EDSA's Power Systems Essentials course is a three-day, hands-on workshop that teaches users the core skills required to build and optimized a power systems model, to ensure maximum reliability, safety, and energy efficiency. Among other engineering tasks, students learn how to perform studies for power flow, short circuit, protective device coordination, arc flash, and other engineering tasks. At the conclusion of the course, students will be capable of modeling high-performance power infrastructure that meets all user requirements, and adheres to leading electrical safety standards.

By attending this three-day workshop, the attendees will learn:

Power Flow studies: scope, methods, input data, output report, organizing a power flow report and connecting the report to the project, voltage control, load analysis, dynamic individual motor starting, simultaneous multiple motor starting, motor starting impact to the study network

Short Circuit studies: scope, methods IEEE and IEC, input data, output report, organizing a short circuit report and connecting the report to the project, protective device evaluation (PDE), sliding faults

PDC studies: scope, protection principles, protection coordination, data base, generating a PDC data base, input data, output report, organizing a PDC Report and connecting the Report and PDC curves to the project

Arc flash investigation, creating and implementing the labels and PPE

Optimization of reactive power resources

Paladin DesignBase structure and features

Managing the Paladin DesignBase tools

Organizing a project and the project files

Day One

CAD modeller GUI
Catalog Management
Single Line Diagram Setup
Defining Scenarios
Project Management (*.axd, *.mas, *.epr. project files)
Multiple Page Projects
Multiple Drawings Project
Multiple Drawings and Pages Project
Electrical interconnection: multiple pages, multiple drawings
Hyper-linking
Hyper-linking to the Internet and other applications
Back Annotation
The Symbol Property Menu
Customizing Single Line Diagrams
Importing Drawings from AutoCAD and other applications
Practical Exercises (Ex.1 project completion)
Managing & Assigning Feeder and Transformer Databases
Load Flow Analysis
Voltage Control (Transformer Taps & Reactive Power options)
Transformer Sizing using Load Flow Results
Motor Starting Analysis using the load flow methodology
Motor Starting Methods (standard, capacitor assisted, capacitor/reactor assisted)
The Load Flow/Motor Starting Graphical Browser
Scenario Voltage Profile analysis
Automatic Contingency Analysis
Voltage Profile Methodology
Practical Exercises

 

Day Two

Advanced Load Flow Analysis
Under Load Tap Changers (ULTC)
Local and Remote Voltage Control using ULTC's and SVC's
Induction Motor Parameters and Advanced Motor Starting
Simultaneous Load Flow & Dynamic Motor Starting
Simultaneous Motor Starting Analysis
Advanced Graphical Outputs & Reports
Practical Exercises
3 Phase Short Circuit Analysis
Short Circuit Analysis Options
L-G, L-L, L-L-G and 3P reporting
IEC and ANSI Output reports
Arc Fault Energy Analysis; IEEE 1584, NFPA 70 E
Single Phase Short Circuit Analysis
Practical Exercises (Ex.1 Project completion)

Day Three

Managing Protective Device Coordination Databases
Importing Motor Starting Curves from the Motor Torque and Performance Program
Protective Device Coordination Analysis
Principles of DC Protective Device Coordination
Injection of Fault Currents and Tripping Time Evaluation
Customizing and Importing the Time Current Coordination Graph
Practical Exercises (Short Circuit, Load Flow, Motor Starting and PDC)
Introduction to Harmonics
Linear & Non-Linear Loads
Harmonic Sequencing
Transformers and K Factors
Capacitors & Resonance
Frequency Scan
The Harmonics Program Control Interface
Modeling Harmonics Sources in EDSA
Frequency Scans and Resonance
The IEEE 519 Reporting Interface
Adding Filters (Manually and using Auto Filter Sizing)
Phase Shifting Transformers

Practical Exercise