Overview

Key Contact Personnel:
Nasser Al-Qahtani, General Manager nasser.alqahtani@gccelab.com

High Voltage Laboratory
E-mail : nasser.alqahtani@gccelab.com Telephone:+966599906796

High Power Laboratory
E-mail : nasser.alqahtani@gccelab.com Telephone: +966599906796

Certification Department
E-mail: Abdullah.Azizi@gccelab.com Telephone: +9665540642

Year Founded:
HV Lab: 2021
HP Lab: 2021
Other labs:
• Low Voltage Lab 2021
• Advanced Technologies Laboratory 2021

Total Number of Employees: 350
Major Export Markets Served: GCC Countries and MENA region, China, India, USA, European Countries

Services

High Voltage Laboratory

Total number of employees in the High Voltage Laboratory: 65
Dimensions of the Main Test Hall (in meters – L x W x H): 122 × 85 × 58
Dimensions of Secondary Test Hall (in meters – L x W x H): 60 × 85 × 58

Impulse Testing
Lightning Impulse system
3.2 MV, 480 kJ
600 kV, 60kJ
300 kV, 30kJ

Switching Impulse system
2.2 MV, 480 kJ

A.C. Testing
Dry / Wet: AC (Power Frequency) Test systems for Dry and Wet test:
1600 kV
1200 kV
800 kV
600 kV
200 kV
100 kV
70 kV

Two test systems for partial discharge system can used in shielded rooms:
100 kV
800 kV

Capacitance & Tan delta Test systems:
12 kV capacitance and Tan delta system installed capable of testing HV and MV equipment

D.C. Testing
80 kV
21 kV
5 kV
2.5 kV

Pollution Testing:
• Pollution lab Ceramic/Glass insulators of 400 kV (chamber dimensions 10m (L)×10m (W)×12 (H) (Salt Fog and Clean Fog) IEC 60507
• Pollution lab Ceramic/Glass insulators 150 kV (6(L)×6(W)×12 (H)
(Salt Fog and Clean Fog) IEC 60507
• Composite insulators tracking erosion test with 40 kV (15 m3 chamber size for salt fog test as per IEC 62217/9.3.3.)(Salt Fog)

Ageing Tests:
5000 hours multi-stress chamber
Accelerated UV Weathering tests

Other tests performed on insulators, arresters, bushings, or cable terminations:
• Dry lightning impulse voltage test
• Wet/dry power frequency voltage test
• Dry/Wet switching impulse voltage test
• Radiofrequency interference voltage test
• Pollution tests on ceramic insulators-Salt Fog Test
• Pollution tests on ceramic insulators-Solid Layer Method Test
• Polymeric insulator tracking and erosion test
• Power frequency puncture overvoltage test
• Routine electrical test
• Hardness test
• Temperature cycle test
• Thermal shock test
• Galvanizing test
• Water diffusion test
• Verification of dimensions, displacements, visual inspection
• Porosity test
• Mechanical failing/withstand load test (Compression, Cantilever, Torsion, Tension)
• Damage limit proof Test
• Electromechanical failing Load test
• Thermal Mechanical Performance Test
• Test for deflection under load at normal ambient temperature
• Flammability Test
• Verification of locking system and end fitting
• Lightning impulse voltage test
• Wet/dry power frequency voltage test
• Verification of locking system and end fitting
• Measurement of dielectric dissipation factor and capacitance at ambient temperature
• Partial discharge measurement
• Cantilever load withstand test

Other Testing Facilities

High Power Laboratory

Total number of employees in the High-Power Laboratory: 50

Dimensions of Main Test Hall:(in meters – 76m Length x 30.5m Width x 28.8m Height):

Kind of Power Source for the HP Laboratory:
One short-circuits generator with 2000 MVA in test cell respectively.

Specifications of Main Test Bay:
High power Laboratory Equipped with 2 large test cells to test high voltage electrical apparatus up to 550kV and 4 test cells for testing medium voltage apparatus up to 52kV.

Possible Power Frequency:
Max MVA: 2000 Max. kV: 35 kV Max. kA & Duration: 78 KA (RMS Value)

Synthetic installation, if any (special features):
Full-pole circuit breakers up to 550 kV

Max. kV in Test Bay from synthetic installation: 550 kV-1ph, 245 kV-3ph

Electrical Tests:
• Making and braking, operational tests.
• Short-circuit tests.
• Short-time and peak withstand current tests.
• Internal arc tests, etc.
• Mainly active load current switching tests.
• Shunt reactor current switching tests.

Heat Run Tests:
Two systems: Capable to perform up to 7000 A on low impedance test objects e.g. Switchgear.
Four Systems: Capable to perform up to 2500 A on low impedance test objects e.g. Switchgear.
One system: to perform up to 4000 A on high impedance test objects e.g. Transformer.
One system: to perform up to 1000 A on high impedance test objects e.g. Transformer.

Other Types of High-Power Tests Offered (please describe): Power Arc test, current, dynamic withstand test, thermal short time current withstand test.

High Current Test Facilities & Capabilities:
3000 A HCT
6000 A HCT

Mechanical Tests (Tensile, Compression, Torsional Tests)

A range of mechanical tests are in scope of GEPL which are performed by following test equipment.
Horizontal Tensile Machine:
Specs: 16 m, 1000 kN
Vertical Cantilever and Torsion Machine
Specs: 50 kN, 10 KN
Electro-mechanical combined Testing Machine
Specs: 50 kV, 500 kN
Porosity Testing Machine
Specs: 30 MPa
Thermo-Mechanical Testing Machine Vertical/Horizontal
Specs: -40-150 degree Celsius
IP testing as per IEC
IK testing capability as per IEC

Seismic Tests

Vibration Generator (frequency range 0-4000 Hz)

Environmental Tests

Two climatic chambers with (Size: 1m × 0.8m × 0.80m Temp: -70 0C to +1800C, Humidity: Max. 98%)
Two climatic chambers with (Size: 0.5m × 0.4m × 0.4m) Temp: -70 0C to +1800C, Humidity: Max. 98%)
Various chambers with (Size: 3m × 3m × 3m)

Acoustic Measurement

Sound level test for transformers (IEC 60076-10 and other equipment up to 114 dB)

Measurement Capabilities:
Covered in relevant sections above.

Additional Special Facilities for Testing Electrical Insulators, Arresters, Bushings & Cable Terminations (please describe all additional tests which you can perform on this apparatus): Refer to section Other tests performed on insulators, arresters, bushings, or cable terminations.