Generator Protection & Control Courses

[rockman7892]

I'm looking to further my knowledge/education on generator protection and controls and wanted to see if anyone knew of any good training courses on this subject that are either online or classroom based.

I'm looking for something that will touch a little bit on synchronous machine theory as well as provide the solid in depth fundamentals of generator relay protection, control, and excitation systems.

Anybody know of anything out there that is worthwhile?

 

[davidbeach]

Basler used to do a Distributed Generation school that covered machine theory, excitation/AVR systems, and generation protection. A quick look at their site doesn't show that class existing anymore. Their Power Control & Protection Conference might fit your needs. SEL has a good class on generation protection but it is much more tilted toward the protection system than the excitation system compared to what Basler had.

 

[JG2828]

David,
Did you mean Beckwith? I have been to the Beckwith generator protection school and found it to be very good. They covered distributed generation, generator protection, motor bus transfer, and a few other things. It was held at a really nice beach resort in Florida. It looks like there is another one in July 2015.

http://www.beckwithelectric.com/protection/index.htm

 

[rockman7892]

JG2828

I saw that Beckwith training course in some of my searches and it looked good. Being that I am located in Florida its a relatively close option. Sounds like an option I should strongly consider.

In addition to protection theory etc.. do they cover many practical applications with example settings, calculations, etc... Do they cover anything on excitation or generator control?

 

[JG2828]

I took the class about 10 years ago, but if I remember correctly, they covered just a little bit of settings and calculations. Not much. I don't remember any excitation or control. It is only a 4 day course which covers generators, transformers, feeders, distributed generation, and motor bus transfer. So there really isn't enough time to get into all of the details. I have not found any good training seminars that really get into the details of settings and calculations. I think you would need something a little more substantial. I Googled and found the below link. It looks pretty good, but I don't know anyone who has taken these courses, so I can't say if they are good or not.

http://cpe.wpi.edu/online/pwr-gradcert.html

 

[bohdand]

I took a very good protection engineering class several years given by a utility protection engineer in the New York City area. His company is MOH Electric and the onwner/instructor's name is Mohammed Ibrahim. He typically did the class near Laguardia Airport. The class covered both transmission protection and generator protection.