Electrical Services
Projectech offers comprehensive solutions for commissioning, maintenance, installation, and testing projects—regardless of scale or complexity.
Technical Services
Projectech is a specialist technical service provider of high voltage testing, commissioning, maintenance, engineering, construction, project management and labour resourcing projects. To complement our core business of high voltage testing and commissioning, we have a strong focus on routine maintenance, statutory testing and conditional monitoring as well as re-engineering and retrofitting to upgraded protection schemes and protection systems.
High Voltage Services
Projectech is committed to providing quality solutions for clients in the power generation, mining and oil and gas industries. We have the technical expertise and experience to provide sound and long term support to your business. Our core business is the testing, commissioning, maintenance and conditional monitoring of high voltage assets.
Instrument Transformer Commissioning
Current and Voltage transformers are an integral part of an electrical power system and can be found in power stations and generation sites throughout the world. Ensuring that they are accurate and performing to the best of their ability is vital for anyone who owns or operates electrical power equipment – and it’s vital to engage a company with the experience and expertise to carry out efficient and reliable work on any instrument transformers.
Partial Discharge Testing
The most practical techniques for non-intrusive testing are based on the detection of the radio frequency part of the electromagnetic spectrum and ultrasonic emissions. Projectech utilises the UltraTEV Detector which is specifically developed to enable electromagnetic and ultrasonic activity to be detected in a single simple to use instrument.
About Partial Discharge Testing
Partial Discharge (PD) is a localised dielectric breakdown of a small portion of a solid or fluid electrical insulation system under high voltage stress, which does not bridge the space between two conductors. While a corona discharge is usually revealed by a relatively steady glow or brush discharge in air, partial discharges within solid insulation system are not visible.
Partial Discharge can occur in a gaseous, liquid or solid insulating medium. It often starts within gas voids, such as voids in solid epoxy insulation or bubbles in transformer oil. Protracted partial discharge can erode solid insulation and eventually lead to breakdown of insulation.
Partial Discharge testing will give an indication of deterioration of the insulation and is an indicator of incipient faults. It can be observed at the commissioning of new equipment, caused by improper installation or poor design and/or workmanship – particularly in cable joints and terminations which are made up on-site.
The most practical techniques for non-intrusive testing are based on the detection of the radio frequency part of the electromagnetic spectrum and ultrasonic emissions.
Projectech utilises the UltraTEV Detector which is specifically developed to enable electromagnetic and ultrasonic activity to be detected in a single simple to use instrument.
When partial discharge activity occurs within high voltage switchgear it generates electromagnetic waves in the radio frequency range which can only escape from the inside of the switchgear through openings in the metal casing. These openings may be air gaps around covers, or gaskets, or other insulating components.
When the electromagnetic wave propagates outside the switchgear it also impinges on the metal casing of the switchgear producing a transient in the earth potential. The Transient Earth Voltage (TEV) is only a few millivolts and lasts only a short time with a rise time of a few nanoseconds.
The partial discharge activity may be detected non-intrusively by placing a probe on the outside of the switchgear whilst the switchgear is in service.
Detecting partial discharge early has enabled us to prevent potentially catastrophic, costly failures on a number of occasions.
Power Station Upgrades
Projectech has played an important role in a number of power station upgrade projects from complete new power stations to generator circuit breaker changeouts. We can provide effective testing and commissioning at any stage in the development process of your system. Whether you require checks prior to the first energisation of your pre-commissioned plant, require pre and post energisation analysis of your equipment or simply need to know if your electrical systems are up to scratch during everyday operation, we can help.
Transformer Oil Conditioning
The chemical and physical properties of transformer oil have a significant impact on the insulation cellulose in the transformer. Because the transformer oil is easier to maintain than the insulation, it is important to keep the oil in good condition to obtain a long lifetime of the transformer. Projectech utilises a Transformer Vacuum Dryout Unit that allows a transformer to remain in-service while moisture and combustible gases and oxygen are effectively removed from its insulation. The machine is designed to operate unmanned for periods of a week at a time. There are various interlocks that will shut the machine down in the event of a leak or failure of any sort.
About Transformer Oil Conditioning
The chemical and physical properties of transformer oil have a significant impact on the insulation cellulose in the transformer. Because the transformer oil is easier to maintain than the insulation, it is important to keep the oil in good condition to obtain a long lifetime of the transformer.
The presence of moisture and oxygen in the transformer speeds up the ageing process of the organic products. During the ageing process, organic oxides, such as acids, aldehydes and esters are formed.
Projectech utilises a Transformer Vacuum Dryout Unit that allows a transformer to remain in-service while moisture and combustible gases and oxygen are effectively removed from its insulation. The machine is designed to operate unmanned for periods of a week at a time. There are various interlocks that will shut the machine down in the event of a leak or failure of any sort.
By circulating the dehydrated oil through the transformer, the cellulose material inside the transformer is also dried, as moisture will gradually migrate into the dry oil from the cellulose. An in-line moisture meter is fitted to this unit to enable inlet and outlet moisture levels and temperature to be assessed in the field.
The TVD provides a non-intrusive, cost effective and convenient method of maintaining transformers in a dry condition.