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Electrical Power Measurements - Calibration Services
Ordering Calibrations
Services
The Electrical Power Measurements Group provides standards, calibration,
instrumentation, testing procedures, and new technology in the area of
electrical power measurements. The Group focuses on meeting the current
and future precision measurement requirements of the electrical power
industry, including the development of diagnostic techniques and instrumentation
to assess the operating conditions of high voltage power system apparatus.
Contact: Dr. Alexander Bulinski
Tel. (613) 990-4022
Ordering Calibrations
Services NEW procedures effective March 23, 2006.
A33-10-00-00
Custom Electrical Power Measurements or
Services
Fee on request. |
For
further information contact
Dr.
Alexander Bulinski
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A33-10-00-01
Handling Fee
$150 |
A charge is levied for any instrument found to be
unsuitable for calibration. This fee covers opening, inspection and
return and is based on the work done prior to discovery of the fault. |
 Alternating
Current
Calibration
of Electricity Meters, Sinusoidal & Non-inusoidal
DC Measurements
High
Voltage Impulse
| ALTERNATING
CURRENT |
A33-10-01-01
Calibration of Current Transformers
Fee on request |
Calibration
of current transformers can be performed on-site or in-house. On-site
calibrations are provided at 50 Hz, 60 Hz, and 400 Hz frequencies
and at primary currents up to 2000 A. In-house calibrations can be
performed at primary currents up to 60 000 A. By special arrangement,
measurements at other than power frequency, ranging from 25 Hz to
5 kHz, are also available at certain ratios. |
A33-10-02-01
Calibration of Potential Transformers and
Voltage Dividers
Fee on request |
Calibration of potential transformers and high voltage
dividers can be performed at primary voltages up to 250 kV on-site
and up to 500 kV in-house. |
A33-10-03-01
High Voltage Power Loss Measurements
Fee on request |
This service provides
on-site measurement of load losses of large power transformers and
high voltage inductive/capacitive reactors at voltages up to 250 kV
and currents up to 1000 A. |
A33-10-04-01
On-site Calibration of High Voltage Power
Loss Measurement Systems
Fee on request |
Calibrations of various types of high voltage power
loss measurement systems are performed on-site. Measurements can be
made at any power factor for zero lag through unity to zero lead,
positive or negative power, at voltages up to 100 kV, currents up
to 1000 A, and 50 or 60 Hz. |
A33-10-04-02
Calibration of High Voltage Capacitors
Fee on request |
This service measures
the capacitance and voltage coefficients of precision gas-insulated
high voltage capacitors up to 500 kV nominal voltage. |
A33-10-05-01
Resistance Measurements
Fee on request |
This service measures the resistance and phase angles
of resistors and shunts from 100 µ to 1 Mat
frequencies of 50 Hz and 60 Hz. Measurements at other frequencies,
ranging from 25 Hz to 1 kHz, are also available, by special arrangement,
for certain resistors and shunts. |
| Calibration
of Electricity Meters, Sinusoidal and Non-Sinusoidal (A33-10-06-01
to A33-10-06-02) |
A33-10-06-01
Calibration of Single-Phase Electricity
Meters
Fee on request |
This service calibrates
high accuracy wattmeters and other power/energy related meters at
any power factor from zero lag through unity to zero lead, positive
or negative power at
100 V - 600 V, 1 A - 100 A, and 25 Hz to 3 kHz. Calibrations can also
be performed with the voltage and current waveforms containing arbitrarily
selected harmonic components. |
A33-10-06-02
Calibration of Three-Phase Electricity Meters
Fee on request |
High accuracy three-phase electricity meters are
calibrated under sinusoidal and nonsinusoidal waveform conditions
at voltages up to 600 V and currents up to 100 A. Various types of
digitizers and total harmonic distortion meters can also be tested
by special arrangement. |
A33-10-06-03
Calibration of High Voltage Voltmeters
Fee on request |
This service calibrates
high voltage voltmeters including high voltage dividers and electrostatic
voltmeters at voltages up to 100 kV and 50 Hz, and at voltages up
to 500 kV and 60 Hz. |
A33-10-07-01
Electromagnetic Field Measurements
Fee on request |
This service provides on-site measurement of environmental
electromagnetic fields and calibration of commercial electromagnetic
field meters. |
A33-10-08-01
Dielectric Tests/Measurements
Fee on request |
This service evaluates
the performance of the insulation characteristics of various types
of high voltage apparatus and components, including measurements of
partial discharge inception and extinction voltage with a sensitivity
of 0.05 pC, capacitance and dielectric losses, ac and dc withstand
voltages up to 500 kV and 200 kV respectively, and impulse strength
at various waveforms up to 350 kV. |
A33-10-08-02
Calibration of High Voltage Bridges
Fee on request |
This service calibrates transformer-ratio-arm bridges,
particularly the current-comparator type, which are used for the measurement
of impedance ratios at high voltage and high current. |
| DC
MEASUREMENTS |
A33-10-09-01
Calibration of High Current DC Measurement
Systems
Fee on request |
This service calibrates
high dc current measurement systems including high current shunts
and transducers at currents up to 20 000 A on-site and 6000 A in-house. |
A33-10-09-02
High DC Voltage Calibration at one Voltage
or Polarity
Fee on request |
Calibrations of direct voltage measuring systems
or sources are performed to 100 kV with an uncertainty of 90 µV/V
at the 95% confidence level. Calibrations can be performed to
200 kV but with higher uncertainty. An on-site calibration service
is under consideration. |
A33-10-09-03
High DC Voltage Calibration for each Additional
Voltage or Polarity
Fee on request |
This service is
provided at a reduced fee for each additional voltage or polarity,
referenced to the same common, when performed at the same time under
the same conditions as 33-10-9-2, above. |
| HIGH
VOLTAGE IMPULSE |
33-10-10-1
High Voltage Impulse Calibration to IEC
60060-2 for one Point at each Waveform
Fee
on request |
Calibrations
of impulse measuring systems are performed to 250 kV with an uncertainty
at the 95% confidence level of 1% for peak values and 3% for time
parameters. The service can be performed in-house or at the
client's facility. |
33-10-10-2
High Voltage Impulse Calibration for each
Additional Point
Fee on request |
This service is provided at a reduced
fee for each point when performed at the same time under the same
conditions as 33-10-10-1, above. |
33-10-10-3
Calibration of Pulse Calibrators to IEEE
1122 for one Point at each Waveform
Fee on request |
Calibrations
of pulse calibrators are performed in-house to 4 kV with an uncertainty
at the 95% confidence level of 1% for peak values and 3% for time
parameters. |
33-10-10-4
Calibration of Pulse Calibrators to IEEE
1122 for each Additional Point
Fee on request |
This service is provided at a reduced
fee for each point when performed at the same time under the same
conditions as 33-10-10-3, above. |
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