Electrical Faults and Power System Protection Basics
Fee: $187.5 / Online / Oct 19, 2026 / Course Code: 1002-WEB26
OVERVIEW
Please note, This instructor-led course has specific dates and times:
This webinar is held online on the following schedule (All times in Eastern Time Zone): 11:00 am to 2:00 pm Eastern
After participating in this course, you will be able to:
- Understand of the fundamentals of electrical faults in power systems and protections
- Interact more effectively with other work groups involved in electric power system protection and relaying
- Apply knowledge of power system protection in regulatory work related to electric facilities construction and operation
Description
Faults in electric power systems are common, and often they are complex in nature. This course provides an overview of electrical faults in power systems and why they occur. It explains the types of faults that often occur in electricity generation, transmission and distribution systems and the damages they may cause to an electric power system. It also explains the impact of electrical faults and electric shock on the human body when exposed to them.
In addition to explaining the types of faults, this course describes the various types of protective devices used in electric power systems designed to identify and isolate electrical faults to minimize the damage.
This course is intended to provide a clear understanding of electrical faults in power systems to professionals who, although qualified in their disciplines, may not have received specific training related to power system faults and protections. Electrical faults are complex, but the course avoids rigorous mathematical analysis to provide a more practical overview of electrical faults and protection systems.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for:
- Individuals who are associated with power system-related work
- Regulators
- Engineers from disciplines other than electrical engineering
- Technicians involved in power systems,
- Professionals from the oil and gas industries will find this course useful.
- Professionals who need to refresh their current experience and knowledge of the fundamentals of power system protection.
SYLLABUS
Power System Faults and Protections
- Types of faults in a power system, consequences and how to protect from them
- Residential system
- Ground faults and GFIs for protecting humans
- Short circuit and overload protection
- Medium voltage Distribution system
- Arcing faults and arc flash
- Root causes and hazards
- Mitigation of arc flash hazards
- Ground faults in industry power systems and how to protect against ground faults
- Reverse Power protections
- Use of Circuit Breakers for fault protection
- Case Study
- Equipment
- Generator faults and Protections
- Transformer faults and Protections
- Motor protections
- High-voltage transmission systems
- Transmission line faults and challenges to protection
- Distance Relays for line protections
Advances in protection technology
INSTRUCTOR
Amitabha Gangopadhyay, M.Eng., P.Eng, is well recognized in power system engineering, where he has made many contributions to a wide range of power system applications for decades.
Prior to pursuing higher studies in Canada, Amitabha worked in the utility industry and with English Electric in India. In Canada, Amitabha has worked with Group Schneider, Global Thermoelectric, Fuel Cell Energy and SNC Lavalin in many areas of power system engineering. While working for Group Schneider, Amitabha has designed a number of microprocessor based protective relays and metering devices. For 17 years, he has served Government of Canada advising them on electric reliability of bulk power systems in North America.
His areas of interest are electrical transmission and distribution, protection and smart grid applications. Amitabha holds a Master's Degree from the Memorial University of Newfoundland. He has published several papers in international journals and conferences.
Amitabha is a professional engineer in the province of Alberta.
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