Electrical protection laboratory

Main activities

  • Testing of current and voltage converters.
  • Testing of IED protection functions: overcurrent, overcurrent with low-voltage blocking, differential, distance, automatic reclosure, synchro-check, ground directional and non-directional.
  • Methods for testing digital protections with communication protocol according to IEC 61850 standard.
  • Testing of electricity meters, PMU (Phasor Measurement Unit) and MU (Merging Unit).
  • Development of SW tools for Sampled Values signal management according to IEC 61850-9-2 standard.
  • Measurement of overhead and cable lines parameters.

Laboratory equipment

  • OMICRON CMC256+ with accessories.
  • OMICRON CMC353.
  • OMICRON CPC100with accessories (CP CB2, CP CU1 & CP GB1).
  • Scope Corder Yokogawa DL850 (GPS synchronization IRIG-B).
  • Model of a real unsymmetrical HV network for simulating the behavior of compensated, insulated and resistively grounded systems.