Program Overview
Every decision in power system design, from cable size to breaker rating to relay setting, rests on calculations. ETAP has become a standard platform for these studies in utilities, industrial plants and consulting firms because it brings load flow, short circuit, protection coordination, grounding and dynamic analysis into a single model. Using it well requires more than knowing the menus: the engineer must model the system correctly and judge whether the results make sense.
This program combines software skills with engineering fundamentals. Participants build a complete project in ETAP 19.5, from a one-line diagram to a coordinated protection scheme, and verify key results with hand calculations using the impedance and symmetrical component methods. Studies follow ANSI/IEEE practice, and the resulting fault and coordination data provide the basis for arc flash studies under IEEE 1584 and NFPA 70E.
Learning Outcomes
- Build an ETAP project with a complete, correctly parameterized one-line diagram
- Perform load flow analysis and use the results to size cables, transformers and other equipment
- Calculate short-circuit currents and verify them by the impedance method and symmetrical components
- Coordinate protective devices using time-current curves, damage curves and coordination time intervals
- Design and verify a substation grounding grid against step and touch potential limits
- Analyze motor starting and acceleration using static and dynamic methods
Program Modules
- ETAP Overview and Project Setup — software environment, libraries, study cases and project management
- Creating the One-Line Diagram — sources, buses, transformers, cables, loads and protective devices
- Load Flow Analysis and Equipment Sizing — voltage profiles, losses, power factor and cable and transformer sizing
- Short-Circuit Analysis — ANSI and IEC methods, device duty evaluation and fault reports
- Hand Calculation of Fault Current — the impedance method and symmetrical components for unbalanced faults
- System Modeling for Device Coordination — relays, fuses, breakers and their settings in the model
- Protection and Coordination Analysis — plotting time-current curves and setting relay coordination intervals
- Equipment Damage Curves — cable, transformer and motor damage curves and through-fault protection
- System Earthing and Substation Grounding Grid Design — soil models, grid design, step and touch potential calculations
- Motor Parameter Estimation and Acceleration Analysis — static and dynamic motor starting studies and voltage dip assessment
Who Should Attend
- Electrical design and consulting engineers
- Utility and industrial power system engineers
- Protection and control engineers
- Commissioning engineers who verify protection settings
- Graduate engineers moving into power system studies
Standards & Codes Referenced
- ANSI/IEEE C37 Series (Switchgear and Protective Devices)
- IEEE 1584 (Guide for Performing Arc-Flash Hazard Calculations)
- IEEE 80 (Guide for Safety in AC Substation Grounding)
- NFPA 70E (Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace)
Assessment & Certification
Candidates complete a written examination on power system analysis principles and an applied project in which they build an ETAP model of a given network, perform load flow, short-circuit and coordination studies, and defend their results in a short technical review. Practical sessions take place at ASEEE-approved training centers.
Successful candidates are awarded the ASEEE competency certificate, issued with a unique certificate ID that employers and clients can verify online through Certificate Check. ASEEE recommends recertification every 3 years to keep competence aligned with current standards, equipment and site practice.
