CENTRAL POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE Bangalore - India

BRIEF OVERVIEW
Central Power Research Institute

ESTABLISHED IN 1960

AUTONOMOUS SOCIETY IN 1978

 CPRI Network

Regional Testing
Regional Testing Laboratory - 2007
Laboratory - 1992 Noida (2009)
Guwahati
Thermal Research
Switchgear Testing Centre - 1993
and Development Bhopal
Station - 1960 Kolkata
Nagpur Regional Testing
Laboratory - 2006

Hyderabad
UHV Research
Laboratory - 1993
Bangalore
Central Research and
Testing Laboratory & Head
Quarters - 1960
 Core Activities

Research & Development

Product & Technology Development
Consultancy
Testing & certification
Customised Training
 CPRI - STRENGTHS
CPRI is an apex body for Testing & Certification of
Electrical Generation, Transmission and Distribution
equipment as well as Domestic Appliances.
More than 250 highly qualified Engineers and Scientist
with five decades of rich experience in
A) Testing & Certification
B) Applied Research in Power System
C) Field testing and Diagnostic studies
D) Condition Assessment, RLA , R&M Studies
F) Energy Audit and Environmental Audit studies
E) Third party inspection and
F) Consultancy
 State of the - art research and test facilities
Facilities accredited as per ISO / IEC 17025 norms
International traceability
Testing in accordance with the National &
International standards
Regularly conducting Conferences, Workshops and
Tutorial programs for the benefit of Utilities and
Manufacturers
Published research papers in many National and
International Journals, Conferences and workshops
 Membership of CPRI Officers in
International and National Committees
CIGRE
IEEE
Academic Council Members
Accreditation empanelled assessors for laboratories
Research Committees
 State-of-art Facilities for Research
Testing & Certification
One of the largest laboratory in the world with
unique facilities under one roof
High Power Short Circuit tests
High Voltage tests
Seismic tests
Transmission line and component tests
Insulation
- Solid dielectrics Cables, Insulating materials
- Liquid dielectrics Transformer Oil
Power Systems
Material Technology
Domestic appliances
Tests on Energy meters & Relays
Tests on communication protocols for Substation
STANDARDS AND LABELING
ENERGY CONSERVATION ACT 2001
IMPLEMENTATION OF S&L PROGRAM BY BEE
MAY 2006
VOLUNTARY DISPLAY OF STAR LABLES FROM
MARCH 2007
PROGRAM BECAME MANDATORY SINCE JAN 2010
FOR SOME PRODUCTS
 FACILITY AT CPRI
Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) has
established test facility for testing of following
products as per national and international
standards:
Refrigerators
Room Air conditioners
Distribution Transformers
Ceiling fans
Tubular fluorescent lamps
All the above test facilities have been accredited as
per ISO/IEC 17025:2005 standard.
2 m DIA. SPHERE
PHOTOMETRIC
INTEGRATOR

ELECTRICAL, LUMINOUS FLUX & COLOUR CHARACTERISTICS AND

CAP TEMPERATURE MEASURING SYSTEMS
 INPUT

AIR DELIVERY TEST

SAFETY TEST
WALK IN CHAMBER REFRIGERATOR TESTING
FACILITY AT CPRI.
DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMER TEST FACILITY
BATTERY TEST FACILITY
BEE and BIS are working together to
implement the current S&L programs in
India. BIS is supporting the BEE initiatives
on formulating energy efficiency standards
for appliances.
 ROLE OF LABORATORY
CORE COMPETENCE DEPENDS ON
THE COMPETENCE OF LABORATORY
PERSONNEL
UNDERSTANDING OF STANDARDS
REQUIREMENT & SETTING UP OF
FACILITIES
PLATFORM FOR EVALUATION OF
PRODUCTS
 ROLE OF LABORATORY
INTERACTION WITH STATUTORY
BODIES AND ISSUE OF TEST
REPORTS
WORK TOGETHER WITH STATUTORY
BODIES FOR EVOLUTION OF
STANDARDS FOR MEETING THE
REQUIREMENT
HARMONIZATION OF STANDARDS
 ROLE OF LABORATORY
LIASION BETWEEN STATUTORY
BODIES AND INDUSTRY FOR
ENGAGING A MEANINGFUL
INTERACTION
R&D SUPPORT TO BRING OUT MOST
ENERGY EFFICIENT PRODUCTS
SUPPORT THE S&L PROGRAM BY
CHECK TESTING OF SAMPLE
 WHAT IS TESTING
TESTING COULD BE DEFFINED AS
THE PROCESS ENCOMPASING THE
EVALUATION OF THE SAMPLE
PRODUCT VIS A VIS THE
REQUIREMENT OF THE STANDARD
 PRODUCTS TESTED AT CPRI

Sl. Product 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12

No.
TESTED PASS FAIL TESTED PASS FAIL TESTED PASS FAIL

1 Refrigerators 17 5 12 Nil- - 32 17 15

2 Room Air -Nil- 14 14 17 3 14

conditioner
3 Distribution 2 2 - -Nil- -Nil-
Transformer
4 Ceiling Fan -Nil- 17 6 11 -Nil-

5 Tubular -Nil- 4 1 2
Fluorescent Batches
lamp Tested
and 2
Batch to
be tested
 BEE APPROVED STAR LABELLED
PRODUCTS
PRODUCT BRAND MODEL TESTED AT
CPRI
REFRIGERATOR 49
FROST FREE 20 736
DIRECT COOL 18 728
AIRCONDITIONER 58 1971 31
TFL 22 67 6 BATCH
CEILING FAN 51 140 17
DISTRIBUTION 411 1391 2
TRANSFORMER
 ANALYSIS OF DATA

TOTAL NO OF PRODUCTS REGISTER FOR

LABELLING
NO. OF PRODUCTS CHECK TESTED
NO OF PRODCUTS COMPLIED
NO OF PRODUCTS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH
IS THIS PROPORTION IS SUFFICIENT TO ARRIVE AT
ANY DECISION ON EFFECT OF S&L PROGRAM
UNDER UTILIZATION OF LABORATORY CAPACITY
 WHERE DO WE STAND
NOW?

WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE STAR

RATING BAND VALUE CHANGED
FROM JAN 2012?

WHAT SHOULD BE THE FUTURE

COURSE OF ACTION?
Central Power Research Institute