Seismic Resilience of Large Power Transformers: Shake Table Test

The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is seeking industry partners to participate in a first-of-a-kind shake table test of a large power transformer. The goal of the project is to increase the seismic resilience of large power transformers by developing a low-cost retrofittable bushing decoupler system. The system will be designed with modern materials and can be tuned to any bushing-transformer combination to avoid resonance. • The project involves performing large-scale shake table testing of a fully dressed 230 kV power transformer at the University of California San Diego Large High Performance Outdoor Shake Table (LHPOST) facility. • The bushing decoupler technique is the focus of this project, which aims to perform a shake table test of a large power transformer in its substation installation configuration. • Interested entities are requested to provide expressions of interest (via email) by close-of business on 06/01/2026. • Responses must be no more than 2 pages in length in PDF format. • Only potentially qualified offerors, as determined by BEA, will be contacted for further discussions or the release of a request for proposal for the project.