Power Generation Maintenance Training (Webinar)

In Power Generation Maintenance Training, you'll learn ...

• The maintenance principles, reliability practices, and asset management strategies required to sustain power generation equipment performance
• The integration of hydroelectric, CCGT, generator protection, and grid coordination maintenance programs within a modern generating facility
• The evaluation of asset condition, operational risk, and maintenance effectiveness using industry standards, health scoring, and performance metrics
• How to develop maintenance, reliability, and financial strategies that improve plant availability while supporting regulatory compliance and operational excellence

Overview

This webinar provides a comprehensive overview of maintenance strategies, reliability practices, asset management principles, and protection systems used in modern power generation facilities. Participants examine maintenance requirements for hydroelectric generation systems, combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plants, generator protection schemes, and grid coordination practices. The webinar explores industry standards from IEEE, IEC, ASME, NERC, EPRI, and other governing organizations that support safe and reliable plant operation.

The training emphasizes predictive maintenance, condition monitoring, outage planning, reliability-centered maintenance (RCM), root cause analysis (RCA), and risk-based decision making. Participants learn how to diagnose equipment health using dissolved gas analysis, generator testing, transformer diagnostics, MOV signature analysis, and asset health scoring methodologies. Additional topics include Maximo asset management, Yellow and Red Zone risk frameworks, contractor management, deferred maintenance liability, and O&M budgeting strategies.

Through practical case studies and real-world examples, engineers and maintenance leaders gain tools to improve equipment reliability, reduce forced outages, optimize maintenance spending, strengthen compliance programs, and enhance overall plant performance across hydroelectric, fossil-fueled, and grid-connected generation assets.

Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• The complete water-to-wire maintenance process for hydroelectric generating units, including turbines, bearings, governors, generators, and transformers
• The maintenance intervals, inspection requirements, and failure mechanisms associated with combined-cycle gas turbine and HRSG systems
• The application of generator protection relays, breaker coordination, and grid protection philosophies used in power generation facilities
• The interpretation of dissolved gas analysis results and Duval Triangle diagnostics for transformer condition assessment
• The implementation of predictive, preventive, and reliability-centered maintenance strategies for critical generating assets
• The use of outage planning, contractor management, and cross-functional coordination practices to improve maintenance execution
• The configuration and application of Maximo Asset Health Scoring systems for asset condition monitoring and work prioritization
• The definition and management of Yellow Zone and Red Zone asset condition thresholds, escalation protocols, and risk response actions
• The development of root cause analyses using 5-Why, Fishbone, FMEA, and Fault Tree methodologies to prevent recurring failures
• The development of root cause analyses using 5-Why, Fishbone, FMEA, and Fault Tree methodologies to prevent recurring failures