Power and ElectricalElectrical Power System Protection: Devices and Design
A focused course on protection devices and the design decisions around them. Delegates cover instrument transformers and their errors, relay technology from electromechanical through to numerical, the main protection functions and their settings, tripping and auxiliary supplies, and the design of a protection scheme for a defined part of a network. Practical attention is given to current transformer saturation and its consequences, to setting calculations that engineers must be able to defend, and to the documentation a protection scheme needs so that the reasoning survives the departure of whoever designed it.
Course objectives
- Specify current and voltage transformers and account for their errors
- Compare relay technologies and their practical implications
- Calculate settings for the main protection functions and defend them
- Assess current transformer saturation and design around it
- Design tripping, auxiliary supply and trip circuit supervision
- Produce a protection scheme design for a defined part of a network
- Document a scheme so the reasoning outlasts its designer
Who should attend
- Protection and design engineers
- Electrical engineers in utilities and industry
- Consulting engineers
- Commissioning and testing engineers
- Technical staff reviewing protection designs
Course outline
- 01Instrument transformers, accuracy classes and errors
- 02Current transformer saturation and its consequences
- 03Relay technology from electromechanical to numerical
- 04Overcurrent, earth fault and directional functions
- 05Differential and distance functions
- 06Setting calculations and how to defend them
- 07Tripping, auxiliary supplies and trip circuit supervision
- 08Scheme design and documentation
Scheduled sessions
| Dates | Venue | Format | Price | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 to 29 October 2026 | Accra, Ghana | Classroom | R11,995 per delegate | Register Now |
| 10 to 14 November 2026 | Port Louis, Mauritius | Classroom | R11,995 per delegate | Register Now |
| 10 to 14 November 2026 | Accra, Ghana | Classroom | R11,995 per delegate | Register Now |
| 7 to 11 December 2026 | Online, Online | Online | R7,500 per delegate | Register Now |