It covers everything from control philosophy to advanced protection schemes, calculation techniques, and field interfacing practices, providing industry-aligned, job-ready competencies.

Through hands-on projects and real-world scenarios, you'll gain the expertise needed to excel in the power systems industry.

• Understand the structure and control of conventional and automated substations.
• Interpret and design substation SLDs, schematics, and signal lists.
• Perform key sizing calculations for CTs, VTs, cables, batteries, and relays.
• Configure relay settings and develop safe interlocking schemes.
• Prepare and review submittals including design documents and vendor drawings.
• Apply industry best practices in real-world substation projects.

Level 1: Foundations of Substation Design

Session 1: Welcome to the Grid

Substation types, voltage levels, layouts, and system roles.

Session 2: Brains of the System

Conventional vs SAS Substation Control. Hierarchy and components in conventional and automated systems.

Session 3: Protection System Basics

Philosophies, protection elements, attributes, relay types.

Session 4: Relay Types and Applications

Overcurrent, differential, and distance relays.

Level 2: Advanced Substation Design & Drawings [Base Design]

Session 1: Single Line Diagrams (SLD)

Main SLD purpose, structure, IEC conventions.

Session 2: Relay & Metering SLD

CT/VT integration, relay layout.

Session 3: Distance Protection Schemes

Pilot-aided and non-pilot-aided schemes, zone settings.

Session 4: Interlocking Schemes, Alarm List

Logic design and maloperation prevention.

Session 5: Single Line Diagram Workshop

Hands-on development and review of SLDs based on real substation cases.

Session 6: Protection Logic Diagram Workshop

Practical design of protection logic diagrams and interlocking implementation.

Session 7: AC and DC Single Line Diagrams

AC and DC single line diagram fundamentals for substation power and control circuits.

Level 3: Engineering Calculations & Design Sizing

Session 1: Breaker and Cable Sizing

IEC-based sizing for AC/DC breakers and cables.

Session 2: Auxiliary Transformer & Zig-Zag Sizing

Roles, calculation steps.

Session 3: CT and VT Fundamentals

CT classes, sizing, VT basics.

Session 4: CT and VT Adequacy

CT Adequacy, Calculations, Parameters

Session 5: Battery and Charger Sizing

DC load profile, battery sizing.

Level 4: Practical Interfacing & Field Applications

Session 1: Relay Setting Calculations

This session explains what relay settings are, why they are required, and how core parameters such as pickup, time dial, and curves are selected.

Practical examples demonstrating relay settings.

Session 2: Relay Settings (Application) + Panel & I/O Documentation

Applies relay settings through coordination examples, verification against schematics, and identification of common setting errors.

The session also covers panel contents, signal lists, cable schedules, and termination charts, linking relay I/O to physical wiring.

Session 3: Control & Protection Schematics Fundamentals

This session introduces electrical symbols, wiring notations, and IEC/ANSI drawing conventions used in control and protection schematics.

Read drawings systematically and trace logic paths such as trip, close, alarm, and interlock circuits.

Session 4: Protection Schematics & Relay Logic Interpretation

Focuses on understanding protection philosophy and how common schemes such as overcurrent, differential, and distance protection are represented in schematics.

Mapping schematic logic to relay functions and identify CT/VT connections and ANSI elements in real drawings.

Session 5: Final Wrap-Up and Submittals

This final session explains how all project documents fit together, including schematics, relay settings, signal lists, and termination drawings.

Participants gain insight into vendor deviations, and how these deliverables are used in real substation and plant projects.

• Component identification
• Control hierarchy diagram
• CT/VT sizing
• Main SLD drawing
• Relay & Metering SLD
• AC/DC SLDs
• Breaker and Cable sizing
• Battery Sizing
• Relay Settings
• Interlocking Logic
• Signal List & Schematic
• Others will follow according to timing

• AutoCAD for schematic and SLD drafting
• Excel for all sizing calculations
• ETAP for protection studies

• Assignments – 50%
• Level-Project – 50%

• All course materials, tools, recordings, templates, and files are proprietary and may not be copied, recorded, distributed, or reused without written permission.
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