Engineers, supervisors, drafting personnel, contract managers, consultants, and managers interested in, or involved with, overall electrical power substation projects.

• Understand substation project chronology and how to develop the scope and identify the constraints for the overall project
• Be familiar with costs and schedules
• Explore site grading design, foundations, insulation and insulation protection and structures

Electrical Substations, Power Systems, and Deregulation

• Structure of the electric power system overview
• Systems for distribution of power
• Classifications
• Equipment definitions
• Design principles

Substation Project Chronology

• Workflow and project sequence
• Site identification and acquisition
• Engineering design, drawings and documentation
• Construction, testing and commissioning

Developing the Scope/Identifying the Constraints for the Overall Project

• Safety
• Power requirements
• Site constraints
• Atmospheric
• Environmental community and societal influences

Costs and Schedules

• Costs and financial analysis
• Schedules and impacts

Site Grading Design

• Substation grade types
• Drainage and erosion protection
• Oil spill containment

Foundations

• Slab on grade and others

Design Techniques

• Open air
• Metal clad switchgear
• Gas insulated subs/SF6

Bus Configurations & Conductor

• Types of common configurations
• Reliability criteria

Insulation

• Insulation protection and shielding
• Clearance
• Surge arresters

Grounding

• Need for grounding
• Personnel safety
• Hazardous potentials during faults

Structures

• Materials
• Design options and considerations
• Finishes

Principle Equipment

• General specifications and ratings

Transformers

• Core, winding configuration
• Tap changers
• Specifications

Circuit Breakers/Switches

• Design and purpose

Ancillary Equipment

• Potential transformers
• Current transformers

Substation Auxiliary Systems

• Necessity
• AC station power
• DC and battery power