GENERATORS: OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE CONTROL, TESTING AND TROUBLESHOOTING

Content

Generator Systems and Equipment

• Operation and Control
• Maintenance and Troubleshooting
• Interpretation and Use of Drawings
• Maintenance Planning
• Inspection and Testing of Generators
• The Use of Test Equipment

The Technology of Generators

• Principles of Electrical Generation (AC, DC and Emergency)
• Power Supplies
• Governors (Control Systems)
• Power Grid and Network Considerations
• Increasing or Decreasing the Voltage
• Switch-Gear
• Control Relays/Timers/Switches
• Generator Protective Devices

Troubleshooting of Generators

• Special Techniques
• Development of a Job Plan
• Procedure Preparation
• Documentation

• Identification of the Troubleshooting Step-By- Step Sequence

The Identification and Repair of Problems/ Failures

• Common Mode Failures
• Electronic Component Failure
• Generator Windings/Bearings and Brushes
• Excitation Circuits
• Battery Cell
• Inverters/Rectifiers and Battery Charges
• Switches and Control Circuits

FOR WHOM: Electrical Engineers, Foreman, Superintendents, Supervisors, Technicians, Plant Engineers, Maintenance Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Control Engineers, Generator Managers/ Personnel and others who engaged in the inspection, testing and troubleshooting, maintenance and repair of generation equipment.

DATE: 26^th – 28^th January, 2022

27^th – 29^th July, 2022