Electrical Asset Management

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