A set of test facilities dedicated to cables and their accessories testing

Several outdoor long duration testing areas for long buried loops up to 220 m, from LV up to 90kV / 2000 A.

Test facilities enabling to meet requirements of pre-qualification tests, type tests and thermo-mechanical tests.

An HVDC testing hall with a 1 MV DC generator.

Additional facilities : corrosion, mechanical tests, shrinkage, RAC measurements (skin effect), connectors test benches for electric ageing.

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Technical capabilities

Long duration endurance areas

simulate the extreme operating conditions of cables and accessories to accelerate electrical ageing and to test its endurance.

  CIMA 5     
High voltage 		 CIMA 3-4     
Low and medium voltage 		  
Sizes 1 test area of 90 m x 60 m     
6 loops (100m) with thermal image.		 2 test areas of 30 m x 67 m     
16 loops (30 m) 		  
Testing capacity Single-phase voltage source  50 Hz:     
Adjustable from 63 kV to 90 kV – 50 Hz – 11A     
Heating cycle of 0 – 2000 A		 Three-phase voltage source : 2 kV – 50 Hz - 5A     
40 kV – 50 Hz – 2,3 A     
Heating cycle of 0 – 2000 A		  
Performed tests Pre-qualification tests and type tests on cable system and accessories

 

1 MV HVDC Hall

is used for the dielectric test under thermal stress of DC cables up to 320 kV.

Sizes 24 m x 21 m x 18 m Hall      
1 loop (100 m) with thermal image
Testing capacity 1 MV DC – 20 mA generator     
Reversal of polarity     
Heating cycle up to 4000 A
Performed tests Short and long term test on loops less than 100 m in length 

 

EMC

Electromagnetic Compatibility aims to guarantee the ability of an electronic or electrical system to function in its electromagnetic environment and without itself producing intolerable disturbances for other devices present in its environment.

Anechoic chamber Size of the Faraday cage 7 m x 2,8 m x 3 m      
Rotating plate, antenna mast and shielded fiber-optic camera     
In immunity: jusqu’à 30 V/m de 80 MHz à 6 GHz en 61000-4-3     
In transmission: measurement according IN84 & CISPR 22 de 80 MHz à 18 GHz
Reverberant chamber Enclosure 4,9 m x 3,7 m x 3,1 m     
In immunity: jusqu’à 200 V/m de 250 MHz à 6 GHz en 61000-4-21     
In transmission: total radiated power measurements
Other EMC facilities Electrostatic discharge, ESD transient burst generators, implulse wave generator, conducted immunity     
Spectrum analyser (9 kHz to 30 GHz)     
Vector grid analyser(10 Hz to 6 GHz)     
Measurement of magnetic and electric fields

 

Additional facilities

allows to carry out mechanical and electrical tests on equipment or samples of short cables in order to verify their suitability in service.

Test Characteristics
Ageing benches for connections Four benches :  connections for cross section between 10 mm² and 2500 mm²     
Thermal cycling up to 6000 A
Resistance measurement in AC Measurement bench of AC resistance     
Permissible section up to 2500 mm²
Shrinkage Three shrinkage benches of cross section up to 2500 mm2 with current up to 4000
Corrosion 4 tests tanks in a PH 8.5 saline solution at a temperature of 80 ° C
Mechanic Abrasion impulse
Robustness A tank allowing the immersion of the tested materials under 1,0 m water with a heating (75 ± 5°C) and cooling (<40°C) system,     
heating system for cables,     
an industrial frequency voltage source of 24 kV (2Uo).
CIMA 3 dielectric tests with single or three-phases voltage transformers (voltage up to 75 kV) and thermal endurance tests (heating cycles up to 4000 A)

 

On-site diagnostic

Moyen d'essais Générateur Charge max générateur Equivalent longueur câble (XPLE) Mesure TD Mesure DP Commentaires
BAUR Trailer (PHG546TD/PD)
DC ± 54 kV 70 mA     
AC 36 kV m/s     
~0,01 Hz à 0,1 Hz
3 μF@0,1 Hz@36 kV
6 μF@0,1 Hz@18 kV
 10 km     
20 km		 Integrated system 1.104 to 1     
30 nF to 3µF     
Resolution 1.10-5     
Precision 1.10-4		 Integrated System Coupling C=5nF     
Detection Limit 20 pC 100Ms/s     
5000 m. @ 80 m/µs     
(160 µs max)		 Bockmann trailer 1300 kg max
BAUR van (PHG80TD/PD)
DC ± 80 kV 90 mA
AC 57 kV m/s
~0,01 Hz à 0,1 Hz
1 μF@0,1 Hz@57 kV
3 μF@0,1 Hz@36 kV
8 μF@0,1 Hz@18 kV
3,3 km
10 km
26 km
 Integrated System 1.104 to 1     
10 nF à 20µF (option 0,5nF-10nF)     
Resolution 1.10-5     
Precision 1.10-4		 Integrating System Coupling C=10nF     
Dectection Limit 20 pC 100 Ms/s     
12 800 m. @ 80m/µs     
(160 µs max)		 Renault Master 3000 kg
HVA-TD60
DC ± 60 kV 40 mA
AC 44 kV m/s
~0,01 Hz à 0,1 Hz
HVA60
10 μF (1)
1 μF@0,1 Hz@44 kVrms
2,4 μF@0,1 Hz@18 kVrms
 3,3 km     
8 km		 TD60     
1.104 à 1     
30 nF à 3µF     
Resolution 1.10-5     
Precision 1.10-4     
44 kV rms (0,1 Hz)		  
Generator (57 kg)
+ TD60 trunk
+

accessories bag
PD60-2/TD (B2) None     
(used with generator HVA60 ou HVA28)		     PD60-TD     
1.104 to 1     
0.5 nF to 10µF     
Resolution 1.10-5     
Precision 1.10-4     
44 kV rms (0,1 Hz)		 PD60-TD     
Detection Limit 10 pC     
100 Ms/s     
12 800 M. @ 80 M/µs     
44 kV rms     
(0,1 Hz)		 Packaged 2 trunks