Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering , RIET, Jaipur: Industrial Tours

An industrial Visit of III year students on 6th April 2013 at 400 KV GSS Heerapura

INDUSTRIAL VISIT AT GRID SUBSTATION

(By Abhinav Chaturvedi VI semester, RIET, EEE)

A one day industrial visit at 400kv Grid Sub Station, Heerapura was scheduled for the students, by the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering on April 06, 2013. The students were asked to report at the allotted time at the substation from where they were escorted to the control room by the concerned faculties.

The command then was took over by J.En.who showed students the way around. She explained students the functioning of the control room that How the command over the distribution system is taken care of? How the power supply and the faults are monitored?

She also explained about the single line diagrams, the new technologies coming in the field of circuit breakers like the SF6 circuit breakers, Trip Neutral Close (TNC) Switch etc. She briefly gave a description on the feeders and the transformers that were currently being used at the substation and the network route of the distribution system.

The second session of the visit consisted of the trip to the yard where the functioning of the feeders, transformers and CVT’s were to be given. Mr. Mahadev (JEN) showed students the initial stage of the substation starting from an LA. Moving on from there the whole power management path was followed from LA to CVT then to the wave trap (used for communication purpose) and finally to the power transformers.

The visit was a “knowledge enhancing” trip for the students where they learn practical functioning of the Power system along with the practical applications of the power system equipments.