Relay protection and automation of electric power systems

Objective: formation of knowledge about modern means of relay protection and automation as key tools for improving the reliability of power systems in normal and emergency modes.

Content: current transformers and voltage transformers in circuits of relay protection; principles of protection, fixing the deviation of the controlled quantities: current, directional current, distance; the principles of protection, based on comparison of controlled values: differential and differential-phase; protection of the main elements of power systems: high-voltage lines, transformers and autotransformers, generators, motors, buses, shunt capacitor banks; automatically reclosing; automatic activation of reserve; characteristics and operation of modern microprocessor devices of ABB, ALSTOM, EKRA; facilities for testing of relay protection devices and automatics; management system and information collection for the operation of microprocessor devices.

Electric stations and substations

Objective: formation of knowledge on electrical part of power plants.

Content: the structure and function of electrical equipment, knowledge of the physical essence of the basic phenomena and processes in electrical equipment, rules for the design, maintenance and operation of electric power facilities.