T&D Short Courses

[magoo2]

What are some good short courses in the T&D areas? I know EUCI advertises some, but don't know if they are any good. Does anyone have some good short courses to mention?

 

[wbd]

It would help if you specify your geographical location. This is an international site and there are courses all over the world.

 

[magoo2]

Sorry I forgot about the broader interests of the group. I'm in North America. Course interest is in T&D, distribution planning and reliability. Looking for practical short courses by experienced people.

 

[ePOWEReng]

The University of Wisconsin-Madison offers some good short courses.

http://epdweb.engr.wisc.edu/courses...gineering and Power Systems&myRegionHead=R-09

 

[magoo2]

I'm a little familiar with the Univ. of Wisconsin courses, but the list doesn't say who is teaching the particular courses. I find that too many universities offer courses that the instructors only learned about from books and really offer little practical relevence. While the theoretical background is very helpful, I don't want to get immersed in a theory-only type of short course.

Also I'm particularly interested in distribution planning and reliability courses. Any hints on those would be helpful too.

Also if you suggest a link, can you include whether you've taken the actual short course or not? Thanks.

 

[magoo2]

Thanks, luis. I had forgotten about PTI, which I guess is now Siemens. They generally publish outlines for the courses, but don't give any info on who is teaching them. Nonetheless, I'll check them out.

 

[ePOWEReng]

S&C also offers a distribution seminar

http://www.sandc.com/services/DistrPlanning_sem.asp

 

[magoo2]

Has anyone attended any of the courses that were mentioned (i.e., PTI and S&C)? I'd like to see if there's any that are highly recommended.

 

[marksiddall]

What is T&D? Transmission and Distribution?

 

[magoo2]

Yes, T&D is transmission and distribution.

 

[Zogzog]

How about some more details on what you are looking for. T&D is a pretty broad topic and means different things to different people.

 

[magoo2]

Again, from the 3rd or 4th thread, I'm interested in reliability and distribution planning topics. Capacitor application, voltage regulation, system design, higher voltage distribution, engineering economics are the planning related topics.