Testing Equipment

IES performs comprehensive electrical testing and inspections with the use of state-of-the-art test and measurement instruments.

Type of Test
  • Contact Resistance
  • CT circuit continuity
  • Dielectric withstand voltage(2KV AC)
  • Excitation current
  • Excitation curve
  • Ground Resistance
  • Leakage reactance
  • Measurement of complex impedances
  • Phase and magnitude error
  • Ratio, burden and polarity
  • Secondary burden
  • Short-circuit impedance measurement
  • Single phase testing of relays
  • Tap changer testing
  • VT circuit continuity
  • Winding resistance
  • Current Injection up to 2,000 Amperes
Applications
  • Power Transformer
  • Current Transformer
  • Voltage Transformer
  • Resistance Testing
  • Protection Relays
  • Tangent Delta/Power Factor Test
  • Line and Ground Impedances
  • K-Factor
  • Mutual Coupling
Measurement Capabilities
  • Capacitance Cp
  • Dissipation factor tan δ (tangent delta)
  • Power factor cos θ
  • Power (active, reactive,apparent)
  • Impedance (absolute value, phase, inductivity, resistance, Q)
Protection Relay Testing
  • Electromechanical relays
  • Static relays
  • Numerical relays
  • IEC 61850-complianti IEDs
  • Relay panels
  • End to end testing with GPS or IRIG-B
  • Busbar Protection
Other Capabilities
  • Transient fault simulation
  • Power Swing
  • CT saturation simulation
  • CB simulation
  • Compensated network
  • Transient Playback
  • Checking SCADA annunciations
  • Burden measurement
  • CT/VT polarity checker
  • Wiring checker
  • Event recorder
  • Plausibility check for CT/VT with primary injection
Applications
  • Oil-paper insulations
  • Power transformer
  • Bushings
  • Paper-mass insulated cables
  • Generators and motors
Measurements Performed
  • Dissipation factor, capacitance, permittivity, resistance and polarization current of HV insulations
  • Aging detection for bushings
  • Moisture analysis in oil-paper insulations
  • Diagnosis of oil-paper insulations in HV bushings, generators, motors, and power cables
Diagnostics Performed
  • Transformer check after short-circuit testing
  • Transformer integrity verification after transport
  • Transformer condition assessment after the occurence of high transient fault currents
  • Routine diagnostic measurement
  • Diagnosis after transformer alarm or protection tripping
  • Testing after significant changes of monitored values (e.g. increased total dissolved combustible gases(TDCG) in oil)
  • Further investigation of unusual routine test results
  • Scientific investigation
SFRA can detect the following
  • Winding deformation (axial and radial, such as hoop buckling, tilting and spiraling)
  • Displacements between high and low voltage windings
  • Partial winding collapse
  • Shorted or open turns
  • Faulty grounding of core/screens
  • Core movement
  • Broken clamping structures
  • Problematic internal connections

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