SAFE OPERATION &

MAINTENANCE OF CIRCUIT
BREAKERS AND SWITCHGEAR
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Managers, Engineers and Technicians who work with switchgear and
circuit breakers and who need to update their skills and knowledge in
this critical area of electrical power systems protection

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 THE WORKSHOP THE PROGRAM
Switchgear (and circuit breakers) are obviously DAY ONE DAY TWO
critical components in electrical distribution
systems and their operation significantly affects SWITCHGEAR - ORIGINS & TYPES SAFETY POLICIES
the overall operation of the system. The two day • Single line diagrams • General safety precautions and the use
workshop will discuss application, installation, • Active and passive network components of personal protective equipment
maintenance and testing issues relating to • Circuit breaker utilisation • Principles of safety rules
medium and high voltage switchgear and circuit • Alternative forms of MV switchgear - ring • Principles of personnel authorisation
breakers. There will also be a coverage of low main units, load breaking/fault making • Operative training for safe operation of
voltage switchgear. You will receive a thorough switches, switchgear
grounding in switchgear theory and standards. • Fuse switches • Isolation in a circuit breaker context
You will gain a solid understanding of the issues • HV fuses in combination with, and as • Safety documentation
associated with the proper application, alternative to circuit breakers • Operational and safety locking, caution
installation and maintenance of these critical • Auto-reclosers and auto-reclose operation and danger notices
items of equipment with an overriding emphasis
• Safe working in a substation environment
on safety.
APPLICATION OF SWITCHGEAR • Safety interlocks
This comprehensive and practical two day
• Principles of current interruption • Substation alarms
workshop emphasises medium voltage
switchgear which represents most of the • Plain break circuit breakers • Individual study task and presentation -
• Bulk and small oil volume circuit breakers safety policies in my company and how
switchgear installed on electrical distribution
• Turbulator (explosion pot) they might be improved
systems. The focus here is on air blast, oil, SF6
and vacuum circuit breakers. Case studies • Operating mechanisms
covering the main manufacturer's equipment will • Transfer earth circuit breakers OPERATION OF MODERN
illustrate the important practical principles. Other • Air break and air blast switchgear
SWITCHGEAR
power system protection components will be
• SF6 and Vacuum • Case Studies:
discussed as well to ensure that switchgear is - Sprecher & Schuh
• Switchgear in association with
understood in the correct context. - Schneider
disconnectors
• Fixed and withdrawable designs - ABB
• Switchgear standards - Siemens
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES • Factors affecting switchgear selection
ASSET MANAGEMENT IN A
Delegates will learn about the following: SPECIFICATION OF SWITCHGEAR SWITCHGEAR CONTEXT
• Principles of time and condition based
• Selection of appropriate type and rating of • Switchgear rating - highest system and
asset management
circuit breakers and switchgear impulse withstand voltages, load and
short circuit currents • Asset registers
• Fundamentals of operation of switchgear • Simple and complex protection systems • Asset management systems
• Switchgear components (CTs, VTs, relays, • Switchgear ancillaries, measurement
cable terminations) CTs, VTs, relays DIAGNOSTICS, TESTING
• Cable terminations & MAINTENANCE
• Safe operational policies including safety
• Indoor and outdoor operation • Switchgear inspection methodologies
rules and safety documents
• Substation and switch room layouts and • Partial discharge measurement and
• Diagnostic tools and test equipment design survey
• Safe maintenance policies including safe • Timing tests
SHORT CIRCUIT TESTING • Thermovision
working in switch rooms, indoor and outdoor
• Symmetrical and asymmetrical breaking • Mechanisms of deterioration
substations
• Make and break operations • Principles of circuit breaker maintenance
• Understanding test oscillograms • Maintaining oil circuit breakers
• Contact maintenance and contact wipe
ON-SITE TRAINING CASE STUDY - SPECIFICATION FOR A • Oil testing
— contact us for a proposal today 132 kV SWITCHBOARD • Maintaining vacuum circuit breakers
• Maintaining SF6 circuit breakers
IDC Technologies unique on-site training
• SOPs and DINs
delivery service can save your company up to
• Switchgear defects and defect control
50%, or more, off the total per-head costs
systems
associated with delegates attending a public
workshop. One of our qualified and experienced
Instructors can discuss the content with you, SUMMARY
then come to your venue and present a
workshop designed to your own specifications!
Why not call or e-mail and ask about having
components from a number of courses
combined together? It's affordable, effective,
convenient and much easier than you may have
thought.
"Technology Training that Works" we mean it!
Try us soon and see the difference. For more
information, or a customized proposal to run
any of our practical workshops at your own
venue, contact your nearest business
development manager for manager (see page
32).

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