Prior to the EEA Conference being held from midday, 24 June to 26 June the EEA will be holding pre-conference workshops on Asset Management and Health and Safety, plus a QUT Course. Details of these so far follows:
Asset Management Forum, 23-24 June
The Asset Management Forum addresses and develops this key aspect of the electricity business. It brings together the technical knowledge and experience of New Zealand professionals and visiting Keynotes, with the development work the EEA’s Asset Management Group has been progressing through the year.
The agenda is currently being refined around the following key topics:
- Best practice approaches to asset management.
- Investment analysis and end of life decision making.
- The recently released Guide for the Automatic Reclose of High Voltage Circuits following a Fault.
- Automatic Voltage Regulation
- PV and Distributed Generation
- Technician skills and current qualification development
- Discussion on the 2015/16 work of the Asset Management Group (AMG).
This workshop is highly recommended for any professional involved in asset management in their own organisations, or assessments for others.
The Asset Management Forum has been well attended at previous EEA Conferences, with very positive feedback so we are continuing with this successful format.
This is an opportunity to receive information on current trends and practices, while also building networks with colleagues working in asset management.
Please CLICK HERE to register for the Asset Management Forum.
Introduction to Substation Design – Course Overview
This course covers the major decisions required in the design of a high voltage substation, focusing on those substations which use conventional outdoor equipment. Many of the same principles apply to the emerging use of various forms of gas-insulated and modular switchgear – especially in developing economic layouts and taking advantage of the facilities now available in secondary systems. The emphasis in this module however will be on developing economic network substations using separate switchgear, current transformers, voltage transformers and busbars in outdoor configurations.
Many people in different technical disciplines will contribute to the final design, and this course cannot cover them all. As described in the title “Introduction to Substation Design”, only the following basic topics will be covered:
- Substation site selection and substation plant configuration
- Electrical Layouts, arrangements and configurations
- Civil Design and Environmental Considerations
- Insulation coordination
- Earthing and Earth Grid Testing
- Lightning protection
- Project management and construction
- Circuitry and secondary systems
- Testing and commissioning
- Estimating
Course Aims
On completion of this unit you should understand the principles of electrical design of transmission substations, and be able to apply them in practical design situations, principally:
- Select the most appropriate plant configuration for the substation, taking into account the functions it has to perform from its initial establishment to its ultimate development
- Be able to produce a report recommending a site for a new substation
- Select the most appropriate HV plant layout for the substation, with respect to design parameters given, while taking into account clearances, access, constructability and expandability to ultimate development of site
- Develop a general understanding of Environmental compliance and strategies implemented – Noise Mitigation, Oil Separation
- Develop a general understanding of Insulation Co-ordination – Lightening protection and incoming surges for lightning and switching
- Develop a general understanding of Earthing design for a substation
- Develop a general understanding of the primary and secondary system interface
- Develop technical scoping and estimating for substation design
For further details and to register for this course please CLICK HERE
Other Pre-Conference Workshops
The EEA are also looking to conduct an Asset Management Workshop and Health & Safety related Workshop, details of these are currently being developed and will be added at a later date.