PROTECTION OF ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEMS

22 September 2014
Organized by:
IEM Training Centre Sdn. Bhd.
Supported by:
Construction Industry Development Malaysia

OBJECTIVES

To introduce various concepts and applications of protection relays.

COURSE CONTENTS
Introduction to Protection
Purpose, principles, requirements and components of protection systems. Zone of protection; unit and nonunit protections; main and backup protections. What relays must do and must not do.
The Most Basic Form of Protection
Differences between overload and overcurrent protections. Instantaneous, time-delayed and IDMT
overcurrent-earth fault (OCEF) protection relays. Characteristics and settings of OCEF relays and fuses.
Discrimination of protective devices.
Concept of Differential Protection
Features and drawbacks of differential protection. Need to ensure that the relay does not operate wrongly
during loads, switching conditions and external faults. Application of differential protection to power
transformers.
Protection of Medium Voltage Equipment
Differences between protection of high, medium and low voltage electrical systems. Protection of cables,
transformers, motors and generators.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Young electrical engineers who wish to enhance their knowledge of protection relays.

Designers, chargemen and technicians who already have some basic understanding of applications of
protection relays.

PROFILE OF COURSE FACILITATOR

Ir. LEE CHONG KIOW is a 1974 electrical engineering graduate from Strathclyde University, Glasgow with more
than 40 years of experience in the power supply industry.

Specialises in providing technical training of electrical courses and performing power system studies.
Previously the Engineering Manager of Tamco Corporate Holdings Sdn Bhd, which manufactures indoor
medium- and low-voltage switchgear.
More than 15 years working as a protection engineer in a Lembaga Letrik Negara and another five years in a
large consultancy practice.
Suruhanjaya Tenaga certified competent/services engineer up to 275kV.
Since 1997, trained more than 4,000 participants from electricity utilities, petrochemical industry and multinational companies throughout Malaysia as well as in Singapore, Brunei, Oman, China, Myanmar and
Vietnam and three countries in Africa.
Carried out various training programmes for Petronas Instep, Brunei Shell Petroleum, Brunei LNG,
Petroleum Development Oman, Tenaga Nasional Berhad, SESCo and Intel.
Topics include Power System Protection, Basic Electrical Engineering, Applications, Operation &
Maintenance of Electrical Equipment, Commissioning of Power Transformers, Protection & Starting of
Induction Motors, Medium & Low Voltage Switchgear, Electrical Safety & Competency Assessment and
Electrical System Studies.

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PROTECTION OF ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEMS

22 September 2014
Registration fees
IEM Member RM 400.00
Non-member RM 450.00

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Wisma IEM
Jalan Selangor
46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor D.E.

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