Earthing and Bonding

ELEMKO SA holds a unique High Voltage & High Current Laboratory, which is able to test and simulate the effect of lightning. It is equipped with impulse current generators able to simulate up to 100kA (10/350µs, 8/20µs) in short circuit mode.

Its unique and innovative design allows the testing of high impedance loads, in contradiction with ordinary crow bar impulse current generators. Also the laboratory is equipped with impulse voltage generators able to test up to 500kV (1,2/50µs & 250/2500µs). Other equipment such as HVAC, HVDC, Combination wave generators are included in the test facilities of the laboratory.

Additionally the laboratory has a complete range of environmental test chambers for climatic and corrosion environment simulation. The laboratory is accredited by the US accreditation organization A2LA, for testing standards the BS EN 62561 series (Lightning protection components).

The Power Systems Modelling Laboratory operates under the auspices of the FOSS Research Centre for Sustainable Energy and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) of the University of Cyprus.

The research interests of the PSM laboratory mainly include the following :

• Electrical Control and Analysis of DC Corrosion.
• Engineering Cost/Benefit Analysis and Risk Management.
• Earthing/ Lightning Protection – Solar Applications and LV systems.
• Loss Evaluation of Power Transformers.
• Earthing Design for Microgrids.
• Power System Analysis.