Inside the KU Leuven / EnergyVille test of the Denka® Platinum Plate
Instruments, method and result of the November 2022 laboratory characterisation — and what the test does and does not tell you.
In November 2022 the Power Electronics Group at KU Leuven / EnergyVille (Genk, Belgium) characterised the Denka® Platinum Plate. The investigators were Ir. Hassan Pervaiz, Ir. Sergio Perez and Prof. Wilmar Martinez.
Reported result: 13–15% (≈1.2–1.4 dB) per plate in the 25–30 MHz band. Lower bands showed smaller attenuation increasing with frequency.
Instruments
- Agilent 4294A precision impedance analyser
- Tektronix MDO3054 oscilloscope
- Agilent 33500B waveform generator
Method
A stepped frequency sweep from 1 MHz to 30 MHz in 1 MHz steps on two-wire test cables, comparing HF voltage with and without plates fitted.
Result
Broadband HF voltage attenuation was confirmed across 1–30 MHz. Attenuation increased with frequency, reaching 13–15% (≈1.2–1.4 dB) per plate in the 25–30 MHz band.
What the test does — and does not — show
- It characterises HF voltage attenuation on test cables.
- It does not by itself measure plant-level energy savings. Those are site-specific and are established separately through IPMVP measurement and verification — see the field results.