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Facilities

We have access to a range of labs and equipment to help us with our research including the largest impulse generator in the UK. All of these are available for our researchers to use. For more information about any of our equipment and how to gain access, please use the contact links below.

High voltage testing facilities
  • 2 MV impulse generator
  • 800 kV AC test set
  • 600 kV DC test set
  • 10 kA current source
  • High-speed imaging system
  • Partial discharge detectors
Material processing facilities
  • Air circulating oven
  • Vacuum oven
  • Environmental chamber
  • Oil processor
Dielectric material testing facilities
  • Acidity titrator
  • Karl fisher moisture titrator
  • Particle counter
  • Breakdown tester
  • Kinematic viscometer
  • DDF, resistivity and permittivity tester
  • FDS-PDC analyser
  • Gas-chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) unit
  • High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) unit
  • Particle image velocimetry system
  • Online DGA monitors

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