Special equipment provided by the project

    • Equipment for partial discharge testing of insulations in power electronics environment

            • Conventional, optical and acoustic measurement  
            • High Voltage Amplifier 
              • Sinusoidal high voltage source  
              • Slow rise square wave high voltage source
            • High speed camera for optical PD visualization 
            • Photomultiplier for optical PD detection 
            • Acoustic sensor for acoustic detection

 

    • Test setup including small pressure vessel for electric and optic PD measurement 

 

 




      • Equipment for contamination control (Filters for liquids, flow bench)
      • Keyence microscope for inspection of cleanliness

 

 

 

      • Test cell (climate chamber) for long-term dielectric voltage stress in various insulation liquid environments    



 

      •  Infra-red (IR) - to monitor structural changes between the materials 
      • Ultra Violet (UV) – To monitor colour changes

      • Isothermal microcalorimetry (IMC) is a laboratory method for real-time monitoring and dynamic analysis of chemical, physical and biological processes

      • Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)

 

 

 

 

    • Test setup for investigating possible erosion of thin capacitor PP-film metallization

 



    • Test cell for live experiments with capacitors in pressurized environment  

 

    • Test circuit and cell for experiments with live converter modules in high pressure environment