SYNOPSIS

A transfer switch is an electrical switch that switches a load between two sources. An Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) is often installed where a backup source may provide temporary electrical power if the utility source fails.
Present practices in LV network design use commonly the circuit breakers (CB) for almost all functions: protection, switching, transfer, control. This trend has come years ago under the pressure of manufacturers surfing on the successful wave of replacement of the fuses by the CBs. This practice has led to situations where the essential function of the CB (the protection with a proper selectivity) has been hidden with a consequence of a reduced reliability, missing selectivity and increased costs.

The goal of this seminar is to highlight these drifts through a practical example involving protection and transfer in LV networks and how to reconnect with the initial principle of design. All aspects are addressed: architecture, reliability, selectivity, cost. Real cases of Single Line Diagram (SLD) are analyzed. Alternative solutions are given using the modern switching techniques.

BENEFITS

This course is suitable for experienced engineers who intend to:
-    Understand the differences  of Transfer switch equipment and industry application.  
-    Optimize their design of SLDs by using the modern techniques available now and used worldwide.
-    Understand different solutions and flexibility of design without compromise the protection and reliability
-    Estimate the cost impact and improvement to achieve cost saving.
-    Case study on real case scenario and appreciate the functionality impact


BIODATA OF THE SPEAKER: ROLAND FLAGEOLLET

Business Development Manager – Asia Pacific region - Socomec
Roland developed a broad knowledge of all electrical and control issues across his career since 1975.
His field of expertise are on LV networks and switchgears, process control, IT systems, Energy management, reliability, but also in B2B marketing, R&D & project management.
He accumulated his experience in worldwide companies like Thomson CSF (5y), Schneider Electric (25y), Socomec (6y), in various locations in Europe and Asia, in development projects, R&D, engineering and marketing.

He is currently working in Socomec  Asia to develop the practice and methods of specification with consultants and end users as well as to be Business Development Manager for the main Socomec activity in the area (Power Control & Switching). Before this posting, he set up the R&D centre of Socomec  in India on 4,5 years of a strenuous but rich experience.

LinkedIn him: http://sg.linkedin.com/pub/flageollet-roland/5/27a/315

An important part of his present activity is to give seminars on high level topics all around Asia & India to consultants and end users. His present specific topic of interest is the optimization of electrical networks on the scope of Protection, Transfer and Control. Topics as various as protection optimization, reliability of the systems using RBD technique, sync panels, metering architectures are addressed during his seminars.