INTRODUCTION: 

The training course will provide an understanding of electricity demand-side management (DSM) systems and the technologies they use, the motivating factors driving their introduction and how they were introduced and installed. 

This training course will provide a sound grounding in demand-side management that will help tackle similar issues facing you or company in the future. 

Additionally, you will gain a wide-ranging appreciation of the various elements that make up effective electricity demand-side management installations from identification of their need, the range of technologies available or soon to be on the market, how to ensure buy-in from participants, marketing the ideas through to installation and monitoring. 

Delegates are encouraged to participate by active involvement in group discussions and sharing experiences. 

Course objectives: 

• Gain a better understanding of demand-side management and its application in real world practice
• Understand how it has been used and applied in other environments
• Obtain the benefits that can accrue from the effective control of load
• Appreciate issues for generation, and transmission and distribution networks of unrestrained load growth
• Learning from examples and question and answers 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This training course has been designed for the following delegates: 

• Engineers, managers and other professionals working in organisations interested in electricity
• Demand-side management schemes  
• Professionals working in government or regulatory authorities who would like to learn how electrical load can be controlled to reduce system demand, costly new generation or transmission and distribution network reinforcements 

Course Outline:

History of Demand-Side Management: 

• What is demand-side management
• DSM and power quality
• Causes of energy losses
• Transmission and distribution loadings
• Introduction to the smart grid
• Driving force of DSM 

The Technology of DSM: 

• Review of Day 1
• Voltage control
• Cyclo-control
• Remote/automatic switching
• Energy efficient equipment
• Introduction into Electricity storage, hydro, battery etc. 

The Effects DSM System: 

• DSM in current use
• The future need and justification for DSM
• Challenges of implementation of a DSM programme
• Smart appliances
• Smart ground source and air source heat pumps
• The smart meter and the grid frequency response 

Abnormal Condition on the Electrical Network: 

• Energy saving considerations
• Motors/Pumps and drive systems
• No cost or low cost measurers
• Lighting efficiency with comparisons
• Energy management activities
• DSM and good house keeping 

Distribution Management Systems: 

• Preventative maintenance and DSM
• Introduction into energy auditing
• Preliminary auditing
• Detailed auditing
• Load levelling, load control and tariff incentives and penalties.
• Load growth and conservation programmes