Consulting

Test Laboratories International, Inc. has close to 20 years of experience in offering a variety of services besides product development. TLI worked with various clients all over the world providing consulting regarding design and use of test equipment, integration and use of substation data, and forensic analysis of data for court expert witness cases. TLI expertise includes: a) Writing specification for evaluation and implementation of solutions with state-of-the-art equipment (PMUs, PDCs, multifunctional IEDs, etc), and b). Implementing compliance tests and procedures for latest standards (NERC, FERC, IEEE, IEC).

Benefits of New Technologies

• Indicates barriers in adopting new technologies.
• Selects appropriate commercial solutions and equipment to meet customer needs.
• Evaluates benefits of the modeling tools for specific simulation studies.
• Justifies benefits and associated risks of selected technologies.

Best Practices

• Troubleshoots protective relay failures and setting practices.
• Selects the best relay test practices and latest methodologies.
• Provides best practices for field data recording and integration.
• Identifies the automated analysis needs and tools.

Typical Consulting Outcome

• Provides requirements for substation data integration.
• Defines requirements for automated fault analysis.
• Prepares requirements for protective relay applications tests and test practices
• Issues expert witness reports in legal litigation.