Laboratory with lightning current range - Forschungs- und Entwicklungszentrum FH Kiel GmbH

Services provided by the high voltage laboratory and the lightning current laboratory:

Performance of high-voltage tests (alternating voltage, direct voltage, pulsed voltage, also combined)
Performance of high-current tests (alternating current, direct current, pulsed current, also combined)
Performance of industrial tests accompanying development
Performance of routine tests
Performance of special tests
Performance of destructive and non-destructive tests
Performance of standard tests according to VDE, IEC, IEEE, ISO, etc.

Lightning current range:

Lightning current generator up to 350 kA (10/350) µs
Mains sequence current test device up to 440 V, 3 kA, cos phi adjustable
Pulse current generator up to 350 kA (8/20) µs
Multiple lightning current generator for 10 lightning current pulses of the form (4/10) µs and (8/20) µs
Long-wave current generator (600 V, 400 A)
Heating tests

High voltage range:

12-stage surge voltage generator up to 1.2 MV (pulse shape: 1.2/50 µs and 250/2500 µs)
High-voltage test transformer up to 600 kV RMS (PD-free)
High-voltage kit for 100 kV, cascadable up to 200 kV
VLF sine wave up to 68 kV
Withstand voltage tests on insulators, components and equipment in electrical power engineering
Measurement of partial discharge (PD) according to VDE IEC, UHF, acoustic, non-conventional
Online PD measurement in customer installations (medium voltage/high voltage)
Measurement of dissipation factor (tan delta)
Measurement of tracking resistance CTI/PTI
Measurement of breakdown voltage/field strength of solids and insulating liquids at AC, DC or pulse
Powerless measuring equipment Starke-Schröder

Management consultancy, training courses (FH and customer seminars):