After the discovery of electricity and its wide use in lighting and energy generation, the electrical measurements with all its branches, became one of the important applications of metrology in our daily life. The need for electricity is now dominating the housing, factories, energy plants, the military, health, and civil sectors at all levels. Responding to these needs, the Department of Electrical Measurements at NMCC was established to cover the calibration requests of different sectors of economy in KSA. The Department is structured from four laboratories: Voltage Laboratory, Impedance Laboratory, Power-Energy Laboratory, and Electromagnetism Laboratory to meet such wide spectrum of calibrations.
The laboratory provides calibration services for all devices (generation and reading of voltage and electric current) using high-precision reference devices, including: voltage cells, alternating voltage transformers, alternating and direct current DC and AC splitter, and the laboratory has the following measurement capabilities :
It is one of the electricity measurement laboratories in the national center of measurement, and it is responsible for establishing, maintaining direct and alternating,( DC and AC ) voltage and current measurement standards with reference to amperes. In addition, transmit it to all national agencies that measures voltage, DC and AC in the industrial and service sectors. The laboratory provides calibration services for all devices (generation and measuring of voltage and current DC and AC ) using high-precision reference devices, including: DC Voltage Reference Standards , alternating and direct voltage source and meter, alternating and direct current source and meter , thermal voltage converter and thermal current converter. The laboratory has the following measurement capabilities:
Calibration and Measurement Capabilities:
0.04µV/V
| 10V
| DC Standard 10V
|
0.10µV/V
| 1.018V
| DC Standard 1.018V
|
(4-37) μV/V
| 1 V-1000 V 10Hz-1MHz | Thermal Voltage Convertor
|
(4-90)µA/A
| 10mA-100A 10Hz-100kHz | Thermal Current Convertor
|
(4-12) μV/V
| 100mV-1000V
| DC Volt Calibrator
|
52μV/V16mV/V
| 0.6mV-1000V 10Hz-1MHz | AC Volt Calibrator
|
(43-140) μA/A
| 0A-2A
| DC Current Calibrator
|
43μA/A-11mA/A
| 2mA-2A 10Hz-10kHz | AC Current Calibrator
|
(7.1-120)μΩ/Ω
| 1Ω-100MΩ
| Resistance Calibrator
|
4μV/V-12 mV/V
| 100mV-1000V
| DC Volt Multimeter
|
46μV/V-2mV/V | 100mV-1000V 20Hz-1MHz | AC Volt Multimeter
|
(41-100)μA/A
| 100µA-1A
| DC Current Multimeter
|
(0.14-7.2)mA/A
| 100µA-1A 300Hz-10kHz | AC Current Multimeter
|
(7.0-100)μΩ/Ω
| 1Ω-100MΩ
| Resistance Multimeter
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The Power and Energy Laboratory is responsible for ensuring the integration of AC power and energy measurements and AC voltage and current ratio measurements conducted in Saudi Arabia into the international metrology system. The laboratory provides calibration services for power and energy meters such as active and reactive power devices, voltage and current transformers and others measuring devices. In addition, the laboratory can develop the industry activities in the fields of electrical power metrology. It has the following Calibration and Measurement Capabilities:
Calibration and Measurement Capabilities:
40μVAR/(V•A)
|
0 W – 2400 W
| Active Power
Single Phase (f<=400 Hz)
Power Meter، Power Converter |
40μVAR/(V•A)
|
0 VAR – 2400 VAR
| Reactive Power Single Phase (f<=400 Hz) Power Meter |
40μVA/(V•A)
|
0 VA – 2400 VA
| Apparent Power Single Phase (f ≤ 400 Hz) Power Meter |
60μW/(V•A)
|
0 W – 28800 W
| Active Power Three Phase Power Meter
|
60μVAR/(V•A)
|
0 var ≤ Q ≤ 28800 var
| Reactive Power Three Phase Power Meter
|
100μW/(V•A)
|
0 W.s – 28800 W.s | Active Power Three Phase Energy Meter |
100μVAR/(V•A)
|
0 var.s ≤ Q ≤ 28800 var.s | Reactive Power Three Phase Power Meter Energy Meter
|
100 μA/A
|
10 mA ≤ I ≤ 10 A |
Current Waveform: Mains Frequency Current Harmonics |
100 μV/V
|
1 V ≤ V ≤ 240 V |
Voltage Waveform: Mains Frequency Harmonic Distortion |
0.003
|
0.5 ≤ Pst ≤ 10 |
Current and Voltage Waveform: Mains Frequency Voltage Fluctuations; Square Wave Modulation –Flicker |
100 μA/A
|
0 – 0.02 % | AC High Current ( Ratio Error) Current Transformer
|
100 μrad
|
0 mrad – 20 mard | AC High Current ( Phase displacement) Current Transformer
|
150 μV/V
|
0 – 0.02 % | AC High Voltage ( Ratio Error) Voltage Transformer
|
150 μrad
|
0 – 20 mrad | AC High Voltage ( Phase displacement) Voltage Transformer |
0.1%
|
0.01 Ω ≤ R ≤ 10 kΩ |
High Current Impedance: Burden: Reel Component |
1 mrad
|
0 rad ≤ δ ≤ 1.57 rad |
High Current Impedance: Burden: Imaginer Component (Phase Displacement) |
0.1%
|
0.01 Ω ≤ R ≤ 10 kΩ |
High Voltage Impedance: Burden: Reel Component |
mrad
|
0 rad ≤ δ ≤ 1.57 rad |
High Voltage Impedance: Burden: Imaginer Component (Phase Displacement) |
50 μA/A
|
0 – 0.02 | AC High Current: Ratio: Ratio Error Current Transformer Bridge |
50 µrad
|
0 mrad ≤ │δ│ ≤ 20 mrad | AC High Current : Ratio: Ratio Error (Phase Displacement) Current Transformer Bridge |
9 mdegree
| 0 degree – 360 degree
|
Phase Meter |
1.2 megree
|
0 degree to ±999.999 degree |
Phase standard |
1 V/V
|
1 kV - 33 kV | High resistive voltage High voltage meter
|
The laboratory is responsible for establishing and maintaining the electrical impedance measurement standard. Impedance is one of the electrical quantities that describes the amount of impedance in electrical conductors and it varies according to the type of electrical load (continuous and alternating resistance - capacitors - coils). There are a number of methods for measuring impedance using various measuring systems, which can be calibrated by the impedance laboratory with traceability to the international system of units, SI. The laboratory provides calibration services for high-precision impedance measuring devices such as standard resistors, standard capacitors and standard coils. It has the following
Calibration and Measurement Capabilities:
Calibration and Measurement Capabilities:
1-50 ppm
|
1pF-100pF
| Fused-Silica Standard Capacitor
|
10-200 ppm
|
1 uF-1pF
| Standard Capacitor
|
0،13 ppm
|
100 Ω
| Standard Resistor
|
20 ppm
|
1 mΩ- 100 mΩ
| Standard Resistor
|
0.4 ppm
|
1 Ω- 10 kΩ
| Standard Resistor
|
0.7-10 ppm
|
100 kΩ- 100 MΩ
| Standard Resistor
|
12-700 ppm
|
1 GΩ- 100 TΩ
| Standard Resistor
|
80-200 ppm
|
100 uH-10H
| Standard Inductor
|
The laboratory is responsible for measuring the strength of the electromagnetic waves emitting from electronic devices, home appliances and others the emit such waves. and checking the tools for measuring them. There are a number of methods for measuring the electromagnetic field using various measuring systems that can be calibrated with the electromagnetism laboratory and assigning with traceability to the international system of units, SI. The laboratory provides calibration services for high-precision measuring devices related to the electromagnetic measurements such as magnetic and electric field sensors. It has the following Calibration and Measurement Capabilities:
Calibration and Measurement Capabilities:
1.4dB - 2.6dB
|
1 V/m to 200 V/m
| Electric Field Probes
|
1.1dB - 2.6dB
|
0.01 A/m to 80 A/m
| Magnetic Field Probes
|
1.4dB - 2.6dB
|
1 V/m to 200 V/m
| Electric Field Probes
|
1.1dB - 2.5dB
|
0.01 A/m to 80 A/m
| Magnetic Field Probes
|
1.1dB - 2.5dB
| 0.01 A/m to 80 A/m
| Magnetic Field Probes
|