Air Insulated Electrical Substation Design
What you'll learn
- Know what an air insulated substation is
- Understand how to layout a substation
- Understand how to apply electrical clearances inside a substation
- Understand the different types of busbar conductor
- Know the difference between dead tank & live tank circuit breakers
- Understand the different substation configurations that we use.
- Know what creepage distance is
- Know what the basic insulation level ( BIL ) is
- Know what the switching impulse level ( SIL ) is
- Understand what the electrical clearances are and how to apply them
- Learn about the different types of clamps that we use in air insulated substations
- know what metalclad switchgear is and how it is designed.
- Learn how to apply maintenance grounding on a typical bay
- Learn about log out tag out procedures
- Know the difference between the various isolator types
- Know the difference between incomers, bus sections & feeders
- Learn about ground switches
- Know what the circuit breaker contact restriking voltage is
- Learn about the different insulating mediums we use in circuit breakers
- Know the difference between switching stations and substations
- Know the differences between the generation, distribution & transmission systems
- Know what a vacuum contact is
Requirements
- The basic electrical principles
- An interest in electrical utilities
- A calculator
Description
Air insulated substations are the most common type of substation that you will find on the electrical network, due to their cost effectiveness and simplicity.
This course will give you an appreciation of how to design this type of substation and introduce you to all of the equipment's that you will find in a typical air insulated substation
Who this course is for:
- Anyone interested in electrical engineering
- Electrical undergraduates
- Electrical graduates
- Workers in the electrical utility industry
- Electricians
Instructor
- 4.6 Instructor Rating
- 7,735 Reviews
- 17,543 Students
- 12 Courses
Stephen Brooks is a Chartered Electrical Engineer with over 30 years experience working in the electrical utility industry, starting as an electrical design engineer before moving into the construction field as a senior project manager building high voltage substations for electrical utilities, consultants & large contractors all over the world.
I now want to use this knowledge to teach others about the lessons learned during my career and to pass on my experiences to encourage others to join the electrical power industry.