A national laboratory facility for reliable future electric grid components
ElpowerLab is a national research infrastructure that provides state-of-the-art high voltage and material characterization laboratories. The laboratories can be accessed by researchers and industrial partners from SINTEF and other institutions. ElpowerLab facilitates development of next generation material systems and components for the power grid, and consist of the following instrumentation and laboratories:
- Flexible high voltage and current sources
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Materials characterization laboratory
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High speed cameras
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High voltage probes and acquisition units
News:
- 2020-04-01
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Equipment overview
Material characterisation
- 3D Optical Profiler
- Dielectric response
- Digital microscope
- DMA - Dynamical Mechanical Analyzer
- DSC - Differential Scanning Calorimeter – with high pressure cell
- DSC - Differential Scanning Calorimeter– with LN cooling
- FT-IR Imaging Microscope
- GC-MS Gas Chromatograph – Mass Spectrometer
- Optical microscope
- Sample preparation - Motorized microtome
- Sample preparation - Laboratory weight
- STA - Simultaneous Thermal Analyzer
- Thermal conductivity meter
- TMA - Thermal Mechanical Analyzer
Voltage and current sources
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± 40 kV bipolar pulse train source
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±150 kV single pulse source
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Thermal cycling current source