restoration Analysis
• Power restoration
• Analysis of restoration techniques
• Power system protection issues – Protection relays
• Transformer issues – cold load
• issues with power restoration
• Different approaches to power system restoration

DAY 4 Power Restoration Techniques, Local Disturbances and Ongoing Blackout Training
• Modern techniques in power restoration
• System requirements
• Decisions for restoration after a local power disturbance
• Training techniques to prepare for Blackouts
• Evaluating lessons learnt from Blackout simulations, modelling and training

DAY 5 Power Restoration Techniques, Local Disturbances and Ongoing Blackout Training
• Restoration of power policies
• Planning for power outages in large urban and urban locations
• Deployment of power Blackout planning
• Computers, automation and DCS control of power systems
• Local, specific and generic power system restoration techniques
• Support tools and interactive controls

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 75% of the total course duration.