Modern Grid Dynamics: Advanced Power System Operations

Modern Grid Dynamics: Advanced Power System Operations

Location

Duration

Online /In-Class

5 Days

Contact with our Team

Sector:

Power & Electricity – T&D/Systems

Technical Focus Area:

Electrical Power Systems (ELEC)

About the Course

This course equips participants with the knowledge to manage, operate, and protect modern electrical power systems, focusing on green generation, renewable integration, reactive power control, and advanced technologies like FACTS, HVDC, and digital substations. Participants will also gain hands-on insights into diagnosing faults, mitigating power quality issues, and ensuring grid stability under rising demand and renewable penetration.

Learning Milestones

By the end of this program, participants will be able to:

- Understand renewable and embedded generation within modern systems.
- Apply FACTS devices and DSM approaches to optimize system operation.
- Use advanced CT/VT optical transducers and microprocessor relays.
- Address harmonics and nonlinear load challenges.
- Monitor plant condition and employ diagnostic systems in GIS substations.
- Explore HVDC, digital substations, and AI-based fault diagnostics.
- Ensure voltage, frequency, and reactive power stability.

Professional Audience

- Electrical Engineers, Designers, and Technicians.
- Power Utility Professionals and Distribution Engineers.
- Substation and Transmission Engineers.
- Professionals in the petrochemical, energy, and industrial sectors.
- Engineers involved in renewable integration, smart grids, and protection systems.

Modular Syllabus

Fundamentals of Modern Electrical Power Systems

- Overview of generation, transmission, and distribution systems

- Smart grids and microgrids: principles and benefits

- Flow of real (P) and reactive (Q) power

- Fault levels: impact on transformers and system stability

- Reactive power compensation and voltage profile effects

- Active power and frequency control

- Power system disturbances and stability overview

- Case study: transition from conventional to smart grid

Operational Challenges & Power System Reliability

- Coping with rising demand and carbon footprint reduction

- Symmetrical and asymmetrical faults: sequence components

- Voltage dips, interruptions, and system stability issues

- Substation and power system automation

- Monitoring plant condition (temperature, load)

- Transmission line and cable design challenges

- Thermal effects and power de-rating in transmission

- Root causes of major power system failures

Renewable Energy Integration & Emerging Technologies

- Renewable sources: solar, wind, geothermal, hydro, and storage

- Environmental impacts and benefits of renewables

- Large-scale renewable integration challenges

- Demand side management and load optimization strategies

- Optical current transducers and protection innovations

- Surge protection and fault current limiter applications

- Harmonics in nonlinear loads and mitigation solutions

- Triple harmonics and filtering requirements

FACTS, HVDC & Digital Substations

- FACTS: principles and applications for grid stability

- Static VAr compensation and series capacitors

- HVDC links for system reliability and interconnection

- Digital substation design and benefits

- SCADA systems for real-time monitoring

- AI in power system fault diagnostics

- Remote surveillance and unmanned substations

- Optical cable monitoring and thermal analysis

Protection Systems, Relays & Future Trends

- Advanced numerical protection relays

- Key relay functions for modern power systems

- Fault current limiter applications and case studies

- GIS diagnostics and partial discharge monitoring

- Electrical insulation challenges (air, SF6)

- Condition monitoring for transformers and switchgear

- Integrating AI and IoT for predictive protection

- Future outlook: intelligent, self-healing grids

Course Dates & Prices

Location	Starting Date	Price
Dubai (UAE)	29/12/2025	2999 $
Online	05/01/2026	2299 $
Online	05/01/2026	2299 $
Dubai (UAE)	12/01/2026	2749 $
Dubai (UAE)	12/01/2026	2999$
Cairo (Egypt)	19/01/2026	2749 $
Online	19/01/2026	2299 $
Online	26/01/2026	2299 $
Muscat (Oman)	29/01/2026	2999 $
Dubai (UAE)	02/02/2026	2999 $
Muscat (Oman)	16/02/2026	2999 $
Online	16/02/2026	2299 $
Online	23/02/2026	2299 $
Dubai (UAE)	23/02/2026	2999 $
Online	02/03/2026	2299 $
Online	09/03/2026	2299 $
London (UK)	09/03/2026	3499 $
Dubai (UAE)	09/03/2026	2999$
Online	16/03/2026	2299 $
Istanbul (Turkey)	16/03/2026	2999 $
Dubai (UAE)	16/03/2026	2999 $
Online	23/03/2026	2299 $
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)	23/03/2026	4099$
Doha (Qatar)	23/03/2026	2999 $
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)	30/03/2026	4199$
Online	30/03/2026	2299 $
Dubai (UAE)	06/04/2026	2999$
Istanbul	06/04/2026	2749 $
Online	06/04/2026	2299 $
Dubai (UAE)	13/04/2026	2999$
Cairo (Egypt)	13/04/2026	2749 $
Online	20/04/2026	2299 $
Dubai (UAE)	27/04/2026	2999$
Online	27/04/2026	2299 $
London (UK)	27/04/2026	3499 $
Istanbul (Turkey)	04/05/2026	2749 $
Dubai (UAE)	04/05/2026	2999$
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)	11/05/2026	4099$
Online	11/05/2026	2299 $
Doha (Qatar)	11/05/2026	2999 $

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