Protection and Control: High-Voltage Power Circuits

This free online course teaches you how to keep high-voltage power circuits protected so that they operate optimally.

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In this free course, you will learn how to:

Outline the elements of a substation
Explain high-voltage switch configuration and elements of system protection and control
Describe protection relay schemes, the failure of protective schemes and types of electrical faults
Analyse electrical devices and basic electrical system structure
Discuss different types of transformers and how they are configured, connected and cooled
Analyse the functions of surge protective equipment
Discuss the operation of different types of fuses
Describe the operation of different types of circuit breakers, breaker control and auto reclosing
Discuss instantaneous overcurrent protection and timed overcurrent protection
Explain differential protection and impedance relaying

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