Stage 2 – Marine Power Generation & Distribution including DP

Course code: IMCA2

Introduction

This course is designed in line with I.M.C.A. (International Marine Contractors  Association) syllabus and is accredited by The Faraday Centre Ltd.

Participants

Chief engineers, engineers, electricians, ROV and other technicians.

Aim

A more detailed course intended for those who are working daily with power generation and high voltages.

Outline Contents

• Technical differences between HV and LV equipment
• Generation and distribution
• Protection, current transformers and voltage transformers

- Rotating diode protection in generators

• Voltage regulation and excitation guard
• Synchronising
• Automatic, semi-automatic and manual control
• Frequency regulation – governors and control
• Power management systems

– load sharing, load shedding, blocking, limiting, auto-starting

• Paralleling transformers
• Protection systems philosophy for both open and closed bus tie scenarios
• DP classes 1, 2 and 3, and their electrical implications
• Governors and automatic voltage regulators
• Generator limitation
• Power factor and total harmonic distortion
• Types of HV and LV earthing in vessels

-    Importance of remedying earth faults

• Correct use of switching and operational mimic
• Reactive power

-    Relationship between power, reactive power and apparent power

• Essential and non-essential load
• Fault finding – relay interpretation, manual operation of circuit breakers, manual restart after blackout
• DP incidents involving electrical failures
• Blackout and recovery
• HV switchgear – starter types
• How to develop safe working instructions, isolation/securing
• Standards for working with HV

-    IEC standards
-    local standards and recommended practices

• Risk, injury and emergency treatment

-    Procedures for minimising risk when working with HV equipment

• Practical exercise

Certification

Candidates who successfully complete the theoretical and practical competence assessments will receive a Faraday “Competence” certificate, candidates who fail or do not wish to undertake the competence assessments will receive a Faraday “Attendance” certificate.

Course Duration

5 days

Course Dates

For courses undertaken at our UK training centre in 2012

• 19th – 23rd Mar
• 18th – 22nd Jun
• 5th – 9th Nov