ERDA’S
MISSION STATEMENT
ERDA’s
mission is to provide technological support to the Electrical Industry,
Utilities and user organizations by way of product certification, type,
developmental and special testing and evaluation as per National,
International and Institutional standards and specifications, sponsored
research, technical services such as inspection, consultancy, condition
monitoring, life assessment, failure investigation, knowledge updation and in
the areas of electrical materials, products and systems. Through high quality
research and development, it aims at providing scientific knowledge and
technology needed to solve the problems of today and anticipate those of
tomorrow.
ORGANISATION
Electrical
Research and Development Association (ERDA) is a cooperative research
institution created by the Indian Electrical Industry and Utilities with the
support of Governments of India and Gujarat. National in character, ERDA has
established its laboratory facilities at Makarpura Industrial Estate,
Vadodara. The Laboratories stand in a sprawling 25 acre plot donated by the
Government of Gujarat. This is a not-for-profit sector cooperative
organization. ERDA is managed by a Managing Committee of eighteen elected
members from its members, which exercises its authority through the President
and Vice President elected by them. The Managing Committee also consists of
nominees of CSIR and Govt. of Gujarat, besides eminent persons from the
industry, utilities, academic institutions and government organizations
co-opted as members of the managing committee.
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120 kA
Short – Circuit Transformer |
Optical
Emission Spectrometer (OES) |
Energy
Meter Test bench |
Seismic
Shake Table |
ACCREDITATIONS & RECOGNITIONS
ERDA is
Accredited / Recognized by organizations as under:
·
National
Accreditation Board for Testing & Calibration Laboratories (NABL) Govt. of
India
·
Intertek (ASTA-BEAB)
for Switchgear, Cables & Transformers
·
Underwriters’ Laboratories (UL) for Certification Testing of Contactors, Pilot
Lamps and Pilot Switches
·
Dept. of
Atomic Energy (DAE), Govt. of India for LOCA Qualification and Seismic testing
of electrical equipment
·
Bureau of
Indian Standards (BIS)
·
Dept. of
Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India
·
Dept. of
Scientific & Industrial Research (DSIR), Govt. of India
·
Commissioner
of Electricity, Govt. of Gujarat for Household Electrical Appliances
· Gujarat Electricity
Regulatory Commission, Rajasthan State Electricity Regulatory Commission and
Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory
Commission for Energy Meters
·
Chief
Inspector of Steam Boilers and Smoke Nuisances, Govt. of Gujarat
·
Charity
Commissioner, Govt. of Maharashtra
·
Certification after Recognitions of Agent’s Testing (CARAT), TÜV-PS, Germany
·
TÜV
Rheinland (India) Pvt. Ltd.,
·
Petroleum
Explosive and Safety Organisation (PESO), Nagpur
·
Bureau of
Energy Efficiency (BEE), Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA),
Gujarat Energy Development Agency (GEDA),
Maharashtra Energy Development
Agency (MEDA), Commissioner of Electricity, Gujarat, Energy Management Centre
(EMC), Kerala,
Chhatisgarh Renewable Energy Development Agency (CREDA), in
their respective jurisdictions for Energy Audit
·
Directorate
General - Factory Advice Service and Labour Institute (DGFASLI), Mumbai for
increased safety motors
·
Department
of Explosives, Ministry of commerce and Industry, Govt. of India for testing
Increased Safety Motors as per IS:6381
·
Canadian
Standards Association for LT Switchgear & Capacitors
·
Well known
Remnant Life Assessment Organization under Indian Boiler Regulations, 1950
SERVICES
The prominent
infrastructural facilities for Testing and R&D available are:
·
120 kA on
line Short Circuit Testing Facility for LT Switchgear and Distribution
Transformers
upto 33 kV, 4 MVA
·
High Voltage
Impulse / AC – 400 kV class
·
Partial
Discharge Detector / RIV corona
·
Wet Test
Facility
·
Precision
Power Measuring Instruments
·
EMI/EMC (at
lab and site)
·
Ingress
Protection
·
Gas & Liquid
Chromatography
·
Instrumental
Analyses facility consisting of DTA/DSC/TGA
·
FT- IR & UV-VIS
Spectrophotometers
·
Photometry
·
Flame Proof
enclosure
·
Xenon Arc
Chamber
·
Plasticorder,
Two roll mill
·
Loss of
Coolant Accident (LOCA)
·
Ovens,
Humidity Chamber, Pollution Chamber, Cold Chamber etc.
·
Temperature
rise test set up
·
Direct
Reading Ferrograph
·
NDT –
Ultrasonic Detector, Radiography
·
Metallurgical
Microscope
·
Vibration
exciter
·
Hysterisisograph, Franklin Insulation tester
·
Calibration
facilities for Electrical, Mechanical, Optical, length, force, pressure and
Thermal instruments with traceability to NPL
·
Power
Electronics & Instrumentation Laboratory
·
Workshop for
Fabrication Jobs
·
Technical
Library, Reprography & Audio-Visual aids
·
Universal
Testing Machine (40 T)
·
Impact
Testing (Charpy & Izod)
·
Horizontal
Tensile Testing (upto 20T for 15 m conductor length)
·
Bending
testing of Insulators / Bushings (upto 3.5 m height and 10 T capacity)
·
Short Circuit
Test
·
Short time
withstand current
·
Making &
Breaking Capacities
·
1600 kVR
Impulse Voltage Test Facility, / HV AC 800 kV HV AC T/R/ RIV, Corona, High
Voltage AC/DC calibration
·
Partial
Discharge
·
Tan delta &
Loss measurement
·
Dry / Wet
tests
·
Pollution
·
Calibration
·
Dissolved Gas
Analysis
·
Furan
Analysis
·
Flammability
·
Mechanical
load time test on composite insulator
·
UV Weathering
·
Scanning
Electron Microscope (SEM)
·
Energy
Dispersive Spectrometer (EDS)
·
X-Ray
Diffraction Unit (XRD)
·
Injection
Molding Machine
·
Extruder
·
Thermal
Endurance
·
Instrumental
Analysis
·
Glow wire
testing
·
Magnetic
Particle Detection
·
Creep – load
time test on composite insulators
·
Brittle
fracture test
·
Ferrography
·
Erosion test
·
Flue gas
Analysis
·
Stress strain
test on conductors
·
Ultimate
–Surface Conduction test on conductor
·
Thermo-mechanical test on insulator
LV PRODUCTS
DIVISION (PLV)
Type
Developmental - &
Certification
Testing of various Electrical Products like:
Motors,
Pumps, Switchgear, Controlgear, Diesel engines,
Relays Short Circuit Testing, IP Test Domestic Electrical Appliances Wiring
Accessories & Electrical Appliances
S.C. Testing
of 50 kA 415V & 16 MVA 11 kV and 120 kA 550V and 4 MVA 33 kV facilities
available
ELECTRICAL &
ELECTRONICS DIVISION (E&E)
EMI/EMC, Anechoic Chamber
EMI / EMC
facility (including 10 meter) as per IS/IEC/MIL/ Defence Standard
Product
Development assisting knowledge base to comply specification
POWER SYSTEMS CELL
· Load
Flow Studies, Small Signal Stability Analysis, Transient Stability, Short
Circuit Studies, Over Voltage Studies, Line and Cable Parameter Calculations,
Field Measurement , Installation Audit consultancy, GPS based activity
POWER
ELECTRONICS & INSTRUMENTATION
Development
of Products, R&D and Testing
·
Power
supplies, UPS, Inverters, Stabilizers and AVRs
·
Harmonic
measurements & Filter design
·
Development
of custom specified technology
ENERGY METER
All tests as
per IS, IEC, calibration at site and lab upto 0.02 class
On-site
checking and analysis of burnt / faulty meters
HV
PRODUCTS DIVISION (PHV)
HV Testing
·
Type test
facilities for insulators upto 600 kV
·
HV Impulse
test facilities upto 1600 kVP
·
HV Power
Frequency test upto 800 kV
·
Wet test
facility upto 800 kV
·
Condition
Monitoring of HV products
·
Online
Condition Monitoring of Lighting Analysis
·
Tan Delta and
capacitance measurement of transformer and generator
·
Load and no
load loss measurement of transformers
·
Insulation
Resistance and Polarization Index
·
Acoustic
Emission PD measurement on transformer
·
SFRA of
Transformer
·
Survey of
Lightning Protection Scheme
·
HV AC/DC
Calibration, RIV / Corona measurement
·
Earth
Resistance measurement
·
Design &
Study of Earthing System
Products
Testing
·
Capacitors,
Insulators, Lightning Arresters, Isolators, HV cables, Switchboard, HV outdoor
breakers, Transformers, CTs, PTs, Energy Meters
MATERIALS
TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (MTD)
T&D HARDWARE
· Mechanical
Testing of Transmission Hardware including Conductors, Insulators & Bushings
(Ceramics & Long Rod Composite Insulators) Spacers, Dampers, specialized and
general purpose Structural and Fittings.
·
Environmental
Tests on T&D Hardware
· Corrosion
Studies
· Testing of
Hardware as per NFC, BIS and IEC specification
METALLURGICAL EVALUATION & CHARACTERIZATION
·
Optical
Microscopy, Macro and Micro Hardness
·
Failure
investigations
·
Wear &
Erosion Testing
MECHANICAL
CALIBRATION
·
Mechanical
Calibration (Force, Pressure and Length)
NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING
·
Magnetic and
Conducting Material Testing
·
Noise & Shock
Pulse Measurements
·
Vibration and
Seismic Testing
·
RLA and
Condition Monitoring
·
NDT Services
(Ultrasonics, Magnetic Particle, Dye Penetrant Testing, Eddy Current,
Videoscopy, Boroscopy & Fibroscopy, Insitu metallography and Chemical
Analysis, Dimensional Measurements, Visual etc.)
ENERGY
CONSERVATION SERVICES
·
Energy Audits
of Power and Process plants, Commercial Complexes
·
Testing of
Refrigerators as per various National and International Standards
INSULATION
DIVISION (INS)
LIQUID
DIELECTRICS
·
Testing of
Transformer oil, Capacitor Fluid, Lubricating Oil, Dissolved Gas Analysis,
Gassing Tendency Test
SOLID
DIELECTRTICS
·
A large
variety of solid insulating materials like Press Board, Plastics, Rubber Film,
Laminates, FRP, Cork sheet, Varnish, Composites, Insulation Piercing
Connectors, Rubber Components etc. Special tests like UV ageing and
artificial pollution.
POLYMER
·
Furan
Analysis, Characterization of Polymeric materials, Metallurgical Analysis,
Degree of Polymerisation of paper
CABLES AND
WIRES
·
Cables,
Wires, Conductors and LOCA Qualification
·
Electrical
hand gloves, PVC Conduits
TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION CENTRE (TDC)
Testing
Photometry
·
Lamps (GLS,
TFL, CFL, HPSV, HPMV)
·
Luminaire,
Ballast, Starter
Calibration Services
·
Electrical,
Optical and thermal Instruments, Lamp, Energy Meter, Instrument Transformer,
Voltmeters, Ammeters, Thermo-couples, Temperature probe and Thermometers,
Burden Box, Reference Ballast, Multimeters, Resistance Meter, Power meters,
Meggers, Pressure gauge, Vernier caliper, Micrometer, Load Cells etc.
Site laboratories
Mumbai:
(Calibration & Transformer oil testing facility)
Rajahmundry:
(Calibration & Transformer oil testing facility)
Sonepat :
(Calibration & Transformer oil testing facility)
Delhi office:
Third
party Inspection Services
PILOT PLANT
FACILITIES
·
Scanning
Electron Microscope (SEM)
·
X-Ray
Differactometer (XRD)
·
Energy
Dispersive Spectrometer (EDS)
·
Plasticorder
·
Compression
Molding Machine
·
Vacuum
Coating Unit
·
Extruder
DOCUMENTATION
& TRAINING DIVISION (DT)
·
Technical
Library
·
Publications
·
Abstracts of
Current Technical Literature in Electrical Engineering
·
ERDA News
·
Technical
Reports
·
Literature
Surveys
·
Training
Courses, Seminars, Workshops, Publicity Material
.
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