The production practice of the "CASE-IN" finalists has begun in the partner of the championship, the System Operator

During the production practice at the Branch of JSC "SO UES" UDE of the South students of the South Russian State Polytechnic University (YURGPU) The NPI and the North Caucasus Federal University (NCFU) are getting acquainted with the theoretical and practical aspects of the System Operator's activities.

18 undergraduate students who have completed their 2nd and 3rd years of higher education take part in classes at the Training Center of the UDE of the South. They included participants in the final of the Student League of the XI International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN": The system operator invited the winning team of the semi-final of the engineering championship from Stavropol to take practical classes. In early June, in the final of the "CASE-IN" in Moscow, the guys took 4th place, falling a little short of the top three winners.

During a month of practical training under the guidance of Vladimir Pastorov, a veteran of operational dispatch management and now a leading specialist in the personnel reserve group of the Personnel management service of the UDE of the South, 2nd-year bachelors from the URSPU (NPI) should strengthen their theoretical knowledge and gain their first understanding of the operational dispatch management system. 3rd year students, in addition to theory, gain practical skills in various functional departments of the UDE of the South and North Caucasian RDU: in the services of electrical modes, relay protection and automation, market monitoring, long-term planning of energy modes.

During a visit to the dispatch center of the UES of the South, Denis Kovtun, head of the operational dispatch service, told the students about the round-the-clock work of the dispatcher shift on duty and the features of managing the technological modes of operation of UES facilities in the operational area in real time. Future young specialists learned about the important regulatory role of thermal and hydro generation in regime management, and about the ever-increasing share of electricity generation by wind and solar power plants in the UES of the South. The students were interested in how the interaction with the main dispatch center, regional dispatch offices and related power units takes place. The participants of the classes analyzed the situation with the typical actions of the dispatcher during the emergency repair of a large generation facility and found out how this would affect the power system as a whole.

In addition, the trainees had an excursion to the museum of the UDE of the South, whose expositions historically represent the development of regional energy systems and the stages of the formation of operational dispatch management in the South of Russia and the North Caucasus. 

During the internship, the students visited the key power supply center of the Stavropol Territory's energy system, the 330 kV Mashuk substation of the ROSSETI Branch of the Southern Power Grid. The students got an idea of the functioning of the technological equipment of an electric grid facility – gas-fired switches, transformers, 110 kV open switchgear, RPA equipment, etc.

"The internship allows us to take a closer look at the most inquisitive and talented students who may be of interest to us as future young specialists. By performing practical tasks directly in the services of the UDE of the South, the students gain knowledge that can be acquired only by immersing themselves in the specifics of the operational dispatch management, which brings them closer to employment in a System Operator."- said the General Director of the Branch of JSC SO UES ODE to the South by Vyacheslav Afanasyev.

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