HIGH VOLTAGE LAB

• CAPABILITIES

  Main test equipment

  · AC test equipment—1600 kV resonant test set, 5.0 A for testing in lab or field

  · High-voltage VFRTS (Variable Frequency Resonance Test Set)—90 kV, 34 A-portable

  · Impulse voltage test equipment—3.2 MV, 225 kJ impulse generator

  · 3 Phase Generator—60 Hz, 5 MVA and 300 Hz, 1 MVA

  · DC voltage test equipment—1000 kV, 10 mA

  · Insulation tracking wheels (dip and spray wheels) and fog chambers—1,000 hours

  · Partial discharge test equipment

  High voltage testing capabilities

  · High voltage AC – 1600 kV

  · High voltage DC – 1000 kV

  · Impulse testing – 3200 kV

  · 3 phase AC feeder – 12 kV

  · 3 phase generator – 60 Hz, 5 MVA; 300 Hz, 1 MVA

  TEST CATEGORIES

  · Dry and wet AC and DC voltage withstand and flashover

  · Lightning impulse voltage withstand and flashover

  · Switching impulse dry and wet voltage withstand and flashover

  · Radio influence voltage (RIV)

  · Partial discharge and visual corona

  · Tracking and erosion wheel and fog chamber

  · Salt fog and clean fog pollution

  · Dielectric testing—capacitance and tan delta

  · Induced testing

HIGH POWER LAB

• CAPABILITIES

  Features

  · Three-phase source with three independent single-phase, short-circuit transformers

  · Network of selectable circuit elements for precise current, power factor, and transient-recovery-voltage control

  · Make switches for accurately timed energization

  · Dedicated team of engineers and technicians for set-up, execution, and reporting

  · Comprehensive protection, control, and instrumentation system

  · One outdoor and one indoor test cell

  High Power Testing Capabilities

  · Max voltage 1 phase – 44.8 kV rms l-g

  · Max voltage 3 phase – 38.8 kV rms l-l

  · Max current 1 phase –100 kA rms

  · Max current 3 phase – 80 kA rms

  SERVICES

  Tests Include:

  · Load and fault interrupting tests

  · Momentary/short circuit resistance tests

  · Arc-resistance tests

  · Failure-mode/exploratory simulations

  Equipment Tested:

  · Reclosers, breakers, disconnects, and sectionalizers

  · Metal-enclosed and metal-clad switchgear

  · Fuses: power, current-limiting, and cutouts

  · Transformers: power, instrument

  · Reactors

  · Insulators

  · Arresters

  · Connectors: grounds, separable

  · Junction boxes

  · Cables

  · Fault current indicators

  · Non-conventional: smart grid sensors, optical voltage and current transducers, and others

  Technology Consulting:

  · Finite element analysis and advanced numerical analysis for multi-physics electrical device design

  · Test program and planning advice for standards-based and design verification testing of electrical technologies

HIGH CURRENT LAB

• CAPABILITIES

  · 60 Hz continuous, 1 phase – 10 kA

  · 60 Hz continuous, 3phase – 5 kA

  · 60 Hz short-circuit, 1 phase – 20 kA

  · 60 Hz short-circuit, 3 phase – 10 kA

  · DC continuous – 10 kA

  · DC short-circuit – 20 kA

  SERVICES

  · Temperature rise testing

  · Thermal cycle testing

  · Short-circuit testing

  · Time-current testing

  · Mechanical duty testing

  · Failure analysis and consultation

MECHANICAL LAB

• CAPABILITIES

  Vibration and Shock

  · Unholtz-Dickie Electro-Dynamic vibration table

  · Ling Dynamics Electro-Dynamic vibration table

  Environment

  · Envirotronics environmental chamber

  · Custom walk-in environmental chamber

  High Power Testing Capabilities

  · Tinius Olsen test frame

  · Satec impact tester

  · Instron Servo hydraulic dynamic testing equipment

  · MTS Criterion electromechanical test equipment

  · Long bed tensile load frame

  · Floor anchor pads

  SERVICES

  Research and Development

  · Develop and demonstrate new, advanced test methods

  Testing

  · Vibration and shock—vibration testing up to 13,500 lbf; shock testing up to 118 g

  · Environmental—thermal cycling with humidity; combined vibration/environmental testing

  · Tensile testing—tension testing up to 440,000 lbf; fatigue testing up to 55,000 lbf

  · Other—custom designed or nonstandard testing

MATERIALS SOLUTIONS LAB

• CAPABILITIES

  ANSI, ASTM, ISO, NACE, IEC, CEA, MIL, CSA, and other recognized standards ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation

  Advanced technical testing

  · Variable-pressure scanning electron microscope (SEM) for high magnification imaging of metallic and non-metallic parts up to 100,000x

  · Energy dispersive x-ray spectrometer (EDS) for elemental analysis

  · Metallographic sectioning, preparation, and examination equipment (lab and in-situ)

  · Hardness and microhardness testers for Rockwell, Brinell, Vickers, Leeb, and other scales

  · Accelerated aging equipment, including salt spray corrosion chamber and UV condensation weathering chamber

  · Various coatings inspection equipment for detecting thickness, pinholes, delamination, and adhesion

  · Specialized chamber for assessing material properties in up to 70 MPa (10,000 psi) hydrogen gas

  SERVICES

  · Failure analysis

  · Fitness-for-service studies

  · Welding engineering and qualification

  · Material selection consulting

  · Protective coatings testing and inspection

  · Corrosion testing and consultation