POWER GENERATION

• Source of Energy.
• Conventional source of energy. (Renewable energy resource.)
• Non-conventional source of energy. (Non-renewable energy resource.)
• Importance of Electrical energy
• Generation of Electrical Energy
• Power plant station
• Types of power plant station
• Advantages and disadvantages of power system
• Coal Handling Plant
• Fuel Processing Plant
• Ash and Dust Plant
• Boiler Water and Steam Components and Systems
• Condensate and Feed water Heating Systems
• Burner Management and Boiler Automatic Control Systems
• Turbine Plant
• Generator Plant
• Turbine and Generator Control and Protection Systems
• Cooling Water Systems
• The Steam and Water Cycle
• Power Plant Thermal Performance and Efficiency Losses

POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION

• Electrical transmission system
  • High voltage DC transmission system.
  • High voltage AC transmission system.
• Various systems of power transmission
  • Dc systems
  • Single phase AC system
  • Two phase AC system
  • Three phase AC system
• Transmission substation.
  • Primary transmission
  • Secondary transmission
• Parameters of transmission line.
  • Resistance
  • Capacitance
  • Inductance
• Types of transmission line.
  • Short transmission line.
  • Medium transmission line.
  • Long transmission line.
• Transmission line efficiency
• Transmission line voltage
• Effect of power factor on Transmission line
• Performance of Transmission line
• SAG
  • Sag in overhead transmission line conductors
  • Calculation of sag
  • Effect of ice and wind on SAG
• Components of Transmission line
  • Supports
  • Conductors
    • ACSR
    • Bundle conductors
  • Protective devices
    • Insulators
    • Circuit breaker
    • Lightning arrester
    • relays
  • Cross arms
• Economics of power transmission
• Economics choice of conductor size.
• Corona
  • Factors affecting corona.
  • Advantage and disadvantages of corona.
  • Methods reducing of corona

A.C.DISTRIBUTION

• Primary distribution
• Secondary distribution
• Overhead versus underground distribution.
• Connection schemes of distribution system.
  • Radial system.
  • Ring main system.
  • Interconnection system.
• Requirement of a distribution system.
• Design consideration in distribution system.
  • Feeders
  • Distributors

D.C. DISTRIBUTION

• Type of dc distribution.
  • Distributor fed at one end.
  • Distributor fed at both end.
  • Distributor fed at the center.
  • Ring distributor.

SWITCHGEAR

• Essential features of switchgear/li>
• Switchgear equipment
  • Switches
  • Fuses.
  • Circuit breaker
  • Relays
• BUS BAR ARRANGEMENTS
  • Single bus bar system
  • Single bus system with sectionalisation.
  • Duplicate bus bar system
• Fault in power system.
  • Symmetrical.
  • Unsymmetrical.
• Circuit Breakers
• Classification of Circuit Breakers
  • Miniature or Plain Circuit Breaker
  • Oil Circuit Breaker
  • Air Circuit Breaker
  • Sulphur Hexafluoride (SF6) Circuit Breaker.
  • Vacuum Circuit Breaker
• Fuses
• Types of Fuses
• Low voltage fuse.
  • Semi enclosed rewire able fuse
  • High Rupturing Capacity (HRC) cartridge fuse
  • HRC fuse with tripping devices.
• High voltage fuse.
  • Cartridge type.
  • Liquid type.
  • Metal Clad fuse.
• Difference between Circuit Breaker and Fuse.
• Protective Relays
• Types of operating principle of relays.
  • Electromagnetic Attraction
  • Electromagnetic Induction
• Relay Timing
• Functional Relay types
  • Induction type over current relays
  • Induction type reverse power relays
  • Distance relays
  • Differential relays
• Protection of Transformers
  • Protection System for transformers.
  • Buchholz relay
• Voltage Surge
  • Causes of over voltage
  • Lighting
  • Types of lightning arrestor
  • Protection against lightning
• Types of lightning arrestor
• Surge absorber
• Grounding or Earthing
  • Equipment
  • System Grounding
  • Neutral Grounding
  • Solid Grounding
  • Resistance Grounding

HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENT IN POWER PLANT SUBSTATION.

• ELECTRICAL SAFETY PROCEDURES AND MANUALS:
  • Indian Electricity rules.
  • The safety systems & procedures.
  • Accident prevention methods.
  • Safety codes and practices and lack thereof.
  • Safety gadgets and PPEs
• ACCIDENT PREVENTION TECHNIQUES AND ROLE OF TECHNICIANS:
  • Recording and reporting systems
  • Review and methods to avoid recurrence.
  • JSA and Accident Analysis.
  • Technicians prone to accidents.
• REPORTING SYSTEMS FOR OCCURRENCE OF ACCIDENTS, IMPLEMENTATION OF PREVENTIVE MEASURES & REVIEWS:
  • Reports filling details etc.
  • Investigation reports.
  • Steps to avoid recurrence.
  • Review.
  • Implementation.
• DISASTER MANAGEMENT:
  Disaster & impacts warning systems & response management & mitigation –Manauls:
  • Institutional set up for disaster management.
  • Impact of different types of disasters.