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Distributed Generation Systems

Training course

11 - 14 June 2012 | Nottingham Conference Centre, UK

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For general enquiries regarding this course, please contact: 

 

Chloè Llewellyn
Tel: +44 (0)1438 765 648

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Programme

 

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Monday 11 June 2012 (pre-course tutorial)

12:30

Registration

 

13:00

Revision tutorial

Paper 1a - magnetic fields and circuits

Paper 1b - transient behaviour

Prof: Lawrence Haydock, LH Consultants Ltd

 

14:30

Refreshments

 

15:00

Revision tutorial – AC circuits

Doug Henderson, Edinburgh Napier University

 

16:15

Revision tutorial – the per unit system

Prof. Lawrence Haydock, LH Consultants Ltd

 

16:45Tutorial and question/answer session

 

Tuesday 12 June 2012

08:30

Registration

 

09:00

Welcome to the course

Doug Henderson, Edinburgh Napier University

 

09:05

Generators and their control

Doug Henderson, Edinburgh Napier University

 

10:30

Refreshments

 

10:45

Generators and their control (part 2)

Doug Henderson, Edinburgh Napier University

 

12:15

Lunch

 

13:00

Case Study 1 - Generator sizing

Prof: Lawrence Haydock, LH Consultants Ltd

 

14:30

Refreshments

 

14:45

Case Study 1 - Generator sizing (part 2)

Prof: Lawrence Haydock, LH Consultants Ltd

 

16:15

Refreshments

 

16:30

Distribution networks and the connection of distributed generation (part 1)

Geoffrey Hensman, Hensman Associates

 

Wednesday 13 June 2012

09:00

Distribution networks the connection of distributed generation (part 2)

Geoffrey Hensman, Hensman Associates

 

11:00

Refreshments

 

11:15

Protection of distributed generation

Miles Redfern, Bath University

 

12:45

Lunch

 

13:45

Diesel and CHP systems for distributed generation systems

David Linsell, Thames Water Utilities Ltd

 

15:15

Refreshments

 

15:30

Case study 2 - Fault calculations – the connection of generating plant to a public network

Geoffrey Hensman, Hensman Associates and Prof. Lawrence Haydock, LH Consultants Ltd

 

17:00End of day 3 sessions

 

Thursday 14 June 2012

09:00

Case Study 3 - Generator protection

Miles Redfern, Bath University

 

10:30

Refreshments

 

10:45

Case study 4 - Protecting the network connection to distributed generation

Geoffrey Hensman, Hensman Associates

 

12:15

Lunch

 

13:00

Case study 5 - Generator earthing

Geoffrey Hensman, Hensman Associates

 

14:30

Refreshments

 

14:45

Wind turbines and small wind farms

Sigrid Bolik, Repower UK

 

16:15Close of course