This Hands-On course will cover the maintenance, testing and repair requirements for common substation devices, including power transformers, oil, air and vacuum circuit breakers, switch gear, ground grid systems, batteries, chargers and insulating liquids. This course focuses on what to do, when to do it and how to interpret the results from testing, maintenance and repair. Substation maintenance is a key part of any plant's maintenance program. Failures in key components such as racking mechanisms, meters, relays and busses are the most common cause of unplanned outages. Transmission, distribution and switching substations generally have switching, protection and control equipment and one or more transformers. Having skilled substation maintenance technicians is essential to equipment reliability.
This course focuses on maintenance and testing of switch gear, circuit breakers, batteries and protective relays, and more...
Designed for apprentices, technicians and engineers that are responsible for the maintenance and testing of industrial and utility substations.
Requires working knowledge of ACDC theory. Students must wear safety toe shoes. Field experience beneficial but not required.
This Course Has Been Customized To Topics That Have Been Provided By Client
Day One (8 Hours)
- Configuration & function of equipment commonly found in a substation; typically components of air, oil, and vacuum circuit breakers and metal clad switchgear
- Voltage class, ratings, interrupting ratings, PPE use, racking
- LV & MV circuit breakers
- Operation, control and functionality
- Components & insulation mediums
- Safety and PPE (all participant have attended the electrical safety class)
- Breaker ratings for various applications
- Interpreting control schematics – NEMA function numbers explained along with NETA testing, maintenance and repair details that are associates with this type of equipment
Day Two (8 Hours)
- Identification of and operation of electromechanical/digital relay components
- Explain targets and relay indicators and how the relays react to a fault or condition
- Interpret AC & DC indicator relays and safety functions
Day Three (8 Hours)
- Understanding Testing and Maintenance
On-Site with numerous Hands-On labs and exercises.
BTS also encourages all attendees to bring their own equipment to the course. This will provide attendees the opportunity to incorporate their own gear into the labs and gain valuable training using their specific equipment.
BTS always provides equipment to have a very successful Hands-On course. BTS also encourages all attendees to bring their own equipment to the course. This will provide attendees the opportunity to incorporate their own gear into the labs and gain valuable training using their specific equipment.
