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23 – 25 SEPTEMBER 2019, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA

TOPICS COVERED
Hydro-Electric Power Plant Design

Classification of Hydro-Electric
Power Plants

Economics of Hydro-electric Power

Plants

Optimization of Turbine and

Generator Performance
Expert Course Faculty Leader
Best Practices for Reliability,
Our key expert has more than 32 years of practical
engineering experience with Ontario Power Generation Operation
as an Engineering Supervisor and Training Manager. He
has conducted courses and seminars to more than Power Station Protective Systems
4,000 working engineers and professionals who
consistently ranked him as "Excellent" or "Very Good".
He has also written 5 books for working engineers from
which three have been published by McGraw-Hill, New
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23 – 25 SEPTEMBER 2019, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA

Introduction
This seminar will provide a comprehensive understanding of all the best operation practices for a hydro-electric power
plant. The design and operation of a hydro-electric power plant and all its equipment are covered in detail in this seminar.
The main focus of the seminar is on the best practice guidelines to optimize the performance of every equipment in the
hydro-electric power plant. This includes turbine, governing system, transformers, generator, instrumentation and control
systems. All the methods used to optimize the performance of a hydro-electric power plant to meet international
standards will be discussed in detail in this seminar. This includes optimization of the plant management, plant
automation, upgrading the hydro-electric power plant to a computer-based supervisory control and Data Acquisition
(SCADA) system, and optimization of all equipment operation, surveillance, monitoring, testing, and maintenance. This
seminar is also focused on using advanced algorithms to optimize the generator efficiency, and optimization of a hydro-
electric power plant performance by selecting specific operating parameters such as the most efficient load, maximum
sustainable load, fixed turbine flow, headwater/tailwater elevation control, load following/automatic generation control,
condensing reactive power control, automatic load reduction and reinstatement for temperature considerations. The
seminar will also cover in detail all the inspection methods and tests required to identify faults and deficiencies in hydro-
electric power plant equipment, as well as, the most advanced repair techniques and refurbishment methods. This
seminar will also cover all the activities required to commission this equipment and all protective systems associated with
it. The objective of the seminar is to maximize the performance, efficiency, reliability, and longevity of hydro-electric
power plants by providing the best guidelines and practices for operating and maintaining them.

This seminar is a MUST for anyone who is involved in operating, managing, inspecting, testing, maintaining or refurbishing
hydro-electric power plants because it covers the best operation methods and provides the necessary guidelines and rules
that ensure the successful repair and refurbishment of hydro-electric power plants. In addition, this seminar will cover in
detail the advanced fault detection techniques, critical components and all modern troubleshooting and commissioning
methods which increases the reliability, and capacity factor (power output) of hydro-electric power plants and minimizes
their forced outages, and operation and maintenance costs.

Seminar Outcome
 Best Operation Practices for Hydro-Electric Power Plants: Gain a thorough understanding of the best operation
practices for hydro-electric power plants
 Hydro-Electric Power Plant Design and Operation: Learn about hydro-electric power plant design and operation
 Optimization of Hydro-Electric Power Plant Performance to Meet International Standards: Learn all the methods used
to allow hydro-electric power plants to meet international standards of performance
 Optimization of Hydro-Electric Power Plant Equipment Performance: Understand all the techniques used to optimize
power plant equipment performance and allow them to meet international standards
 Optimize hydro-Electric Power Plant Management: Learn the methods used to optimize hydro-electric power plant
Management
 Automation and Upgrades Required for a Hydro-Electric Power Plant: Gain a thorough understanding of all the
automation and upgrades required for a hydro-electric power plant to improve its performance
 Hydro-Electric Power Plant Upgrade to a Computer-Based Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA):
Understand how to upgrade a hydro-electric power plant to a computer-based SCADA
 Using Advanced Algorithms to Optimize the Generator Efficiency: Learn how to use advanced algorithms to optimize
the generator efficiency
 Best Practices for Reliability, Monitoring and Maintenance of a Hydro-Electric Power plants: Understand all the
methods used to improve the reliability, monitoring and maintenance of hydro-electric power plants

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 Optimization of Hydro-Electric Power Plant Performance by Selecting Specific Operating Parameters: Learn how to
optimize hydro-electric power plant performance by selecting the most efficient load, maximum sustainable load, fixed
turbine flow, headwater/tailwater elevation control, load following/automatic generation control, condensing reactive
power control, automatic load reduction and reinstatement for temperature considerations
 Hydro-Electric Equipment Diagnostics: Learn in detail all the required diagnostic techniques for all critical components
of hydro-electric power plant equipment such as turbines, governing systems, transformers and generators.
 Hydro-Electric Power Plant Equipment Testing: Understand in detail all the tests required for the various types of
hydro-electric power plant equipment
 Hydro-Electric Power Plant Equipment Maintenance and Troubleshooting: Determine the best maintenance and
troubleshooting activities required to minimize hydro-electric power plant equipment downtime and operating cost.
 Hydro-Electric Power Plant Equipment Repair and Refurbishment: Obtain a detailed understanding of the various
methods used to repair and refurbish all hydro-electric power plant equipment.
 Efficiency, Reliability, and Longevity: Learn the various methods used to maximize the efficiency, reliability, and
longevity of all types of hydro-electric power plant equipment.
 Protective Systems: Obtain a detailed understanding of all protective systems required for different types of hydro-
electric power plant equipment.

Who Should Attend

 Engineers of all disciplines
 Managers
 Technicians
 Maintenance personnel
 Other technical individuals

Training Methodology

The instructor relies on a highly interactive training method to enhance the learning process. This method ensures that all
the delegates gain a complete understanding of all the topics covered. The training environment is highly stimulating,
challenging, and effective because the participants will learn by case studies which will allow them to apply the material
taught to their own organization.

This training course has a limited attendance for up to 20 participants only.

Sessions commence at 9am on all days, with short intervals at 10.30am and 3.30pm respectively.
Refreshments will be provided in the short intervals.
Lunch will be provided at 12:30pm for 1 hour. Sessions will end at 5pm on all days.

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About Our Expert Course Trainer

The trainer has been a teacher at University of Toronto and Dalhousie University, Canada for more than 25 years. In addition, He
has taught courses and seminars to more than four thousand working engineers and professionals around the world, specifically
Europe and North America. He has been consistently ranked as "Excellent" or "Very Good" by the delegates who attended his
seminars and lectures.

The trainer wrote 5 books for working engineers from which three have been published by McGraw-Hill, New York. Below is a list
of the books authored by him:
1. Power Generation Handbook: Gas Turbines, Steam Power Plants, Co-generation, and Combined Cycles, second edition,
(800 pages), McGraw-Hill, New York, October 2011.
2. Electrical Equipment Handbook (600 pages), McGraw-Hill, New York, March 2003.
3. Power Plant Equipment Operation and Maintenance Guide (800 pages), McGraw-Hill, New York, January 2012.
4. Industrial Instrumentation and Modern Control Systems (400 pages), Custom Publishing, University of Toronto, University
of Toronto Custom Publishing (1999).
5. Industrial Equipment (600 pages), Custom Publishing, University of Toronto, University of Toronto, University of Toronto
Custom Publishing (1999).

The trainer has received the following awards:

1. The first "Excellence in Teaching" award offered by Poweredge Asia Training center, Singapore, December 2016
2. The first "Excellence in Teaching" award offered by the Professional Development Center at University of Toronto (May,
1996).
3. The "Excellence in Teaching Award" in April 2007 offered by TUV Akademie (TUV Akademie is one of the largest
Professional Development centre in world, it is based in Germany and the United Arab Emirates, and provides engineering
training to engineers and managers across Europe and the Middle East).
4. Awarded graduation “With Distinction” from Dalhousie University when completed Bachelor of Engineering degree
(1983).
5. Entrance Scholarship to University of Ottawa (1984).
6. Natural Science and Engineering Research Counsel (NSERC) scholarship towards graduate studies – Master of Applied
Science in Engineering (1984 – 1985).
The trainer performed research on power generation equipment with Atomic Energy of Canada Limited at their Chalk River and
Whiteshell Nuclear Research Laboratories. He also has more than 32 years of practical engineering experience with Ontario Power
Generation (OPG - formerly, Ontario Hydro - the largest electric utility in North America). He retired from OPG in November 2016.

While working at Ontario Hydro, he acted as a Training Manager, Engineering Supervisor, System Responsible Engineer and Design
Engineer. During the period of time that the trainer worked as a Field Engineer and Design Engineer, he was responsible for the
operation, maintenance, diagnostics, and testing of gas turbines, steam turbines, generators, motors, transformers, inverters,
valves, pumps, compressors, instrumentation and control systems. Further, his responsibilities included designing, engineering,
diagnosing equipment problems and recommending solutions to repair deficiencies and improve system performance, supervising
engineers, setting up preventive maintenance programs, writing Operating and Design Manuals, and commissioning new
equipment.

Later, he worked as the manager of a section dedicated to providing training for the staff at the power stations. The training
provided by him covered in detail the various equipment and systems used in power stations.

The trainer was awarded his Bachelor of Engineering Degree "with distinction" from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Canada. He also received a Master of Applied Science in Engineering (M.A.Sc.) from the University of Ottawa, Canada. He is also a
member of the Association of Professional Engineers in the province of Ontario, Canada.

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23 – 25 SEPTEMBER 2019, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
3 Day Course Outline
Day 1 – Hydro-Electric Power Plant Design, Equipment
and Operation, Dams, Spill Ways, Turbines,
Generators and Transformers, Economic Value,
Selection of Site, Classification of Hydro-Electric Power
Plants, Economics of Hydro-electric Power Plants, Best
Practice Guidelines for Hydro-electric Power Plants,
Optimization of Turbine and Generator Performance
Characteristics to Meet International Standards,
Optimization of Plant Operation to meet international
standards, Optimization of Plant Management,
Optimization of Plant Performance, Plant Automation,
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA),
Best Practices for Reliability, Operation, and
Maintenance, Upgrading the hydro-electric power
plant to a Computer Based Supervisory Control and
SCADA
 Hydro-electric power plant design, equipment, and
operation
 Dams, penstock, spill ways, turbines, generators,
and transformers
 Selection of a hydro-electric power plant site
 Classification of a hydro-electric power plant based
on construction
 Classification of a hydro-electric power plant based
on operation
 Impoundment facility
 Dam Types: Arch, gravity, buttress, embankment
or earth
 Dam construction
 Pumped Storage
 Generating Technologies
 Impulse turbines, pelton wheels turbines, cross
flow turbines
 Reaction turbines, propeller hydropower turbine,
bulb turbine, Kaplan turbine, Francis turbine,
Kinetic energy turbines
 Classification of a hydro-electric turbine based on
head
 Classification of turbine based on discharge
 Classification of turbine based on direction of flow
 Classification of turbine based on specific speed
 Environmental impact
 Benefits of a hydro-electric power plant
 Technological advancements
 Economics of hydro power
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 Construction costs
 Production costs
 Cost and revenue
 Payback period of a hydro-electric power plant
 Mechanical-Hydraulic governor of a hydro turbine
 Power output of a hydro-electric power plant
 Best Practice Guidelines for Hydro-electric power
plant
 Optimization of turbine and generator performance
characteristics to ensure they meet international
standards
 Optimization of plant operation to ensure the
performance meet international standards
 Optimization of plant management by providing
adequate personnel, budgets, systems, processes to
optimize plant performance
 Optimization of plant performance by automation of
the plant to allow through computerized control the
automatic starting, stopping, safe operation, and
protection of any equipment being controlled
 Plant automation components (programmable logic
controllers, remote terminal unit, etc)
 Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)
 Best Practices for performance, efficiency, and
capability
 Supervisory control taking into account the weather,
demand, headwater and tailwater levels, outages,
and other variables
 Using advanced control algorithms to optimize
generator efficiency
 Best practices for reliability, operation and
maintenance
 Upgrading the hydro-electric power plant to a
computer based supervisory control and data
acquisition (SCADA) systems
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23 – 25 SEPTEMBER 2019, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
Day 2 – Supervisory Control of a Hydro-Electric Power
Plant, Using Advanced Algorithms to Optimize the
Generator Efficiency, Best Practices for Reliability,
Operation, and Maintenance of a Hydro-Electric Power
Plant, Upgrading the Hydro-Electric Power Plant to a
Computer Based Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
(SCADA) Systems, Optimization of Performance by Selecting
Specific Operating Parameters, Optimization of Transformer
Operation and Maintenance, Winding Transpositions,
Impulse Strength, Transformer Components, Transformer
Oil Testing, Dissolved Gas Analysis, Gas Detector
Relays, Transformer Tests, Type Tests, Special Tests,
Harmonics, Transformer Protection
 Supervisory control taking into account the weather,
demand, headwater and tailwater levels, outages, and
other variables
 Using advanced control algorithms to optimize
generator efficiency
 Best practices for reliability, operation and maintenance
 Upgrading the hydro-electric power plant to a computer
based supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)
systems
 Best operation and maintenance practices
 Condition assessment: turbines, governor systems,
generator, excitation systems
 Typical parameters necessary to implement automated
control
 Optimization of performance by selecting the most
efficient load, maximum sustainable load, fixed turbine
flow, headwater/tailwater elevation control, load
following/automatic generation control, condensing
reactive power control, automatic load reduction and
reinstatement for temperature considerations
 Sequence of events and first out
 Maintenance: backing up systems, patches and software
updates or changes, documentation, secure passwords,
predictive maintenance software – condition monitoring
 Metrics, monitoring and analysis
 Transformer windings, transpositions, continuously-
transposed strip, impulse strength, thermal
considerations, performance under short-circuit
 Transformer components and maintenance,
classification of transformers, dry transformers, oil-
immersed transformers
 Components of a power transformer, core, windings,
nitrogen demand system, conservative tank with air cell,
current transformers, bushings, insulation
 Tap changers, Tapchanger mechanisms, single-
compartment tapchangers, in-tank tapchangers, off-
circuit tapchangers, tanks, connections and auxiliary
plant
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 Oil preservation equipment, conservators, bushing
connections, SF6 connections, cable box connections,
tank-mounted coolers, separate cooler banks, water
cooling, cooler control, layout of transformer
compounds, galvanic anode, impressed current
cathodic protection system
 Types and features of insulation, reasons for
deterioration, forces, cause of transformer failure
 Transformer oil, testing transformer oil, causes of
deterioration, neutralization number test, interfacial
tension test, Myers index number, transformer oil
classification system, methods of dealing with bad oil,
gas-in-oil
 Dissolved Gas Analysis, advanced detection of incipient
fault conditions leading to all failure modes, oil
collection, gas extraction, standards and guidelines
governing dissolved gas analysis, gases in oil,
transformer gas separation by gas chromatography,
gas solubility coefficients in oil, partitioning, diagnosis,
new guidelines for interpretation of Dissolved Gas
Analysis in oil-filled transformers, basic gas ratio,
indication/fault gas, fault types
 Gas relay and collection systems, relief devices,
interconnection with the grid
 Transformer Quality Assurance, transformer testing
during manufacture, transformer processing and dry-
out, Final testing
 Transformer Tests, Measurements, Calculations, and
Evaluation Criteria
 Transformer Routine Tests, Type Tests, and Special
Tests
 Routine Tests: measurement of winding resistance,
measurement of voltage ratio and check of polarity
and phase displacement, measurement of short-circuit
impedance and load loss, measurement of no-load loss
and current, dielectric tests, separate source AC
withstand voltage test, induced ac voltage test, partial
discharge measurement, tests on on-load tap-
changers, open-circuit and short-circuit tests
 Type Tests: temperature-rise test, lightning-impulse
tests
 Special Tests: switching impulse voltage test,
measurement of dissipation factor (tan δ) and
capacitance, measurement of zero sequence
impedance(s), Determination of sound level,
measurement of harmonics of the no-load current,
measurement of insulation resistance, short-circuit
withstand test, condensation test, condensation and
humidity penetration test, low temperature test,
heating-shock test at -5C, heating-shock test at -25C
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 Transformer protection, transformer protection
overview, transformer failures
 Differential characteristic, inrush inhibit during
transformer energization, sensitive ground fault
protection to limit transformer damage, overflux
protection
 Winding hot-spot temperature protection
 Application capabilities, phase shift transformers, split-
phase autotransformer
 Typical applications of transformer protection relays
Day 3 – Optimization of the Operation and Maintenance of
the Hydro-Electric Power Plant, Generator Surveillance and
Testing, Advanced Methods for Preventing Partial
Discharge, Generator Inspection and Maintenance,
Generator Rotor Reliability and Life Expectancy,
Generator Upgrades and Rewinds Generators (used for
wind turbines), Power Station Electrical Systems and Design
Requirements, Power Station Protective Systems,
Frequently Asked Questions
 Inspection practices and methodology, site preparation,
foreign material exclusion, experience and training,
safety procedures – electrical clearances, inspection
frequency, generator accessibility, inspection tools,
inspection forms
 Generator surveillance and testing, generator
operational checks (surveillance and monitoring),
generator diagnostic testing, insulation resistance and
polarization index, dc hipot test, ac tests for stator
windings, synchronous machine rotor windings, partial
discharge tests, mechanical tests
 Advanced methods for protecting the generator stator
bars from partial discharge, causes of partial discharge,
controlling partial discharge using antimony-doped tin
oxide filler material, advanced methods for Preventing
partial discharge in generator stator bars, modern US
patents for preventing partial discharge
 Generator systems, condition monitoring, operation
limitations, fault conditions
 Generator inspection and maintenance, on-load
maintenance and monitoring, off-load maintenance,
generator testing
 Generator operational problems, and refurbishment
options, typical generator operational problems
 Generator rotor reliability and life expectancy, generator
rotor refurbishment, generator rotor modifications,
upgrades, and uprates
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 Generator upgrades and rewinds, rewinding for
increased reliability, rewinding for increased output or
efficiency, stator windings, rotor windings, impact on
other components
 Stator windings, slot support system, end winding
support, asphalt conversions, emergency situations,
complete rewind, partial rewind, repair of bars, stator
winding insulation, stator winding quality
 Field rewinds, overall design approach, component
design, additional field considerations, field coil slot
wedges, retaining rings, collector rings and bore
copper, field winding quality, spare rotor
 Other generator equipment and auxiliaries, excitation
equipment, removable cartridge brush holders,
coolers, control cabinets, babbitted hydrogen seals,
generator gas monitoring system and tagging
compounds, air gap flux probe, shaft voltage monitor
 Bearings and Lubrication, Types of bearings, ball and
roller bearings, thrust bearings, lubrication, viscosity of
lubricants, greases, VI improved oils
 Used oil analysis, test description and significance,
visual and sensory inspection, chemical and physical
tests
 Vibration analysis, resonance, vibration
instrumentation, vibration analysis, vibration causes,
vibration severity
 Power station electrical systems, and design
requirements, system requirements, electrical system
description, system performance, unit start-up,
synchronization, shutdown and power trip, power
plant outages and faults, uninterruptible power supply
systems, dc systems
 Power station protective systems, design criteria,
generator protection, dc tripping systems
 Frequently asked questions
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