LCOE – FFII. Laboratorio Central Oficial de Electrotecnia
+34 91 491 8168 (34) 91 491 8169 fgarnacho@lcoe.etsii.upm.es Visit website
Eric Kandel, 1. Tecnogetafe
Madrid, 28906
Spain
Overview
Key Contact Personnel:
Fernando Garnacho, Scientist Director fernando.garnacho@ffii.es
Pascual Simón, Technical Director psimon@ffii.es
Tomás García, HV Testing Manager tgarcia@ffii.es
Sergio Ramos, On Site Testing & Calibration sramos@ffii.es
Abderrahim Khamlichi, R&D and Projects ak@ffii.es
José Antonio Bregel, High Power Laboratory jose.bregel@ffii.es
Ignacio Trasmonte, Partial Discharge Testing itrasmonte@ffii.es
Juan Carlos Gómez, HV and LV calibration jcgomezzamora@ffii.es
Ángel Ramírez, High Current Laboratory angel.ramirez@ffii.es
Year Founded: HV Lab: 1949
Total Number of Employees: 100
Accreditations and Recognitions: ENAC / ILAC accreditation ISO 17025; reference 3/LE130 and 1/LC10.001 Designated Institute (DI), of EURAMET with CMC´s approved by BIPM Member of AELP (Spanish Association of Power Laboratories), applicant of STL Liaison
Major Markets Served (2020): Europe and Asia
Services
High Voltage Laboratory
Number of Employees in High Voltage Laboratory:26
Dimension of Main Test Hall:40 m length x 25 m width x 22 m height
Dimension of Secondary Test Hall:29 m length x 13 m width x 12 m height
Dielectric Testing Facilities
| Impulse Testing: | Max. Volt./Current | Standard/Remarks |
| Lightning Impulse | 2000 kV | IEC, ANSI, CENELEC |
| Switching Impulse (Dry & Wet) | 1600 kV | IEC, ANSI, CENELEC |
| Current Impulse | 200 kA | IEC, ANSI, CENELEC |
| Aircraft Standards | ||
| A.C. Testing: | 50/60 Hz | |
| Dry | 900 kV, 50/60 Hz | IEC, ANSI, CENELEC |
| Wet | 800 kV, 50/60 Hz | IEC, ANSI, CENELEC |
| Current | 80 kA rms | IEC, ANSI, CENELEC |
| D.C. Testing: | ||
| Dry | 200 kV | IEC, ANSI, CENELEC |
| Wet | 200 kV | IEC, ANSI, CENELEC |
| Other Tests | ||
| Partial Discharge& RIV Testing: | 500 kV | |
| RIV Testing: | 400 kV | |
| Capacitance & Tan ∂ Testing: | 240 kV | |
| Pollution Testing: | 240 kV | |
| High Current | 8000 A (50 and 60 Hz) | |
Main Climatic Chamber:
Dimensions: 5 m length x 2 m width x 3 m height
| Standard | Temp from- to °C | |
| Icing, ambient Tests | IEC | -40°C up to +60°C,
up to 95% HR |
Tests Performed on the Following Products: Insulators and bushings, High voltage switchgear and controlgear, Arresters, Insulated Power Cables and their accessories, Instrument Transformers, Capacitors, Power Transformers, Live Working – Insulating Materials.
Other electrical tests such as temperature-rise tests, measurement of power losses, measurement of power sound levels, ratio measurement, capacitance and tangent delta measurement, leakage current tests, short-circuit tests, climatic tests, etc.
Other Testing Facilities
Mobile High Voltage Laboratory
Resonant Mobile Generators:• 680 kV / 3 A, 20 Hz – 300 Hz
• 36 kV / 17 A, 20 Hz – 300 Hz
• 260 kV, 83 A, 20 Hz – 300 Hz
Power Transformer Testing:up to 50 kV / 1000 kVA, 50 Hz – 115 Hz
Low and High Voltage Calibration Laboratory (including on site calibrations):Max. rated voltage of instruments to be calibrated:
• DC Dividers up to 1,0 MV and AC Divider up to 3,5 MV
• Lightning Impulse Dividers up to 3,0 MV, SI Dividers up to 2,5 MV
• Voltage transformer up to 500 kV
• Current transformers up to 12,6 kA.
• Low voltage power measurements (transformer loss).
• C & tan ∂ bridge calibration.
• P.D. Instruments and calibrators from 0,5 pC up to 2000 pC
