NEETRAC partners with electric utilities and equipment manufacturers to test, validate, and improve transmission, distribution, and power system components. Its high voltage, mechanical, environmental, and forensic testing facilities provide industry driven research, qualification services, and failure analysis.

 

National Electric Energy Testing, Research, and Applications Center

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Forensics / Quality Assurance

  • Cable Quality Assurance
  • T & D Equipment Teardown / Forensics
  • Impact Testing

High Voltage Lab

  • HV / EHV Cable System Type Testing
  • Component Testing
  • ac Withstand
  • ac Flashover
  • Impulse Withstand
  • Impulse Flashover
  • RIV
  • Corona
  • General Component / System

Mechanical / Environmental

  • Tensile Testing up to 150 kip
  • Compression Testing up to 60 kip
  • Connector Current Cycle Testing
  • Mechanical & Electrical Testing for Insulators
  • Impact Testing up to 19kJ
  • Pole Testing Crossarm
  • Testing Creep Testing for OH Conductors
  • Stress Strain Testing
  • Ampacity Testing
  • Thermal & Humidity Testing
  • UVA & UVB Weathering Testing
  • Salt Fog Testing
  • Coating Evaluations
  • Hardware Evaluations

Medium Voltage Lab

  • MV Cable Accelerated Aging
  • Connector Testing
  • Cable Joint Testing
  • Cable Termination Testing
  • Configurable Test Cells (with independent voltage and current control)
  • General MV Component Testing
  • Short Circuit Testing on MV Cables

Motor Generator Lab

  • Low Voltage Fault Testing up to 25 kA
  • Watthour Meter End of Life
  • Through-Fault Testing
  • Balloon Testing per IEEE 2845
  • HV Line Switch (Whip) Testing
  • Fuse Testing

Outdoor

  • Cable System Pre-Qualification Test up to 345 kV
  • OH & UG Line Transient Voltage Analysis
  • General Component / System Research & Testing
  • Aerial Device Testing – Periodic & Qualification Tests up to 500 kV