Around forty third-year students from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, enrolled in the Energy and Automation study programme, visited the 110/10 kV “Podgorica 4” substation. During the visit, the students had the opportunity to reinforce their theoretical knowledge of high-voltage switchgear and learn more about the components of substation facilities.
Professor Vladan Radulović noted that visits by Faculty of Electrical Engineering students to CEDIS facilities are a regular annual practice and provide valuable support for teaching in the Energy and Automation programme, as well as for Montenegro’s education system as a whole. He expressed his gratitude to CEDIS employees for their warm welcome and for taking the time to meet with the students.
“For several years now, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Podgorica, in cooperation with CEDIS, has been organising these study visits to power facilities and installations. The aim of the visits is to give students the opportunity to see first-hand how facilities are constructed, their components, layout and operating conditions, thereby supplementing the knowledge they have acquired through theoretical instruction. Experience has shown that this type of practical teaching significantly helps students master the course material and gain a deeper understanding of how the facilities and the entire system operate,” Radulović concluded.
Professor Radulović lectured the students on the characteristics of 110 kV switchgear, while Ivana Šljukić, Head of the Region 2 Local Network Control Service, and switching operator Nikola Radoman gave a detailed presentation of the components and specific features of the 10 kV switchgear at the “Podgorica 4” substation.
Dispatchers Nikola Rašović and Ivica Stojanović showed the students the renovated dispatch rooms and provided basic guidance on interpreting Podgorica’s 10 kV diagram.
As hosts of the visit, employees of the Network Operations Sector did their best to ensure that the tour of the “Podgorica 4” substation was enjoyable and, most importantly, safe—as the students’ impressions also confirm.
“This is my first visit to CEDIS, and I’m glad I had the opportunity to see all this. We study and draw diagrams, but until now we’ve never had the chance to see what it all really looks like and how it works. I must also mention the exceptionally pleasant working atmosphere here at CEDIS. You made us feel very welcome, and I hope there will be more opportunities like this,” said student Ana Muratović.
