IES PREPARATION COURSE

FOR
PPE PART2 EXAM ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
STANDBY POWER GENERATING SYSTEMS
PROGRAMME DETAILS
Date : 08 March 2018 (Thursday)
Duration : 8 Hours
Time : 9am – 6pm
Venue : IES Academy @ Jurong East (Devan Nair Institute, E2i Building)
80, Jurong East Street 21 #04-10, Singapore 609607 (Near Jurong East MRT)
Fees * : $374.50 (IES Member), $481.50 (Non-Member)

 Inclusive of 7% GST and course materials..

 Certificate of Attendance will be given to participants with 100% attendance

INTRODUCTION

When continuity and reliability of utility supply problems to a facility site are discussed and considered, most people
immediately think of total blackout. When that happens, everything stops; facility goes down and in total darkness.

To ensure greater reliability and continuity of an AC power supply, many commercial and industrial facilities depend
on two separate utility services or one utility service plus on-site standby power generation. The diesel engine-
generator is the classic standby power generation system and is widely used in industry. It provides economical
protection against prolonged power outage. In short, standby power generating systems are used to protect a facility
against loss of productivity resulting from utility power outage.

OBJECTIVES

The course aims to provide participants with a thorough knowledge and understanding of how standby power
generating systems operates through an automatic transfer switch monitors the AC voltage coming from the utility line
for power failure conditions.

Upon detection of an outage for a pre-determined period of time, the standby generator is started. After the generator
is speed up to the rated speed, the load is transferred from the utility to the generator. Upon return of the utility feed,
the load is switched back and the generator is stopped.

Once this basic concept is understood, various standby power supply options will be examined and discussed.
Thereafter, selection of a suitable generating set and determination of its output and input power and therefore the
engine output in HP can be calculated and determined.

Other topics of importance such as electrical equipment of diesel engine, engine cooling and engine room ventilation
requirements, air requirements without engine cooling air, generator’s waste heat, combustion air, fuel oil supply to
diesel engine, daily service tank, storage tank, fuel pumps, electrical switchgear and automatic control panel will be
fully discussed.
COURSE OUTLINE

The topics to be discussed will include but not limited to the following:
 Effects of utility power failure
 Standby power supply options
 The classic standby power system using an engine generator set with
o Contactor type, break before made unit automatic transfer switch OR
o Using a static transfer switch to transfer the load from utility feeder to generator
 The dual utility feeder system
o an automatic transfer switch changes the loads from main utility line to the standby line in the event
of a power failure or interruption
 Dual utility feeder system with bus-tie interlocking circuit breaker
 Peak power sharing
o the use of a diesel generator for standby power and peak power shaving applications

The automatic overlap (static) transfer switch changes the load from the utility feed to the generator
instantly so that no disruption of normal operation is encountered
 Selection of suitable generating set

 Determination of output power

o Electrical loads (essential and less essential loads)
o Motors with shock load characteristics
o Coincidence factor and power factor
o Starting torque and starting current of induction motors and its influence on the generating set
o Formula for output calculation of generating set
o Approximate cost estimates
 Governing the speed of a generating set
o Speed governor
o Speed behaviour
 Electrical equipment of diesel engine
o Starting system
o Manual system
o Compressed air start
o Electrical starting equipment
o Batteries
o Loss of battery capacity when starting
 Engine room requirements
o Foundation and vibration damping
o Noise Problems
o Location of engine room
 Engine cooling requirements
o Different types of cooling systems
o Air cooling
o Closed circuit water cooling with fan or radiator cooling
o Fan cooling with radiator installed separately from engine generating set
o Indirect water cooling with heat exchanger and water pump mounted on engine
o Mixture cooling with mixture tank and addition of fresh water
o Calculation of water consumption
 Engine room ventilation
o Air requirement without engine cooling air
o Radiant heat of diesel engine
o Generator waste heat
o Air changes
o Influence of ambient conditions
o Combustion air and exhaust system
  Fuel oil supply to diesel engine generating set
o Daily service tank
o Storage tank ( above and underground)
o Fuel pumps
 Electrical switchgear and control panel
o Normal equipment
o Fully automatic control panel and its functions
 The schematic single line wiring diagram of control arrangement of main contactor and generator
contactor
o Voltage regulation
o Frequency regulation
o Control and monitoring
o Transfer switches or contactors
o Open Transition Transfer (OTT)
o Closed Transition Transfer (CTT)
o Transfer switches or contactors
o Use of 3 poles or 4 poles?

TARGET AUDIENCE
This course should be of interest to all Electrical installation designers, Electrical engineers from the installation and
contracting industry, Plant Electrical Engineers from Industrial Sector as well as LEWs and any interested parties. This
course will benefit greatly those young Electrical Engineers and individuals who are aspiring to be Professional
Engineers as well as those who are preparing to sit for the Practice of Professional Engineering Examination part 2
(Electrical). Standby Power Generating Systems is one of the main topics in the syllabus of the PPE examination
Part2.
CV OF SPEAKERS

Er. Lee Keh Sai

DFH MIEE CEng PEng

Er Lee Keh Sai is a Chartered Electrical Engineer and a Registered Professional Engineer with more than 50 years of
industrial experience. He specializes in Electrical Power Engineering, Energy Management and Power Quality
Solutions.

Er Lee is the Principal of K.S.Lee & Associates which he established in 1970. He has provided consultancy services to
many MNC and SMEs. Prior to the establishment of his consultancy services, he held senior staff positions in the
Electricity Department of the former Public Utilities Board and later with Shell Eastern Petroleum at their Pulau Bukom
Refinery Complex.

Er Lee has served in various capacities in many professional associations, government agencies and educational
institutions. He had previously served as Deputy Chairman, Board of Governors, for both the ITE and Singapore
Polytechnic. He is currently serving as a member of Strata Titles Board and EMC ‘s Market Survellance Compliance
Panel.

Er Lee is an approved and certified trainer and is currently teaching the core module “Motor Driven Systems” under
the Singapore Certified Energy Managers (SCEM) Program.
Registration Form
IES PREPARATION COURSE FOR PPE PART2 EXAM ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING:
STANDBY POWER GENERATING SYSTEMS

Date : 08 March 2018, Thursday

Time : 9am – 6.00pm
Venue : IES Academy@Jurong East (Devan Nair Institute, E2i Building)
80 Jurong East Street 21, #04-10 Singapore 609607
Fees (Include GST): IES Members: $374.50
Non-Members: $481.50

Please register online/fax the completed form by 01 March 2018 before 3pm to:
Contact Person: Vincent Chiew
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