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Protective systems are essential for the safe operation of electrical power systems. The correct operation of a protection relay needs to be verified during its lifecycle, from R&D, through production, to on-site commissioning, periodic maintenance, and analytical tests for misoperations. OMICRON provides comprehensive test solutions to cover all these application areas.
Protection Relay Testing
Protection systems play a key role in operating today's electricity power systems reliably and safely. This is relevant for all power system grids; generation, transmission and distribution, industrial, commercial, railway, or marine. To ensure correct operation of this vital power system element testing is required. OMICRON's protection testing hardware and software is designed to meet those challenges.
Substation Commissioning
In addition to the classic protection tests, commissioning engineers have to verify correct operation of all status and interlocking elements in a substation. OMICRON's CMC test sets and unique Test Universe Software solutions are designed to ideally meet the demands of commissioning engineers.
Transient Recording and Measurement
When investigating a relay or protection system, the measurement and recording of analog and binary signals is a key analytical tool of the protection engineer. OMICRON's test systems CMC 256plus and CMC 356 allow highly precise recording and measuring without additional equipment.
Calibration of Substation Equipment
Multitasking is now common in business, many groups responsible for protection testing, are also responsible for managing and maintaining installed metering and measurement devices. OMICRON's test sets are the perfect multitasking solution for these organizations because the CMC test system combines cutting-edge protection testing functionality with calibrator class accuracy.
Research and Development
R&D environments pose additional challenges for a test system. OMICRON has developed state-of-the-art technology for a robust test system that is reliable, repeatable, and highly accurate.
End2End Testing
End to End Testing is the method that ensures the correct logical operation of the entire protection system. OMICRON provides simplified solutions to this challenging testing task.
Testing IEC 61850 Devices
Protection engineers implementing the latest protection technology face new testing challenges. OMICRON was the first to provide communication-based testing solutions for IEC 61850 devices that leverage our existing Test Universe software reducing the learning curve dramatically.
Transient Network Simulation
Typical commissioning and routine testing with steady state signals is sufficient for most applications. However, many modern digital relays require transient simulation for proper verification and assessment. OMICRON’s solutions make it easy to simulate true conditions to correctly test applications like transient ground fault, new power swing detection algorithms, or other dynamic system events.