A PRESENTATION ON

STUDENT INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME (SIWES)

AT

TRANSMISSION COMPANY OF NIGERIA (TCN)

ENUGU SUB - REGION

BY

IBEH CHIDUBEM KINGSLEY

REG NO : 2017534018

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND INDUSTRIAL PHYSICS

FACULTY OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE

NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AWKA

INDUSTRY BASED SUPERVISOR : ENGR T.I ONYIA

 TRANSMISSION COMPANY OF NIGERIA

The transmission sector now called Transmission Company of Nigeria

(TCN) is responsible for transmitting electricity from the generating

stations to the distributing stations for consumer’s use..The objectives of

the transmission company is to build a transmission grid that can

efficiently evacuate all generated power, and also to reduce

transmission loss to atleast 5%

 TRANSMISSION GRID

A transmission grid is an interconnected network for delivering electric

current from producers (generating stations) to consumers. It consists of

conductors carried on steel towers in between transmission stations

which convey generated power from power stations to major load

centers

The transmission station transmits power to longer distances (across

states), at the transmission stations, the power will be stepped down to

voltages (from 330kv to 132kv) .As it reaches the distribution stations, it

will further be stepped down

 TRANSMISSION COMPANY ENUGU -SUB REGION

.The transmission substation is supplied by two 330kv incoming lines

(double circuit) from Benin substation through Onitsha.

There is the 330kv and 132kv switchyard. Current at 330kv enters the
330kv switch yard where it is stepped down to 132kv via two 150MVA
step-down Auto Transformers. It is then passed into the 132kv
switchyard where it is further stepped down from 132kv to 33kv via
four step-down transformers,(four 60MVA step-down transformers)
 TRANSFORMER

A transformer is a static device that changes an AC electrical power at one voltage

level into AC electrical power at another voltage level through the action of

magnetic field without a change in frequency. The operation of a transformer is

based on the principle of mutual inductance. A transformer usually consists of two

coils of wire wound on a core; the primary coil is the input coil while thesecondary

coil is the output coil. A changing magnetic field, thus changing voltage in the

secondary circuit, and this effect is called mutual induction

Transformer can be either a step-up or step-down transformer. If the outputvoltage

of the transformer is greater than the input voltage, it is then a step-uptransformer.

If the output voltage of the transformer is less than the input voltage, it is a step-

down transformer