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Ultimate Electrical Substations Course for Electrical Engineering

person icon Ahmed Mahdy

Ultimate Electrical Substations Course for Electrical Engineering

Learn about the basics of electrical substations without any previous knowledge for electrical engineering

updated on icon Updated on Sep, 2023

language icon Language - English

person icon Ahmed Mahdy

architecture icon Teaching & Academics,Power Engineering

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Course Description

"Complete Electrical Substations For Electrical Power Engineering" 

What are you going to learn?

  • Function, classification, and voltage of electrical substations.

  • Main components like power transformers, conductors, insulators, switch gears, current transformer, capacitor voltage transformer, and voltage transformer.

  • Different types of circuit breakers, relays, and their classification according to time, construction, and function.

  • Learn the difference between circuit breaker and fuse, in addition to their applications.

  • Understand the definition of IP or ingress protection.

  • Grounding system including the effect of current on the human body and components of the grounding system,

  • Types of electric hazards and classification of the earthing systems.

  • Measuring the earthing resistance by Megger and the three-point method.

  • Design of an earthing system using ETAP program.

  • Ring main unit and its importance in the electrical power system.

  • Types of switches used in the electrical power systems and substations.

  • Overhead transmission lines, underground cables, and the difference between them.

  • Busbars in power system, its importance, its different schemes, and how to select them.

  • Lightning arrester and wave trap which are used in substations.

  • Air and gas-insulated substations.

  • Overview of the design of an electrical substation and single line diagram of 66/11 kV substation.

Goals

What will you learn in this course:

  • Function, classification, and voltage of electrical substations

  • Main components like power transformers, conductors, insulators, switch gears, current transformer, capacitor voltage transformer, and voltage transformer

  • Different types of circuit breakers, relays, and their classification according to time, construction, and function

  • Learn the difference between circuit breaker and fuse, in addition to their applications

  • Understand the definition of IP or ingress protection

  • Grounding system including the effect of current on the human body and components of the grounding system

  • Types of electric hazards and classification of the earthing systems

  • Measuring the earthing resistance by Megger and the three-point method

  • Design of an earthing system using ETAP program

  • Ring main unit and its importance in the electrical power system

  • Types of switches used in the electrical power systems and substations

  • Overhead transmission lines, underground cables, and the difference between them

  • Busbars in the power system, their importance, their different schemes, and how to select them

  • Lightning arrester and wave trap which are used in substations

  • Air and gas-insulated substations

  • Overview of the design of an electrical substation and single line diagram of 66/11 kV substation

Prerequisites

What are the prerequisites for this course?

  • Just passion and patience for learning

  • No requirement, only your PC or tablet or mobile for viewing lectures online

Ultimate Electrical Substations Course for Electrical Engineering

Curriculum

Check out the detailed breakdown of what’s inside the course

Electrical Substation Course
16 Lectures
  • play icon Introduction to Electrical Substation 06:21 06:21
  • play icon Construction of Electrical Substation 09:10 09:10
  • play icon Instrument Transformers and Principle of Operation of Trip Circuit 12:41 12:41
  • play icon Types of Circuit Breakers and Fuses Comparison 23:05 23:05
  • play icon Types of Relays According to Function, Construction, and Time Characteristics 06:15 06:15
  • play icon Definition of Busbar and Different Busbar Schemes 16:37 16:37
  • play icon Construction of Underground Cables 10:18 10:18
  • play icon Construction of Overhead Transmission Lines 15:18 15:18
  • play icon Comparison between Underground Cables and Overhead Transmission Lines 04:50 04:50
  • play icon Types of Switches in Power System and Substations 07:55 07:55
  • play icon Importance of Capacitor Banks in Power System 07:58 07:58
  • play icon Important Components in Electrical Substation 06:42 06:42
  • play icon Classification of Substations 05:00 05:00
  • play icon Relation between Voltage and Substations 01:46 01:46
  • play icon Air Insulated Substation and Gas Insulated Substation 08:37 08:37
  • play icon Importance of Ring Main Unit in Power System 06:48 06:48
Earthing System Design
8 Lectures
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Introduction to Design of Electrical Substation
4 Lectures
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Instructor Details

Ahmed Mahdy

Ahmed Mahdy

Electrical Power Engineer

I am Ahmed Mahdy an electrical power engineer, I am also an online instructor at more than 20 platforms.

I am also the founder of the "Khadija Academy" website for electrical engineering courses.

I have a YouTube educational engineering channel called" Khadija Academy", I regularly post videos related to electrical engineering.

I am also an author on Amazon Kindle having 6 books about electrical engineering.

In 2018 Udemy awarded me of being from the top 10% most engaging instructors. 

I also created Khadija Academy  in 2019, my mission is "Learn the fundamentals of electrical engineering branches from absolute beginner to advanced level."

In every one of my Udemy courses, you'll see that I am always available and always offer you support through each course. I will join your success and help you through any obstacles.

You'll notice that my courses get many 5-star ratings & reviews and my student satisfaction ratings also reflect this.

In the many positive course reviews, my courses get, most people like the Way I explain everything and the encouraging teaching style that I convey as well as how I get right to the point and walk you, step-by-step through Complex Ideas. 

(You'll find my courses below this bio - and all of my courses have at least 10 minutes of free previews available to you, so you can quickly determine the courses that are right for you)

My courses can be watched 24/7 wherever you are.

You can also view them on mobile devices with the Udemy mobile app. 

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