An intensive professional development training course on
Power System Protection and Reliability
Protection Devices Testing, Adjusting and Operating
to Increase Reliability of Power System Network
Modules
This training course is split into two modules:
Module I - Power Quality and Reliability
Module II - Power System Protection
Each module is structured and can be taken as a stand-alone training course; however, delegates will maximise their benefits by taking Module 1 and 2 back-to-back as a 2-week training course.
Why Choose Power System Protection and Reliability Training Course?
Power System Protection and Reliability Training Course provides a solid foundation for understanding how modern electrical networks operate, how they fail, and how protective devices respond to abnormalities. As power systems expand and become more interconnected, the need for accurate relaying, fault detection, and system reliability becomes even more essential for safe and stable operation. This course enables participants to master the fundamentals behind digital relays, protection schemes, and reliability assessment methods used across generation, transmission, and distribution environments.
This Power System Protection and Reliability Course also focuses on the importance of maintaining availability within electrical networks by applying correct relay settings, using established protection standards, and ensuring equipment is coordinated to minimise downtime. Participants explore fault types, protection philosophies, and predictive diagnostic methods that support proactive power system management.
Through practical examples and structured learning, the Power System Protection and Reliability Training Course helps professionals improve their operational decision-making when dealing with relays, breakers, faults, power quality disturbances, and network protection strategies. By the end of the course, delegates will gain confidence in analysing protection requirements, understanding reliability indices, and supporting safe electrical system operations across various industrial sectors.
What are the Goals?
This Power System Protection and Reliability Training Course equips participants with the analytical, technical, and practical insights necessary to support reliable power network operations. The course strengthens understanding of protective devices, fault behaviour, and system performance indicators, enabling delegates to improve both operational confidence and network safety.
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
- Understand power protection devices and their application in electrical systems
- Identify different fault types and analyse fault behaviour in networks
- Apply principles of power system reliability and partial discharge (PD) analysis
- Recognise load characteristics and evaluate overall network availability
- Learn and apply fundamental principles of modern protective relaying
- Interpret protection standards and relay settings aligned with ANSI codes
Who is this Training Course for?
This Power System Protection and Reliability Course is ideal for professionals working within electrical utilities, industrial facilities, or organisations that rely on safe and dependable power system performance. It supports both experienced engineers and those new to protective relaying, helping them strengthen their technical understanding of system protection concepts.
This training course will greatly benefit:
- Electrical Power System Engineers
- Electrical Technicians and Technical Officers
- Engineers and staff working in substations, generation, transmission, and distribution
- Managers seeking to understand power factor correction and its financial impact
- New graduates and professionals entering the field of protective relaying
- Anyone requiring an updated understanding of protection devices and reliability concepts
How will this Training Course be Presented?
This Power System Protection and Reliability Training Course uses interactive instructional techniques that support practical learning and real-world application. Delegates participate actively through discussions, workshops, and case-based troubleshooting scenarios to deepen their understanding of power system protection challenges.
Training delivery includes:
- Instructor-led presentations supported by industry-relevant examples
- Group discussions encouraging shared knowledge and collaborative learning
- Workshops that simulate protection device testing and relay adjustments
- Real-life case studies to analyse system faults and reliability issues
- Practical exercises designed to reinforce diagnostic and analytical skills
The Course Content
Module 1: Power Quality and Reliability
- Power quality definition and basics
- Importance of good and reliable power quality
- Quantifying power quality
- ITI curve
- Causes of voltage sags
- Causes of interruptions
- Motor starting
- Switching and traveling waves
- Capacitor switching
- Lightning
- Lightning shielding and grounding
- Ferroresonance
- IEEE-defined reliability indices
- Interpreting reliability indices
- Fault clearing
- Reclosing strategies
- Fuse saving philosophy
- Fuse blowing philosophy
- Basic impulse level
- Insulation systems
- Insulation testing
- Arrester selection and application
- Load tap changers and voltage regulators
- Effects of steady-state voltage on system operation
- Fundamentals of harmonics
- Causes and effects of harmonics
- AC power and power factor
- Mitigating harmonic effects
- K-factor transformers
- Harmonic filters
Module 2: Power System Protection
- Types and characteristics or overcurrent protection
- Fuse types, operation, and characteristics
- Interpretation of the time current curves
- Relationship between electronic trip units and L, S, I, G.
- TCC and selective coordination studies
- The molded case and the air circuit breakers electronic units
- Construction and roles of current transformer
- Potential or voltage transformers for electrical protection circuits
- The non-conventional instrument transformer (NCIT) characteristics
- Protection relay functionalities and significance
- Digital numerical relay applications
- Numerical relays coordination studies and characteristics
- Generator faults and protection
- Numerical relays dedicated to generator
- Importance of power transformer protection
- Low voltage and high voltage motor protection design
- Busbar protection significance
- Distance protection for overhead lines
- The smart grids with IEDs
- IoT and electrical power protection system
- The digital grid and line protection
- IEC 61850 and the digital substation
- AI component of the interactive intelligent relays
- Eco friendly high voltage circuit breakers
- Common type of ground faults
- Severe overcurrent faults
- Arc flash hazards analysis
- Arc fault mitigation related to IEEE 1584 and NFPA 70E
- Wrap up session
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