TEST FACILITIES

Test Facilities Mfg Facilities

CPS personnel perform dc and ac high voltage and high current testing of customer's products.

Summary of dc and ac High Voltage and dc and ac High Current Laboratory Test Facilities

Steady State dc Voltage and Impulse Generator Sources

 
1,080,000 V Marc’s Impulse Generator ( 16.67 feet, 5.08meter), 12.83 kJoules
1,080,000 V Marc’s Impulse Generator one meter upper calibrating sphere
1,080,000 V Marc’s Impulse Generator one meter lower calibrating sphere
  1. dc Rectifier, High Side: 3 phase 120/208 Y, 58A, 20.88 kVa, Low Side: 250 Vdc, 80 A, 20 kVa
  2. dc Power Supply , 10-32 Vdc (24 Vdc Nominal), 50 A dc
  3. High Voltage Adjustable dc Power Supply, 120,000 Vdc, 30 mA max. output High Side, Low Side 120 Vac
  4. Two (400kV and 500kV) Hipotronics Impulse Generators, 400kV Voltage Dividers, and power supplies
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    500kV Impulse Generator

    400kV Impulse Generator

    400kV Voltage Dividers

Steady State 60 Hz ac Voltage Tansformers
  1. 4.8 kV, 7.62 kV, 13.2 kV, 14.4kV, Voltage transformers
  2. 345kV Outdoor Voltage Transformer, and 345kV Indoor Voltage Transformer including separate oil processing plant
  345kV Outdoor Voltage Transformer

 345kV Indoor Voltage Transformer

Steady State 60Hz ac Single Phase Current Test Spans ( indoor)
  1. Single Phase 1525 A, 795 kcmil 26/7 ACSR, (1.108 inch diameter) Drake conductor, 33 foot test span; 1327 ampere SN, 1504 ampere WN, 1505 ampere SE, and 1656 ampere WE ratings
  2. Single Phase 2500 A, 1431 kcmil 45/7 ACSR,(1.427 inch diameter) Bobolink conductor, 33 foot test span; 1865 ampere SN, 2131 ampere WN, 2137 ampere SE, and 2352 ampere WE ratings.

 2000 Amperes (each) Control Consoles

 2000 Amperes (each) Current Transformers

 1525 Amperes Current Transformers

 TSTR Unit Mounted on 795 kcmil Conductor

Fault Current 60 Hz ac Source Test Bench
  1. Multi- step (13) fault currents up to 12,500 amperes.
  2. Multi-step (13) fault currents each level up to 25,000 amperes, 37,500 amperes, and 50,000 amperes.

    3.  Fault Current Test Station

Steady State 60 Hz ac Three Phase Voltage and Current Distribution Circuit

Test Span (indoor)
 
  1. 3-636 kcmil, 37 strand all aluminum, (0.918 inch diameter) Orchid, phase conductors, and 1- 1/0 ACSR 6/1, ( 0.398 inch diameter) Raven, neutral, 30 foot test span; 636 kcmil Al phase conductor ratings: 828 amperes SN, 1003 amperes WN, 1150 amperes SE, and 1238 amperes WE; 1/0 ACSR neutral ratings: 316 amperes SN, 366 amperes WN, 368 amperes SE, and 405 amperes WE.
  2. 3-4.8 kV Delta connected Voltage Sources, and 3- 7.620 kV Wye connected Voltage Sources for three phase conductors.
  3. Steady State 60 Hz phase currents, 227.8 amperes; i.e. V = I/Zcircuit, where circuit, or phase includes a current loop and an air core reactor; Icircuit = 120 V/ 18.964 ohms = 6.33 amperes, Iloop = 6.33 A x36 turns = 227.8 amperes; where P.F. circuit = 0.747.
  4. Three air core reactors, #1 coil = .760 P.F., #2 coil = 0.760 P.F. and #3 coil = 0.758 P.F., 6.33 amperes continuous duty x current loop 36 turns = 227.8 amperes.
  5. #1 coil = 534 turns, #20AWG, #2 coil = 534 turns, #20 AWG, each L = 31.5mH, XL = 11.876 Ω, each R = 13.9Ω, each P.F. = 0.760; #3 coil = 583 turns, #20 AWG, L = 35.2mH, XL = 13.27 Ω, R = 15.4Ω, P.F. = 0.758
  6. Three phase MVA =√3(13.2kV)(227,8A)=5.208MVa with current loops.
  7. Three phase MVA=√3(4.8kV)(227,8A)=1.893MVa with current loops.
  8. 120/208 V Three Phase Wye connected Isolated Generating Source, 17.4 amperes per phase, 6.27 kVA, 5 kW, 0.8 P.F.
    9. Three Phase Isolated Generating Source
    Three Phase Test Span Dead End and Arrester
    Three Single Phase Air Core Reactors and VT's
    DSTR Unit Mounted on 636 kcmil Aluminium Conductor