Technical Management of Power Plants

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Course Objectives

• Familiarizing participants with modern technical information on the operation and maintenance of diesel-generating plants and informing them of the basic principles in the operation and maintenance of the generating plants using diesel generators.
• Providing participants with the necessary skills of making decisions that help to keep tasks and employees at work and reduce cost while maintaining quality of performance and work.
• Preparing and rehabilitating of the trainee for the maintenance and repair of equipment for diesel-generating plants.

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Who Should Attend?

• Managers and supervisors of power plants, engineers, technicians and directors of engineering and electrical departments in various private and public institutions, and those who are rehabilitated to the aforementioned positions.

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Course Outlines

Managerial skills of technical managers

• Business planning and goal formulating.
• Internal organizing and dividing and distribution of tasks.
• Determining proportionate responsibilities and powers.
• Follow-up and periodic evaluation rules

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Effective management of the work team

• The nature and importance of the task forces.
• Steps to create and build a team.
• Leading team members.
• Directing and coordinating the efforts of the team members.
• Decision-making and problem-solving.
• Resolving the dispute among the members of the group.
• Developing team performance.

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Methods of generating electric power and diesel generating plants

• Types of power generation methods.
• The general concept of diesel generators.
• Operating diesel generating plants.
• Operating diesel generators in parallel.
• Using Synchronization system.

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Maintenance and malfunctions

• Being familiar with philosophy and strategy of maintenance.
• Electrical maintenance of diesel generating plants.
• Mechanical maintenance of diesel generating plants.
• Causes and symptoms of malfunction and repairing the diesel generator of whatever type.
• Maintenance of the cooling water system.

• Detailed explanation of all faults and how to deal with them.

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