TÜBİTAK UME hosted the opening meeting of the Metrology for Emerging Electromagnetic Compatibility Standards Project, funded and coordinated by the European Partnership on Metrology (EPM) calls of the European Association of Metrology Institutes (EURAMET) on 29-30 November 2022.

TUBITAK UME researchers as well as representatives of 6 national metrology institutes, 2 universities and a private company from Europe, which are the project partners, attended the first meeting of the project, which was implemented in order to carry out the tests required to meet the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) requirements of especially large-sized, high current drawing devices or systems with faster and higher accuracy.

Other partners include the Czech Metrology Institute (CMI), the Esteban Terradas National Institute of Aeronautical Technology (INTA) and EMC-BCN of Spain, the Swedish Research Institute (RISE), the Polish Metrology Institute (GUM), the Slovenian Institute of Quality and Metrology (SIQ), the University of Genova (UNIGE) in Italy and the University of Twente (UTwente) in the Netherlands.

In addition to its role as the coordinator of the project, which started in October 2022 and is planned to be completed in September 2025, TÜBİTAK UME is also the leader of the work package, which aims to contribute to the standardization of "in-situ EMC testing" methods, which have been the subject of international debate in both academia and industry circles for a long time, and which attracts attention among other work packages of the project with this feature. TÜBİTAK UME researchers, who are members of the special committees drafted by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), where the outputs of the project will be presented, have also started to work to contribute to the vision of our country in shaping standards.

Electromagnetic interference problems such as deterioration of power quality, sudden charging interruptions, communication interruptions occur in systems such as all electricity generation systems consisting of photovoltaic panels and inverters, fast vehicle charging stations, photovoltaic parking lots. At the same time, problems such as communication, sudden stops and noise are encountered in production facilities, high-power and high-dimensional industrial machinery, devices and systems.

Such devices and systems require an environment free from electromagnetic noise for EMU testing. However, since they cannot be transported to a laboratory environment, they need to be tested on-site. IEC is preparing the international CISPR 37 standard with a special focus on this issue.

Thanks to the new test methods to be developed in the work package under the responsibility of TÜBİTAK UME, it will be possible to carry out the tests required for large-sized, high-current-drawing devices or systems to meet EMU requirements faster and with higher accuracy, independent of the negative external effects of the environment. This will reduce testing costs and times, and provide benefits in a wide range of areas, from the inspection of imported products to product certification.