Power generation is fundamental to providing an adequate supply of electricity to consumers, both in terms of quality and quantity. This requires the generation equipment to be designed, installed, commissioned, operated, and maintained in a satisfactory manner within a management system that is effective in meeting the reliability goals within budget targets.
This course focuses on the operation, commissioning, and maintenance of power generation equipment and the auxiliary equipment necessary for its operation
Topics covered in this training course are:
- Fundamentals of power generation
- Generator capability
- Types and operation of excitation systems (AVR’s)
- Generator operation, commissioning, and maintenance
- Voltage regulator operation, commissioning, and maintenance
- Synchronizing devices and phasing of supplies
- Generator protection operation, commissioning, and maintenance
- Single and parallel operation of generators and their prime movers
- Power management requirements and methods of operation
- Principles of power system stabilizer operation
- Safety