Power and ElectricalPower System Protection and Reliability
An extended programme on protecting a power system and keeping it available. Delegates work through fault analysis and short circuit calculation, protection philosophy and grading, the full range of protection functions from overcurrent through distance to differential, and the coordination study that ties them together. The second half moves to reliability: failure modes in primary plant, protection maloperation and its causes, testing and commissioning practice, and the analysis of actual system events. Delegates work through real fault records and disturbance recordings, and finish able to build and defend a coordination study and to investigate a protection operation after the event.
Course objectives
- Calculate short circuit currents and analyse system faults
- Apply protection philosophy, selectivity and grading across a network
- Specify overcurrent, earth fault, distance, differential and busbar protection
- Build and verify a protection coordination study
- Analyse disturbance records and investigate a protection operation
- Identify the causes of protection maloperation and failure to operate
- Plan testing, commissioning and periodic verification
- Assess and improve system reliability and availability
Who should attend
- Protection and control engineers
- Electrical engineers in utilities and heavy industry
- Substation and network operations staff
- Testing and commissioning engineers
- Technical managers responsible for network availability
Course outline
- 01Power system faults and short circuit calculation
- 02Protection philosophy, selectivity, sensitivity and speed
- 03Overcurrent and earth fault protection and grading
- 04Distance protection and its application
- 05Differential and busbar protection
- 06Transformer, generator and motor protection
- 07Coordination studies and their verification
- 08Testing, commissioning and periodic verification
- 09Disturbance record analysis and event investigation
- 10Protection maloperation: causes and prevention
- 11Reliability, availability and the improvement of both
Scheduled sessions
| Dates | Venue | Format | Price | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 to 30 October 2026 | Online | Online | R13,500 per delegate | Register Now |
| 14 to 25 December 2026 | Kigali, Rwanda | Classroom | USD 2,150 per delegate | Register Now |
| 8 to 19 March 2027 | Nairobi, Kenya | Classroom | USD 2,150 per delegate | Register Now |