LS Electric Power Testing Technology Institute, Rising to 6th Place Worldwide with Generator Expansion

Expansion of Sectional Generator for Verifying Power Equipment Performance

LS Electric Power Testing Technology Institute (PT&T), a private power testing laboratory, is rising to become one of the top 6 testing institutes worldwide.

LS Electric announced on the 2nd that it recently expanded PT&T by adding one short-circuit generator necessary to verify the performance of power equipment in actual power systems. A short-circuit generator is a facility that simulates fault currents that can occur in real systems to test and evaluate the performance of power equipment such as circuit breakers and transformers.

An LS Electric official installing a short-circuit generator at the company's Power Testing Technology Center /
[Photo by LS Electric]

PT&T previously owned one 2000MVA short-circuit generator and was recognized as a top 10 global testing institute. With this expansion securing a total capacity of 4000MVA, PT&T has risen to the world’s top 6 testing institutes alongside ABB, following Italy’s CESI (KEMA), Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI), Siemens, and Toshiba.

An LS Electric official stated, “PT&T has established itself as a global top 10 research institute by equipping the first private company short-circuit testing facility with a capacity of 2000MVA, along with high-voltage and reliability testing facilities. Since 2020, we have proactively pursued generator expansion, enabling us to actively respond to the rapidly increasing global demand for testing.”