Power Failure Investigations in T&D Systems training course

Three-day training course covering the knowledge, tools and methods needed for power failure investigation.

When a fault occurs in a critical part of a public or industrial network, it is vital that the root cause is traced. Failure investigations are not just stand-alone activities but are part of the total asset management process.

The purpose of power failure investigations is to prevent recurrence and resolve potential issues of liability as well as the reduction in asset and/or network reliability. Failure investigations provide essential information for risk assessments and results are crucial to improve business processes, enabling efforts to effectively target on the proces(ses) that need improvement, either in engineering, equipment specification, design, manufacturing, transportation, testing, installation, maintenance, replacement or operation. 

The course will guide participants through the principles of a best practice power failure investigation steps, roles and process to get towards actual root causes. Besides theory, the course is embedded in many interactive sessions providing hands-on experience in the form of group discussions, exercises and case studies. The focus of the course is on the investigation process and the technical depth will be tailored to the participants.

Using real examples of failures, you will be taken on a journey of a power failure investigation from start to end, viewed from the various roles of the often relevant stakeholders.

Subjects:

• Investigation objectives
• Involved parties and roles
• Failure investigation process
• Safety aspects of failure investigations
• Code of conduct
• Forensic & material analysis
• Root cause analytical methods (like event tree analysis, reliability block diagram analysis etc.)
• Various (interactive) cases

Result:
After this course you will have gained valuable knowledge about the applicable procedures, principles, the various roles and objectives of power failure investigations. This will enable you to understand the failure investigation steps, how and when to initiate it, who to involve, how to access the quality, structure and validity of an investigation, recognise potential investigation omissions and (also depending on your background) play your role linked to an actual failure investigation. 

Target Audience:
Managers, engineers, and specialists working at companies that own, manage or operate transmission, distribution or industrial networks, power generation plants (conventional and renewable) as well as other stakeholders linked to electricity grids, like large power consumers, investors, insurers, regulators, etc. In short, anyone that may be initiating power failure investigations, now or in the future.


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On request, DNV can also provide in-company training (content, location and duration can be adapted to you specific wishes). Please contact us for more information.