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BS EN 62895 - HIGH VOLTAGE DIRECT CURRENT (HVDC) POWER TRANSMISSION CABLES WITH EXTRUDED INSULATION AND THEIR ACCESSORIES FOR RATED VOLTAGES UP TO 320KV FOR LAND APPLICATIONS - TEST METHODS AND REQUIREMENTS

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

30-09-2017

Language(s)

English

FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Voltage designations and materials
5 Precautions against water penetration in cables
6 Cable characteristics
7 Accessory characteristics
8 Test conditions
9 Routine tests on cables and on the main insulation
   of prefabricated accessories
10 Sample tests on cables
11 Sample tests on accessories
12 Type tests on cable systems
13 Prequalification test of the cable system
14 Type test on cables
15 Type test on accessories
16 Electrical tests after installation
Annex A (normative) - Determination of the cable
        conductor temperature
Annex B (normative) - Rounding of numbers
Annex C (informative) - List of type and prequalification
        and extension of prequalification tests of cable
        systems
Annex D (normative) - Method of measuring resistivity of
        semi-conducting screens
Annex E (normative) - Water penetration test
Annex F (normative) - Tests on components of cables with
        a longitudinally
        applied metal tape or foil, bonded to the oversheath
Annex G (informative) - Development test on cable and cable
        system with longitudinal applied metal foil, bonded
        to the oversheath
Annex H (normative) - Tests of outer protection for joints
Annex I (Normative) - Return cable - type test
Annex J (informative) - TDR measurement
Bibliography

BS EN 62895.

Committee
GEL/20/16
DocumentType
Draft
Pages
64
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

IEC 60811-501:2012 Electric and optical fibre cables - Test methods for non-metallic materials - Part 501: Mechanical tests - Tests for determining the mechanical properties of insulating and sheathing compounds
IEC 60060-2:2010 High-voltage test techniques - Part 2: Measuring systems
IEC 60811-509:2012+AMD1:2017 CSV Electric and optical fibre cables - Test methods for non-metallic materials - Part 509: Mechanical tests - Test for resistance of insulations and sheaths to cracking (heat shock test)
IEC 60811-507:2012 Electric and optical fibre cables - Test methods for non-metallic materials - Part 507: Mechanical tests - Hot set test for cross-linked materials
IEC 60811-506:2012 Electric and optical fibre cables - Test methods for non-metallic materials - Part 506: Mechanical tests - Impact test at low temperature for insulations and sheaths
IEC 60228:2004 Conductors of insulated cables
IEC 60811-412:2012 Electric and optical fibre cables - Test methods for non-metallic materials - Part 412: Miscellaneous tests - Thermal ageing methods - Ageing in an air bomb
IEC 60502-2:2014 RLV Power cables with extruded insulation and their accessories for rated voltages from 1 kV (<em>U</em><sub>m</sub> = 1,2 kV) up to 30 kV (<em>U</em><sub>m</sub> = 36 kV) – Part 2: Cables for rated voltages from 6 kV (<em>U</em><sub>m</sub> = 7,2 kV) up to 30 kV (<em>U</em><sub>m</sub> = 36 kV)
IEC 60811-505:2012 Electric and optical fibre cables - Test methods for non-metallic materials - Part 505: Mechanical tests - Elongation at low temperature for insulations and sheaths
IEC 60502-4:2010 Power cables with extruded insulation and their accessories for rated voltages from 1 kV (U<sub>m</sub> = 1,2 kV) up to 30 kV (U<sub>m</sub> = 36 kV) - Part 4: Test requirements on accessories for cables with rated voltages from 6 kV (U<sub>m</sub> = 7,2 kV) up to 30 kV (U<sub>m</sub> = 36 kV)
IEC 60885-3:2015 RLV Electrical test methods for electric cables - Part 3: Test methods for partial discharge measurements on lengths of extruded power cables
IEC 60811-203:2012 Electric and optical fibre cables - Test methods for non-metallic materials - Part 203: General tests - Measurement of overall dimensions
IEC 60811-401:2012+AMD1:2017 CSV Electric and optical fibre cables - Test methods for non-metallic materials - Part 401: Miscellaneous tests - Thermal ageing methods - Ageing in an air oven
IEC 60811-409:2012 Electric and optical fibre cables - Test methods for non-metallic materials - Part 409: Miscellaneous tests - Loss of mass test for thermoplastic insulations and sheaths
IEC 60811-202:2012+AMD1:2017 CSV Electric and optical fibre cables - Test methods for non-metallic materials - Part 202: General tests - Measurement of thickness of non-metallic sheath
IEC 60332-1-2:2004+AMD1:2015 CSV Tests on electric and optical fibre cables under fire conditions - Part 1-2: Test for vertical flame propagation for a single insulatedwire or cable - Procedure for 1 kW pre-mixed flame
IEC 60230:1966 Impulse tests on cables and their accessories
IEC 60811-606:2012 Electric and optical fibre cables - Test methods for non-metallic materials - Part 606: Physical tests - Methods for determining the density
IEC 60183:2015 Guidance for the selection of high-voltage A.C. cable systems
IEC 60811-508:2012+AMD1:2017 CSV Electric and optical fibre cables - Test methods for non-metallic materials - Part 508: Mechanical tests - Pressure test at high temperature for insulation and sheaths
IEC 60853-2:1989 Calculation of the cyclic and emergency current rating of cables. Part 2: Cyclic rating of cables greater than 18/30 (36) kV and emergency ratings for cables of all voltages
IEC 60633:1998+AMD1:2009+AMD2:2015 CSV Terminology for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission
IEC 60229:2007 Electric cables - Tests on extruded oversheaths with a special protective function
IEC 60811-201:2012+AMD1:2017 CSV Electric and optical fibre cables - Test methods for non-metallic materials - Part 201: General tests - Measurement of insulation thickness
IEC 62067 : 2.0EN+(REDLINE+VERSION) POWER CABLES WITH EXTRUDED INSULATION AND THEIR ACCESSORIES FOR RATED VOLTAGES ABOVE 150 KV (U[M] = 170 KV) UP TO 500 KV (U[M] = 550 KV) - TEST METHODS AND REQUIREMENTS
IEC 60811-605:2012 Electric and optical fibre cables - Test methods for non-metallic materials - Part 605: Physical tests - Measurement of carbon black and/or mineral filler in polyethylene compounds
IEC 60287-1-1:2006+AMD1:2014 CSV Electric cables - Calculation of the current rating - Part 1-1:Current rating equations (100 % load factor) and calculation of losses - General
IEC 60811-403:2012 Electric and optical fibre cables - Test methods for non-metallic materials - Part 403: Miscellaneous tests - Ozone resistance test on cross-linked compounds

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