Testing Services

Testing Services

How To Brocure Test List

Steps for getting testing services

  1. Submit letter requesting test services from the Dept. of EEE, BUET. The letter has to be submitted to EEE-BRTC Office (Room No. 334, ECE Building), Department of EEE, BUET, Dhaka-1215. For a sample forwarding letter, please click here (a file will be downloaded here).
  2. Upon submission of the letter, information regarding test fee and timeline of test report collection will be provided by BRTC- EEE Office, BUET.
  3. For payment of test fee, pay order payable to ‘Director, BRTC, BUET’ has to be deposited to Sonali Bank, BUET Branch.
  4. A copy of the pay order has to be submitted to EEE-BRTC Office, BUET. The test procedure will be initiated upon confirmation of receipt of the pay order.
  5. Upon completion of testing and test report finalization, EEE-BRTC Office, BUET will contact the client to collect the test report. If requested, EEE-BRTC Office, BUET may also courier sealed copy of the report to authorized recipient. In this case signed authorization letter must be provided in advance.

Brochure

Click here to download the brochure for the tests. Fees are available on request, from the BRTC coordinator.

PARTIAL LIST OF APPROVED RATES FOR TESTING SERVICES

Sl No

Name of the Product

Test Items

Rating

Test Fee (TK)

1

Transformer

1. Measurement of Turns Ratio

2. Vector Group Test

3. Measurement of Winding Resistance at 75oC

4. Measurement of Insulation Resistance

5. Measurement of No-load Loss and No-Load Current

6. Measurement of Impedance Voltage and Load Loss at 75oC

7. Power Frequency High Voltage Test

8. Test of Transformer Oil

9. Temperature Rise Test

3 phase, Upto 100 kVA, 11/0.415 kV

50000~80000

3 phase, 100 ˂ kVA ≤ 250, 11/0.415 kV

100000~150000

3 phase, 250 ˂ kVA ≤ 500, 11/0.415 kV

175000~225000

3 phase, 500 ˂ kVA ≤ 1000 11/0.415 kV

250000~300000

3 phase, 1 ˂ MVA ≤ 5 11/0.415 kV

325000~350000

3 phase, 10-13 MVA 11/0.415 kV or 33/0.415 kV at supplier lab

400000-

3 phase, 10-26 MVA 11/0.415 kV or 33/0.415 kV at supplier lab

4500000-

single phase, 10-20 kVA 11/0.415 kV

50000-80000

2

Cable

1. Dimensional Test

2. DC Resistance Test

3. Insulation Resistance Test

4. Current carrying capacity Test

5. AC high voltage withstand test

1.0 rm-10 rm BYA/NYY XLPE

1x20000
2x30000
3x40000
4x50000

10 rm-20 rm BYA/NYY XLPE

1x30000
2x40000
3x50000
4x60000

20 rm-50 rm BYA/NYY XLPE

1x35000
2x45000
3x55000
4x65000

50 rm-120 rm BYA/NYY XLPE

1x40000
2x50000
3x60000
4x65000

120 rm-240 rm BYA/NYY XLPE

1x45000
2x55000
3x65000
4x75000

240 rm-400 rm BYA/NYY XLPE

1x50000
2x60000
3x70000
4x80000

400 rm-630 rm BYA/NYY XLPE

1x60000
2x70000
3x80000
4x90000

3

Circuit Breaker (MCB/MCCB)

1. Mechanical operation test

2. Insulation resistance test

3. High voltage test

4. Impulse voltage

5. Tripping test

6. Temperature rise

Depending upon rating

30000-80000

4

Circuit Breaker (VCB/ACB)

1. Mechanical operation test

2. Insulation resistance test

3. High voltage test

4. Impulse voltage

5. Tripping test

6. Temperature rise

Depending upon rating

70000-100000

5

Instrument Transformer (CT/PT)

1. Mechanical operation test

2. Insulation resistance test

3. High voltage test

4. Ratio Test

6. Temperature rise

Depending upon rating

50000

6

Overhead conductor

1. Dimensional Test

2. DC Resistance Test

3. Insulation Resistance Test (if insulated)

4. Current carrying capacity Test

5. AC high voltage withstand test (if insulated)

Depending upon rating

Same as Cables

7

HT panel

1. Dimensional

2. Fitment & Alignment

3. Physical Test (Sample)

4. Measurement of IR Value a) Before HV Test b) After HV Test

5. High Voltage test/Dielectric

6. Impulse Test

7. Partial Discharge Test

8. Heat run / Temperature rise test

9. Enclosure Protection Test / Ingress Protection (IP)

10. Calibration

11. Noise & Vibration

12. Operational & functional check

13. Clearance and creepage Distance

Depending upon rating

80000-

8

LT panel

1.Mechanism Operation Test

2.Rated Current Test

3.Temperature Rise Test

4.Thermal Overload Test

5.Magnetic Trip Test

6.Insulation Resistance Measurement Test

7.Power Frequency High Voltage Test

Depending upon rating

80000-

9

PFI plant Test

1.Discharge rate of the capacitor bank

2.AC voltage test of the capacitor bank between terminals and the casing.

3.Insulation test

4.Performance test at rated voltage of the capacitor banks

5.Operations of the PFI controller, digital display, contactor, fuse and ON/OFF indicators.

6.Auto Mode Operation Sequence and Manual Mode Sequences

7.MCCB test.

Depending upon rating

80000-

10

ATS

1. Mechanical Operation Test Satisfactory

2. Functionality Test Satisfactory

3. Rated Current and Temperature Rise Test Satisfactory

4. Insulation Resistance Test Satisfactory

5. Power Frequency High Voltage Test

Depending upon rating

40000-

11

Drop Out Fuse

1. Dimension Test

2. Dry Flashover

3. Wet Flashover

4. Continuous Current Test

5. Mechanical Operation Test

40000-

12

BUSBAR

1. Dimensional Test

2. DC Resistance Test

3. Insulation Resistance Test (if insulated)

4. Current carrying capacity Test

5. AC high voltage withstand test (if insulated)

30000-

13

BBT system

1. Dimensional Test

2. Heat run

3. Insulation Resistance Test

4. Current carrying capacity Test

5. AC high Voltage withstand test

30000-

14

Auto Voltage Regulator (AVR)

1. Performance of AVR under no-load condition

2. Performance of AVR under resistive full load condition

40000-

15

Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS)

1. KVA Rating Test

2. AC High Voltage Withstand Test

3. Current Rating Test

20000-

16

Motor

1. Insulation resistance test

2. No load and blocked rotor test

3. Efficiency test

4. Wire damage test

5. Electrical current leakage test

20000-

17

Motor starter

1. Testing of Wye-Delta starter

20000-

18

Capacitor Bank

1. Discharge rate of the capacitor bank

2. AC voltage withstand test

3. Insulation test

4. Performance test at rated voltage of the capacitor banks

20000-

19

High Voltage Insulator Test

1. Dimension Test

2. Dry Flashover

3. Wet Flashover

40000-

20

Test and calibration of meters

Ammeter

Voltmeter

Engery Meter

Power Meter

Multimeter

Analog/Digital insulation resistance meter

Earth resistance meter

Lux meter

15000

15000

15000

15000

15000

15000

15000

15000

21

Variac, current injector

1. Voltage, current and kVA rating test

2. AC high voltage withstand test

3. Heat run

4. Efficiency test

5. Load test

40000-

22

Copper terminals lugs and service ball

1. Current rating test

25000-

23

Earth resistivity test

15000-

24

Surge arrestor test

1. Operation test

2. Current rating test

30000-

25

Transformer sound level (dB)

10000-

26

Battery

Industrial 2V Battery Block

Battery (Pb-acid)

Battery (Li-based)

65000

40000

50000

27

Solar PV Panel

1. Rated Power/Maximum Power under STC, Pmax (Watts)

2. Open circuit voltage under STC, Voc (Volts)

3. Short circuit current under STC, Isc (Amps)

4. Maximum working voltage at Pmax under STC, Vmp (Volts)

5. Maximum working current at Pmax under STC, Imp (Amps)

6. Cell efficiency

7. Module efficiency

8. Fill factor, FF

NA 20000-

28

Street Light System consisting of Light, battery, charge controller

1. Testing of light

2. Testing of battery

3. Testing of charge controller

70000

29

LED Light

1. LED Input Power(W)

2. Color Rendering Index (CRI)

3. Lumen

4. Lumen per Watt

5. PF

6. Correlated Color Temperature (CCT)

30000

30

Ingress protection test

IP 55, IP 65

15000-25000

31

Charge Controller

1. MPPT mechanism

2. Labeling on charge controller casing

3. Rated Voltage

4. High voltage disconnect

5. Low voltage disconnect

6. Low voltage reconnect

7. Maximum current handling capacity

8. Maximum self current drawn

9. Reverse current leakage protection

10. Short-circuit protection

11. Reverse polarity protection

12. Efficiency of the Charge Controller

13. Charging indicator

NA

30000-

32

Inverter

1. Voltage and current ratings

2. Power ratings

3. Efficiency

<5 KVA 25000

33

DC - DC Converter with charge controller

1. Voltage ratio

2. Conversion efficiencys

3. Current rating

<5 KVA 30000

34

Solar Pump Controller

Inverter efficiency at different frequency

NA

30000

35

Switch/Socket

1. Mechanical operation test

2. Insulation resistance test

3. High voltage test

4. Temperature rise

NA

8000-20000

36

Fan

1. Speed at rated condition

2. Input power

3. Rated current

4. Power factor at rated Condition

5. Air Delivery

6. Service Value

7. Temperature rise test

NA

10000-50000

37

Fan Dimmer

1. Insulation resistance test

2. Power frequency High Voltage test

3. Temperature rise test

4. Leakage current test

5. Voltage Drop test

6. Uniformity Test

NA

8000-

38

Generator

1.Rated output

2.Maximum output

3.Power factor

4.Rated voltage

5.Voltage regulation

6.Frequency

30000-

39

Firefighting generator

1.Rated output

2.Maximum output

3.Power factor

4.Rated voltage

5.Voltage regulation

6.Frequency

35000-

40

Optical Fiber

1.Dimensional test

2.Attenuation

3.Dispersion

30000-

41

Computer Hardware (motherboard, CPU, Speaker, microphone, power supply, webcam)

As required 20000-

42

CCTV

As required 20000

43

PA system

As required 20000

44

Incubator tests

As required 20000

45

Kitchen Appliances (Washing machine, grinder/blender/juicer, dish washer, rice cooker, microwave/electrical oven, kitchen hood etc))

1. Earthing test

2. Insulation Resistance test

3. THD measurement test

4. Measurement of true power

10000-

46

Data communication Cables (all electrical tests)

As required 8000-

47

Wireless Walkie Talkie/ VHF test (repeater test)

As required 8000-

48

Cable connector (all electrical tests)

As required 5000-

49

Monitor/display (CRT, LED, LCD)

1. Lumen test

2. Resolution test

3. Voltage, current, power, efficiency test

5000-

50

CFL

1. Input Power(W)

2. Color Rendering Index (CRI)

3. Lumen

4. Lumen per Watt

5. PF

6. Correlated Color Temperature (CCT)

7. Efficiency

30000-

51

Fluorescent lamp (all electrical tests)

1. Input Power(W)

2. Color Rendering Index (CRI)

3. Lumen

4. Lumen per Watt

5. PF

6. Correlated Color Temperature (CCT)

7. Efficiency

52

Fluorescent lamp

1. Input Power(W)

2. Color Rendering Index (CRI)

3. Lumen

4. Lumen per Watt

5. PF

6. Correlated Color Temperature (CCT)

7. Efficiency

53

Personal computer and laptop (all electrical tests)

1. Earthing test

2. Insulation Resistance test

3. THD measurement test

4. Measurement of true power

5. Testing of battery

10000-

54

Router/switch/modem (all electrical tests)

1. Bandwidth test

2. Electrical properties (insulation resistance, earthing, true power measurement, THD measurement)

30000-

55

Power conditioning unit (PCU) (all electrical tests)

30000-

56

Room Air-conditioning Unit (all electrical tests)

1. Earthing test

2. Insulation Resistance test

3. THD measurement test

4. Measurement of true power

5. Testing of inverter efficiency and power saving

30000-

57

Washing machine (all electrical tests)

1. Earthing test

2. Insulation Resistance test

3. THD measurement test

4. Measurement of true power

5. Testing of inverter efficiency and power saving

30000-

58

Lift, Escalator, Moving platform

1. Control System test

2. Lift motor test

3. Motor Braking System test

4. Sensor and any other opto-electrical component test

30000-

59

Biomedical Equipment

Test of all Biomedical Equipment related to Medical Imaging 20000-

60

Electrical Safety Test of any kind of equipment and Machinery

Based on Job Involvement

Most of the above mentioned tests are performed by the Dept. of EEE, BUET on a regular basis. In addition to these, the department always welcomes unconventional, new tests related to the field of electrical and electronic engineering.

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