Introduction to Course:

This course is designed to provide practical knowledge of “Electrical Asset Management” to Electrical Engineers & O&M Engineering Professional(s) through global practical Case Studies.

Who Should Attend?

This training course is recommended for the following personnel:

• Electrical Engineers
• Maintenance Engineers
• Electrical Consultants
• Electrical Contractors
• Safety Managers & Professionals
• Risk Managers
• Plant Managers

 Course Duration:

The course is designed for 40 Hours

Course Outline:

Day 1:

• Generators Asset Management 

• Introduction to Electrical Generators
• Codes and Standards
• Safety Accident statistics, safe Work practices, Regulations permit to work and safe isolation
• Design introduction, Construction, Design basis & Review
• Generator Operation, protection and Limits
• Practical Inspection and Maintenance
  • Monthly/Routine Maintenance
  • Minor Overhauls
    • Inspection of End winding Overhangs
    • Bearing Insulation Measurement
    • Boroscope Inspection of Rotor Windings
    • Winding Resistance & Insulation Resistance Test
  • Major Overhauls
  • Pre-Outage Planning
  • Generator Safe House Condition
  • Dismantling sequences
  • Inspection & Mechanical Testing
    • Visual Inspection of End Windings, End Brackets & Phase Rings
    • Visual Inspection of core and Slots
    • Visual Inspection of Core Plant and Core End Region
    • Core Tightness Testing
    • Back of the Core Inspection
    • Wedge Tap Testing
    • End Winding Vibration Analysis (Bump Test)
    • Borescope Inspection of Core Slot Area
    • Borescope Inspection of Rotor End Windings
    • Inspection of Rotor Wedges and Windings
    • UT, DT and DPT for Rotor Parts
    • Core Tightness
    • Inspection of Carbon Brushes and Slip Rings
    • Slip Ring Cleaning Methods
    • Visual Inspection of Shaft Grounding Devices
  • Electrical Testing
    • Test Before Cleanings
    • Winding resistance Testing
    • Insulation Resistance Testing
    • PI/DAR Ratios
    • Rotor Impedance Testing
    • RSO
    • Generator Ground/Earth Resistance Testing
    • Advanced Testing (stator & Core)
      • CnDF
      • Tandelta
      • Tandelta Tip-up
      • Partial Discharges
      • Hipot Testing
      • Stepped Hipot Testing
      • PDCA
    • ELCID
  • Repair and Refurbishments basics and materials
  • NETA MTS recommendations
• Practice session for Maintenance Plan development
• Practical Case Study for a Larger Electrical Utility Generator Failure

• Day #1 Summary, Conclusion & Q/A session

Day  2:

• Transformer (Power & Dry Type) Asset Management 

• Transformer Fundaments
• Construction of Oil and Dry Transformers
• Design introduction, Design basis & Review
• Components of transformers: enclosures, windings, pressboard insulation, paper insulation, Oil, Screens, Core, Clamping, Core Earthing, control panels, lightning arrestors, current transformers, ,HV & LV Bushings, OLTC and NLTC and various associated equipment
• Maintenance and Inspection
  • DC Winding Testing
  • SFRA
  • Excitation Current
  • TTR
  • CnDF
  • Oil Analysis (DGA & OQA)
  • DFR
  • DRM
  • Bushing Inspection
  • Bushing CnDF Analysis (C1 +C2)
  • Vacuum Treatment of Oil
  • Oil Filling and Treatment
• What and When to Test
• Mechanical Protective Devices
• Testing of Mechanical Protective devices
• Repair and Refurbishments basics and materials
• NETA MTS recommendations
• Practice for the development of Maintenance and Test Plans
• Practical Case Study of IPP and Utility Scale Transformer Maintenance and Diagnostics

• Day #2 Summary, Conclusion & Q/A session

Day  3:

• Motors Asset Management 

• Introduction to Electrical Motors
• Codes and Standards
• Safety Accident statistics, safe Work practices, Regulations permit to work and safe isolation
• Design introduction, Construction, Design basis & Review
• Motor Operation, protection and Limits
• Practical Inspection and Maintenance
  • Monthly/Routine Maintenance
  • Minor Overhauls
    • Inspection of End winding Overhangs
    • Bearing Insulation Measurement
    • Boroscopic Inspection of Rotor Windings
    • Winding Resistance & Insulation Resistance Test
  • Major Overhauls
  • Pre-Outage Planning/ Motor Safe House Condition
  • Inspection & Mechanical Testing
    • Visual Inspection of End Windings & Brackets
    • Visual Inspection of Phase Rings & Leads/Connection Box
    • Visual Inspection of core and slots
    • Visual Inspection of Rotor
    • Wedge Inspection
    • End Winding Vibration Analysis (Bump Test)
    • UT, DT and DPT for Rotor Parts
    • Core & windings Cleaning
  • Electrical Testing
    • Test Before Cleanings
    • Winding resistance Testing
    • Insulation Resistance Testing
    • Turn Insulation testing (Surge Impedance Testing)
    • PI/DAR Ratios
    • Ground/Earth Resistance Testing
    • Advanced Testing (stator & Core)
      • CnDF
      • Tandelta
      • Tandelta Tip-up
      • Partial Discharges
      • Hipot Testing
      • Stepped Hipot Testing
      • PDCA
      • ELCID
      • Online Testing Options
      • ESA/MCSA
    • Repair and Refurbishments basics and materials
    • NETA MTS recommendations
  • Practice session for Maintenance plan development
  • Practical Case Study for a larger Electrical Utility Generator Failure
• Day #3 Summary, Conclusion & Q/A session

Day  4:

• Switchgears, Cables & Instrument Transformer Asset Management 

• Switchgear Safe Work practices, Regulations permit to work and safe isolation
• Switchgear fundamentals, Utility Power, Codes and Standards
• Design introduction, Single Line Diagrams, Design basis & Review
• Components of switchgear: enclosures, conductors, switches, isolators, interrupting chambers, circuit breakers, relays, interlocks, racking Operations, control panels, lightning arrestors,

Current transformers, potential transformers, instrument transformers and various associated equipment

• Practical Inspection and Maintenance of MV/HV Switchgear
  • Inspection fundamentals
  • Breaker Testing (Timing and Travel)
  • Isolator Testing
  • Earth Switch testing
  • Relays Testing
  • CTs, PTs and SAs
  • Gas Analysis (SF6)
  • Overhauling
  • Drive Inspection and Testing
  • Interlock Testing
  • Gas Density Monitor Testing
  • Gas Filling and Handling
  • Control system Testing (Insulation)
  • Ground/Earth resistance Testing
• Advance Testing Techniques
  • DRM
  • PD Surveys
  • IR Thermography
  • Ultrasonic Testing
• NETA MTS recommendations
• Practice for the development of Maintenance and Test Plans
• Practical Case Study of an IPP SWGR Maintenance and Diagnostics

• Day #4 Summary, Conclusion & Q/A session

Day  5:

• Condition Monitoring of Electrical Assets 

• Introduction to Condition Monitoring
• Codes and Standards
• Failure Statistics
• Transformer CBM
  • Types of Transformer Oils
  • Oil Quality Analysis
  • Dissolved Gas Analysis
  • OLTC Oil Quality & DGA Analysis as a condition Monitoring Tool
  • Online Monitoring V/S Off Line Monitoring for Transformers
  • Off Line Testing
  • PD survey
  • Current and Voltage Waveform based monitoring Tools
  • Gas Monitors
  • Gas and Bushing Monitors
  • Thermography Inspection

• Motors & Generator CBM
  • Introduction to Condition Monitoring of Rotating Machines
  • Codes and Standards
  • Offline CBM
    • Partial Discharge theory and practices
    • Bar Vibration Sparking
    • Capacitance & Dissipation factor Testing and analysis
  • Online Testing Solutions
    • Thermography
    • PD Monitors
    • Rotor Flux Monitoring Solutions
    • EMI & Core Monitor
  • High Voltage Switchgear
    • Dynamic Resistance Measurements
    • CT, PT, CVT & SA CBM
    • Gas Monitoring
  • Day #5 Summary, Conclusion & Q/A session