Modern Electrical Power Substation Fundamentals - Designed to benefit engineers of all disciplines. Credit: 8 - PDH’s Lead Instructor: Bobby Rauf, PE, CEM, CMT, CE, MBA Course description This course presents a basic overview of modern electrical substations, emphasizing their important role in reliable and effective operation of power systems, describing all major, auxiliary, and control equipment, listing typical engineering issues associated with substation design and engineering and providing recommendations for addressing those issues. The Course is intended for electrical and civil engineers and designers, construction professionals as well as utility company management and field personnel looking to expand their knowledge and experience in modern electrical substations. This course is designed such that engineers of almost any specialty can take away a commensurate amount of knowledge with little or no background in the field of electrical engineering. All explanations are supported by numerous drawings, diagrams, and pictures illustrating equipment operating principles and arrangement. Several problems with solutions are provided as well to improve the retention of material. This course begins with a brief review of electrical power concepts in the DC, Single Phase AC, Three Phase AC, Per-Unit System in an easy to follow manner. The course then segues into the discussion about main goals that every utility company has, followed by description of a typical power system structure, justification for voltage transformation and mission of substations. Next, all main components of substations including their mission, components, types and arrangement are covered. This course provides an overview of reliability analysis theory, main equations to calculate probability of failure for both a single element and different kinds of their connection into the system. The example of reliability analysis for a specific 230-13 kV power system is presented for a better understanding of the subject. A basic overview of relay protection philosophy and main components of relay systems is provided, followed by description of most popular types of protection schemes, including their principles of operation, advantages and disadvantages. Different types of communication channels for relay protection systems are considered as well, including their arrangement and comparison of pros and cons. Next, an overview of reliability analysis theory is provided including main equations to calculate probability of failure for both a single element and different kinds of their connection into the system. The example of reliability analysis for a specific 230-13 kV power system is presented for a better understanding of the subject. The course covers typical substation switching systems, from the least reliable single bus to the most redundant double bus – double breaker systems, comparing their advantages and disadvantages. This course covers, briefly, the insulation coordination topic, as well as substation safety and fire protection issues. Explanation of BIL (Basic Insulation Level) and its effect on substation design are provided. A brief introduction to safety and fire protection standards is provided. An example is presented to show how to choose 138 kV circuit breaker for a specific power system. Substation insulators are introduced. This course is designed for engineers, professional engineers, energy professionals, engineering managers, technical professionals, technicians, facilities managers and other professionals who are not intimately familiar with electrical power substations. Board Acceptance Guarantee.