EMTP-RV 3 days training

ElectroMagnetic Transients Program Graz-AUSTRIA

18-20 October 2010

USE OF THE EMTP-RV SOFTWARE

FOR INSULATION COORDINATION STUDIES

In cooperation with

Graz University of Technology University of Zagreb University of Sarajevo

EMTP-RV is developped by DCG

(Hydro Quebec, American Electric Power, CEATI International,CRIEPI, Electricité de France, EPRI, Hydro One Networks, US Bureau of Reclamation, WAPA)

EMTP-RV is distributed in Europe by POWERSYS

info@powersys-eps.com www.powersys-eps.com
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ElectroMagnetic Transients Program

TRAINING GRAZ, AUSTRIA - 18-20 OCTOBER 2010

USE OF THE EMTP-RV SOFTWARE FOR INSULATION COORDINATION STUDIES

Objectives: Course duration and location:

The course is designed for people dealing with insula- 3 days from Monday 18 to Wednesday 20 October 2010.
tion coordination in utilities, industry and research
centers. >> The course will be held at the University of Technology of
GRAZ.
The course will cover the following topics: GRAZ is the second-largest city in AUSTRIA, after VIENNA, with
around 300 000 inhabitants. It has known how to marry moder-
X Theoretical backgrounds to the simulation transients;
nity with the research of its 6 universities and tradition. GRAZ's
X Equipment modeling and applications; "Old Town" is one of the best preserved city center in central
Europe. In 1999, it was added to the Unesco Cultural Heritage
X Insulation Coordination issues. Sites.

Intended Audience:

They could be users of the software but also people who

deal with insulation coordination studies and wish to
understand and see how useful simulation can be for them
and also to make them able to check simulation results

X Professionals from Power Transmission, Distribution and

Production companies,

X Professional engineers,

X Consultants, Course Fees: 1000 euros

Participants will have to pay before the course.
X Post-graduated students.
>> Register on line:
www.electrical-powersystems.com/subscription/registration_graz.php
Instructors:
>> Cancellation:
Stephan PACK Cancellation can be made belonging to the KUONI regula-
Graz University of Technology, Austria tions.
Tarik SADOVIC
Sadovic Consultant, France
Participants will have to bring their laptop.
Salih SADOVIC
Sadovic Consultant, France
Contact for course information:
Ivo UGLESIC
University of Zagreb, Croatia Stephan PACK
Alain XEMARD Graz University of Technology
Electricité de France, France Email: pack@tugraz.at
Web: www.tugraz.at
Xavier LEGRAND
Electricité de France, France
Contact for local information, travel, hotel,
enrollment, registration, credit card payment:

Mr. Günther GRUBER

Travel agency KUONI Ges.m.b.H
Sackstraße 14 · 8010 Graz · Austria
Tel: +43 (0)316 824571-33 · Fax: +43 (0)316 824571-6
Email: guenther.gruber@kuoni.at
Web: www.kuoni.at
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TRAINING GRAZ, AUSTRIA - 18-20 OCTOBER 2010

USE OF THE EMTP-RV SOFTWARE FOR INSULATION COORDINATION STUDIES

Instructors
Tarik SADOVIC
Stephan PACK SADOVIC Consultant, France
Graz University of Technology, Austria
Tarik SADOVIC is research and develop-
Stephan PACK is Professor in Austria at ment engineer at Sadovic Consultant,
the Graz University of Technology in the France. He is a doctor from TU Graz. His
field of High Voltage Engineering and he is fields of interest cover: electromagnetic
Vice Head of the Institute. transients, computer control and mea-
He studied Electrical Power Engineering surement, real time remote measure-
and has been working with the Institute of High Voltage ment of fast electromagnetic transients, overvoltages and
Engineering and System Management since 1985 - additionally insulation coordination.
has been involved in the work of the Test Laboratory at this
University. Since 1997, he has been Professor and his scientific Course contents :
work has been characterized by the wide field of high voltage
engineering, high voltage tests, insulation coordination, tran- Transmission line lighnting performance :
sients, numerical calculations, lightning and grounding. Basic definitions. Number of strokes collected by OHL. Shielding
Additionally, he is working in the educational team of the univer- failures and back flashovers. Critical currents. EMTP modeling
sity and is a member of the national standard organization of for OHL lightning performance calculations: stroke distributions,
electrical engineering. There he chairs the committee for light- tower footing resistance, line insulation, tower model, power fre-
ning and lightning protection. In the international community he quency voltage, corona. How to improve line lightning perfor-
is active in IEC and he is the National Delegate for Austria in mance? Line surge arresters. Case study.
CIGRE C4 for System Technical Performance. He is involved in
the transient group EMTP-RV and EEUG. HV substation lighntingovervoltages insulation coordina-
tion :
Course contents : Basic principles of HV substation insulation coordination.
Substation equipment EMTP modeling: surge arresters, power
Insulation coordination study in a mixed overhead-cable and measuring transformers, breakers, switches, post insulators,
network configuration : bus bars. Designing incoming overvoltage surge. IEEE and IEC
• Investigation of a 110 kV network with EMTP-RV, recommended insulation coordination procedures. Cable
• Analysis according to insulation coordination rules, connected HV substations. Gas insulated substations. Case
• Study of several different network configurations and switching study.
states within a mixture of overhead lines and cable sections,
• Analysis of transient lightning overvoltage trends and peak Switching overvoltages :
values as well as the transient stress at various network nodes. Transmission line switching overvoltages. Phase to ground and
phase to phase overvoltages. EMTP modeling: source side, line
models, surge arresters, closing resistor, statistical switch,.. Line
Salih SADOVIC closing and re-closing overvoltages. Fault overvoltages. Risk of
SADOVIC Consultant, France failure calculation. Case study.

Salih SADOVIC is University professor and EMTP insulation coordination user interfaces :
international consultant. His research inte- Automatic creation of ‘net’ files. Running EMTP in loop.
rests include overvoltages and insulation Automatic creation of line, arrester and cable models. Runing
coordination, power systems analysis, EMTP statistical studies. Automatic calculations of insulation risk
numerical field computations and compu- of failures.
ter applications in power engineering. He
is a member of IEEE, SEE and CIGRE.
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TRAINING GRAZ, AUSTRIA - 18-20 OCTOBER 2010

USE OF THE EMTP-RV SOFTWARE FOR INSULATION COORDINATION STUDIES

Ivo UGLESIC Xavier LEGRAND

University of Zagreb, Croatia Electricité de France, France

Ivo UGLESIC is a Professor at the Xavier LEGRAND received the M.S.degree

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and in electrical engineering from National
Computing of Zagreb University, Croatia. Institute of Applied Sciences in Lyon,
He lectures for the graduate and postgra- France, in 2004 and the Ph. D. degree with
duate courses: High Voltage Engineering, honors in electrical engineering from the
Transients and Electromagnetic Compatibility, Overvoltage Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France, in 2007. He is currently working
Protection and Electric Railways. He is the author of numerous in Research and Development Section of EDF. His research inte-
scientific and professional papers and of numerous studies and rests include numerical computing of transients in power sys-
technical solutions that have been implemented in practice. tems, grounding systems of lines and substations, and insulation
Currently he is a member of the CIGRE WG 4.301 dealing with coordination.
insulation coordination and a member of the technical committee
of the IPST. In 2008 he chaired the International CIGRE Course contents :
Colloquium on line arresters and in 2007 gave a tutorial at the
CIGRE Symposium of Transient phenomena in large electric Introduction to simulation of transients with EMTP-RV :
power systems. • Simulation types : load flow, steady state, time-domain, and fre-
quency scan;
Course contents : • Typical studies of transients in power systems;
• How to use EMTP-RV on a simple case.
• Data and models of substations elements for simulations of
overvoltages in a high-voltage switchgear, The phenomenon of Ferroresonance :
• Determining the rating of surge arresters (rated voltage, dis- • Short theoretical background;
charge class, nominal current...), • Modeling requirements;
• Protective zone of surge arresters, • Application example.
• Energy stresses of surge arresters with regard to lightning and
switching overvoltages,
• Transient recovery voltage of circuit breaker clearing short line
fault,
• Examples and computer simulations.

Alain XEMARD
Electricité de France, France

Alain XÉMARD graduated from the

National Institute of Applied Sciences in
Lyon, France, with an engineering
degree in electrical engineering in 1985.
He is a doctor from the Ecole Centrale de
Lyon. He has been working at the Research Division of EDF
since 1992. His research interests include insulation coordina-
tion, and development of tools for electromagnetic transient cal-
culation.
He was convener of the IEC 28.04 in charge of the preparation
of the IEC 60071.4 and is a member of the IPST steering com-
mittee. He is presently convener of the CIGRE C4 301(Insulation
coordination).

Course contents :

• Studies on the protection of underground cables against Fast

Front and Slow Front over-voltages,
• Study of the insulation coordination of over head lines, evalua-
tion of the clearances, compact line design.