Materials and Eco-Design Studies
For High Voltage Solutions
GE delivers materials and eco-design studies for high voltage solutions to accelerate insulation and environmental innovation. GE’s services provide the expertise and methods that enable new value to support customer engineering, sourcing, quality control and EHS activities.
The technical studies, tests and impact evaluations support:
- development of many types of insulation material for HV applications
- analysis of corrosion and metallic material
- reduction of environmental footprint
GE’s studies are compliant with customers and international standard.
Materials and Eco-Design Studies
For High Voltage Solutions
GE delivers materials and eco-design studies for high voltage solutions to accelerate insulation and environmental innovation. GE’s services provide the expertise and methods that enable new value to support customer engineering, sourcing, quality control and EHS activities.
The technical studies, tests and impact evaluations support:
- development of many types of insulation material for HV applications
- analysis of corrosion and metallic material
- reduction of environmental footprint
GE’s studies are compliant with customers and international standard.
Reducing Environmental Footprint
Eco-Design
- Life cycle assessment
- Environmental regulations studies
- End-of-life manuals
- Eco-design methodology training
Inspections & Homologations
- Characterization of solid, liquid and gaseous materials
- Compatibility tests
- Supplier homologation
- Material homologation
- Post event analysis
Analyzing Corrosion & Metallic Materials
Investigation
- In-depth investigation of corroded parts and corrosive material
- Moist heat cycling, salt fog tests
- Mechanical tests, microscopy
Anti Corrosion
- Selection of the anti corrosion coating including paint and grease
Material Selection
- Selecting the correct material class based on atmosphere corrosivity
Supporting Development of Insulation Materials
Solid Insulation
- Mechanical characterizations
- Thermal and electrical aging studies
- Lifetime study
Liquid Insulation
- Development of mineral and ester oils
- Diagnostic techniques
- Composite systems
Gaseous Insulation
- Development of environmentally friendly gas and mixture
- Gas analysis: new and arced SF6 and g3
The R&D studies support the development of many types of insulation material, provide corrosion and metallic material analysis and help reduce the environmental footprint of equipment and technologies. Type of materials supported:
Solid Insulation
- Epoxy
- Thermoplastics
- Composite insulators
- Ceramic insulators
Liquid Insulation
- Mineral oil
- Ester oil
- Silicone oil
Gaseous Insulation
- SF6
- Environmentally friendly alternative
Benefit of Working With The “Disruptive” Team With Extensive Expertise
Studies are delivered by GE’s Subject Matter Experts based in the Global Technology Center. The team is active in international working groups and delivers lectures at technical conferences including CIGRÉ, Matpost, IEEE, CEIDP, IEC.
The GE materials and eco-design team members have filed over 35 patents in the last 15 years and bring disruptive technologies to the industry, examples include:
