In this free online course, learn about the fundamentals and protection of utility distribution stations and feeders. Did you know that using voltage directly from a power station without substations and transformers can cause electrical and electronic components to fail? This course teaches you how power is supplied to consumers in rural and urban regions via distribution stations as well as showing you the basic types of distribution. You will also be taught per phase analysis in the power system and ways to protect distribution substations.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 195565 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 3-4 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • Recall the basic types of distribution in substations and feeders • Explain per-phase analysis and recall the procedures for carrying out this analysis • Identify substation components • Define feeder protection • State Kirchhoff's current law • Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of fuses, circuit switchers and breakers • Describe the factors affecting transformer protection • List the types of transformer faults |
| Course Code | 4230 |
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