Generator Protection Course: Concepts, Applications and Relay Protection Schemes

This course provides in-depth knowledge of the major electrical protection principles, applications and schemes associated with generators. Learn generator differential protection, restricted earth fault protection, negative sequence or unbalance protection, overcurrent protection, and many others. 42 Lectures and 5h 56m total course length.

Course Description

The aim of this course is to provide in-depth knowledge of the major electrical protection principles, applications and schemes associated with generators. The principles and criteria learned here are applicable to both large and small machines.

The proper application of protective relaying requires knowledge of the operating range of each component and an understanding of the interactions of the generating unit and the power system. This is crucial if you are working in power system industry.

An understanding of generator parameters is important not only for the application of protection but also when operability issues arise during or after abnormal operating events.

Included in the course are generator differential protection, restricted earth fault protection, negative sequence or unbalance protection, protection against inadvertent energization, overcurrent protection, and so on.

Course Content

The following specific topics are covered in this course:

  • Introduction to Power System and Power Plants
  • Simplified Single Line Diagram of Generator Turbine Power Station
  • Working of Gas Turbine overview
  • Performance of Synchronous Machines
  • Power Plant Layout and Grounding Techniques
  • Classification of Generator Tripping
  • Class A Protection
  • Class B Protection
  • Class C Protection
  • Types of Fault and location of faults
  • Types of Generator Protection
  • Generator Differential Protection
  • Restricted Earth Fault Protection
  • Negative Sequence or Unbalance Protection
  • Protection against inadvertent Energization
  • Over Current Protection
  • Voltage Controlled Over Current Protection
  • Inter Turn Short Circuit Protection
  • Over and Under Voltage Protection
  • Under and Over Frequency Protection
  • Loss of Excitation and Mho Characteristics
  • Vector Shift Relay
  • Reverse Power Relay
  • Impedance Protection of Generator
  • 2nd and 3rd Zones of Impedance Protection
  • Stator Earth Fault Protection
  • Over Excitation or Over Flux Protection
  • Rotor Earth Fault Protection
  • Out of Step Protection
  • ROCOF Protection
  • Bearing Insulation Protection
  • Generator Low Forward Power Protection
  • Thermal Over Load Protection Stator and Rotor
  • Frequency Adaptivity and Generator Startup protection
  • Protection against Rotor Distortion
  • Generator Vibration Protection
  • Directional Neutral Overcurrent
  • Circuit Breaker Failure Protection
  • Load Encroachment
  • VT Fuse Fail VT MCB Fail Function
  • Tripping Philosophy and sequential Tripping
  • Single Line Diagram and Trip Matrix in brief

Who is this course for

  1. Anyone who wants to learn electric protection and control of generators from scratch
  2. Electrical Engineering Students
  3. Electrical Engineering Graduates
  4. Electrical Engineers who work in the field of substations and switchgear
  5. Electrical Control Engineers
  6. Electricians
  7. Power/Utility Engineer

Requirements

  • Understanding the basics of power system analysis
  • Understanding the basic relay protection terminology and principles
  • Knowing the basic generator operating principles

Downloadable course materials

After purchasing the course, students can download the following materials:

  1. Generator Single Line Diagram (PDF)
  2. Generator Protection Course Slides (PDF)
  3. Protection of Synchronous Generators (PDF)
  4. Lecture notes in relay protection for students: Generator, motor and transformer (PDF)
  5. Protection of generators at main generation station that supply Sudan. 500 MW (PDF)
  6. Generator protection application and relay selection guide (PDF)
  7. Generator protection functions and test methods (PDF)

About Instructor

Muhammad Kashif

Muhammad Kashif Shamshad is an Electrical Engineer and has more than 17 years of experience in operation & maintenance, erection, testing project management, consultancy, supervision, and commissioning of Power Plant, GIS, and AIS high voltage substations ranging up to 500 kV HVAC & ±660kV HVDC  more than 10 years experience is with Siemens Saudi Arabia. He completed over 20 high voltage substation projects, Operation & Maintenace of Substation & Power plants in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia for different electric utilities including Saudi Electricity Company (SEC), Saudi Aramco, SABIC, Marafiq, National Transmission & Despatch Company (NTDC), WAPDA, and K-Electric. Also, he led testing and commissioning teams to implement electrical infrastructure projects for many types of industrial clients (Steel, Petrochemical, etc.) in both countries, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

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Course Includes

  • 42 Lessons
  • Course Certificate
  • Lifetime Access