Course Duration: 3 Days
Course Description:
This three-day technical course includes a detailed study of power generators and voltage regulators, and the interaction between the two. The course also provides a solid understanding of generator paralleling, VAR flows, and generator/regulator response to changing loads and system voltages. A good working knowledge of polyphase AC theory is recommended as a prerequisite; however, a refresher of the important fundamentals is presented at the beginning of the course.
Who Should Attend:
This course is recommended for maintenance technicians, field engineers, and operators who are required to work with fixed plant generation equipment.
Course Objectives:
This course is designed to enable participants to:
- Identify the peak and effective AC voltage values on a waveform
- Describe the fundamental operations of a generator
- Describe how generators operate in parallel
- Describe the operating principle of differential protection
Course Outline:
I. Fundamentals of AC Power
- AC waveforms
- AC phase relationships
- Resistance in AC circuits
- Capacitance in AC circuits
- Power in AC circuits
II. Semiconductor Fundamentals
- Atomic review
- Semiconductor conduction
- Extrinsic semiconductors
- Diodes
- Transistors
- Silicon controlled rectifiers
- Thyrite
- Logic review
- Operational amplifiers
III. AC Synchronous Generators
- Voltage regulator function
- Voltage regulator components
- Voltage regulator operation
- Auxiliary regulator functions
- Voltage regulator troubleshooting
IV. Voltage Regulators/Exciters
- Voltage regulator function
- Voltage regulator components
- Voltage regulator operation
- Auxiliary regulator functions
- Voltage regulator troubleshooting
V. Generator Protection
- Short circuit protection
- Ground fault protection
- Overload protection
- Thermal protection
- Overspeed protection
- Low field excitation or loss of field excitation protection
- Generator motoring protection
- Protection against unbalanced faults
- Overexcitation protection
About The Electricity Forum
The Electricity Forum has established its role as one of the nation's leading conference organizers on subjects of policy and technical common interest to electric power generators and large power consuming companies. With headquarters in Pickering, Ontario, The Electricity Forum is dedicated to providing cost-effective, highly specialized information in the format of forums, electrical training tutorials, and industry-wide events. Since 1986, more than 25,000 delegates from leading companies have attended our forums and seminars, including:
- ATCO Electric
- Alberta Infrastructure
- Agrium
- BC Hydro
- Bell Canada
- Black and McDonald
- Bucyrus Canada
- Canadian Natural Resources Ltd
- Canmore General Hospital
- Catalyst Paper
- Chevron Canada
- Edmonton Power
- Enmax
- Husky Oil
- Hydro One
- Inco
- Manitoba Hydro
- New Brunswick Power
- Nova Scotia Power
- Ontario Power Generation
- Ottawa Hydro
- Petro Canada
- SaskPower
- Stantec Consulting
- Syncrude Canada
- Telus
- Toronto Hydro
- West Fraser Timber
- University of Alberta
- University of British Columbia
- University of Toronto
- Vancouver Regional District
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