Power & Controls
Electrical & Power Systems
Industrial electrical and power systems engineering spanning substations, distribution, large motors and drives, protection, studies, electrical buildings, commissioning and operating facility support across oil and gas, refining, oil sands, cogeneration and gas processing environments.
144 and 145 kV class systems
- UEI
- ZR3PJZEA7A21
- CAGE
- 174X8
- Independence
- Findings challenged before release
- Deployment
- Remote response within 24 hours
What This Discipline Covers
Scope of the technical capability.
Industrial electrical and power systems engineering spanning substations, distribution, large motors and drives, protection, studies, electrical buildings, commissioning and operating facility support across oil and gas, refining, oil sands, cogeneration and gas processing environments.
- Power distribution
- Substations
- Transformers
- Switchgear
- MCCs
- Generators
- Motors
- VFDs
- UPS and DC systems
- Load flow
- Short circuit
- Motor starting
- Harmonics
- Arc flash
- Relay coordination
- Electrical calculations
- Area classification
- Heat tracing
- Commissioning and startup
Problems The Technical Lead Solves
The questions this discipline is engaged to answer.
- 01
Electrical failures
- 02
Protection and relay issues
- 03
Power system studies
- 04
Motor and drive problems
- 05
Substation and distribution review
- 06
Commissioning
- 07
Electrical design review
- 08
Power quality, arc flash and short circuit
Equipment And Systems
Assets this Technical Lead has worked on directly.
- 145 kV substations
- Power transformers
- 25, 13.8 and 4.16 kV switchgear
- MCCs
- Large synchronous motors
- Compressors
- Electrical buildings
- Generators, UPS and DC systems
Industries And Environments
Operating environments where this experience was built.
- Oil sands and SAGD
- Refining and upgrading
- Gas processing
- Pipelines
- Cogeneration
- Oil and gas
Diagnostic And Investigation Methods
How the technical work is actually performed.
- Sequence of events and relay target reconstruction
- Waveform and power quality analysis
- Protection coordination and settings verification
- Insulation, winding, and dielectric condition assessment
- Control logic, alarm, and interlock review
- Arc flash and incident energy evaluation
Codes And Standards
Frameworks applied to the analysis.
- NFPA 70 and NFPA 70E
- IEEE 242, 399, 1584 and C57 series
- NETA acceptance and maintenance testing specifications
- IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 for safety instrumented systems
Credentials And Qualification
The professional basis for this discipline.
- 01
Electrical engineering background with utility or industrial power system experience
- 02
Protection, controls, and automation platform experience across major vendors
- 03
Testing and commissioning experience on medium and high voltage apparatus
- 04
Mission critical facility operations exposure
Scale And Breadth
Reported scale of professional exposure.
- 01
144 and 145 kV class systems
- 02
90, 120 and 150 MVA three winding transformers
- 03
17,500 HP synchronous CO2 compressor power and control system
- 04
Voltage range from 144, 72, 25, 13.8, 4.16 and 0.6 kV
Representative Professional Experience
Assignment types this discipline supports.
- 01
Origin determination for a medium voltage switchgear arcing event including protection performance review
- 02
Reconstruction of a mission critical outage from electrical monitoring, UPS, and generator records
- 03
Assessment of transformer failure cause and resulting damage scope for a claim
- 04
Control system logic review establishing why an automated protective action did not occur
Assignment descriptions are generalized to protect client confidentiality. Specific references can be discussed during scoping where permissions allow.
Multidisciplinary Interfaces
Disciplines this work commonly coordinates with.
- Controls
- Mechanical & RCA
- Machinery
- Process
- Reliability
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