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I.S. EN 62501:2009

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VOLTAGE SOURCED CONVERTER (VSC) VALVES FOR HIGH-VOLTAGE DIRECT CURENT (HVDC) POWER TRANSMISSION - ELECTRICAL TESTING
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Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2009

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National Foreword
FOREWORD
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General requirements
5 List of type tests
6 Operational tests
7 Dielectric tests on valve support structure
8 Dielectric tests on multiple valve unit
9 Dielectric tests between valve terminals
10 IGBT overcurrent turn-off test
11 Short-circuit current test
12 Tests for valve insensitivity to electromagnetic
   disturbance
13 Production tests
14 Presentation of type test results
15 Tests for dynamic braking valves
Annex A (informative) - Overview of VSC converters in
        HVDC power transmission
Annex B (informative) - Valve component fault tolerance
Bibliography
Annex ZA (normative) - Normative references to international
         publications with their corresponding European
         publications

Pertains to self-commutated converter valves, for use in a three-phase bridge voltage sourced converter (VSC) for high voltage d.c. power transmission or as part of a back-to-back link

DevelopmentNote
For CENELEC adoptions of IEC publications, please check www.iec.ch to be sure that you have any corrigenda that may apply. (01/2017)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
170
PublisherName
National Standards Authority of Ireland
Status
Current

Standards Relationship
EN 62501:2009 Identical
EN 62501:2009/A2:2017 Identical

ISO/IEC 17025:2005 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
IEC 60270:2000+AMD1:2015 CSV High-voltage test techniques - Partial discharge measurements
IEC 61975:2010+AMD1:2016 CSV High-voltage direct current (HVDC) installations - System tests
EN 62747:2014/AC:2015 TERMINOLOGY FOR VOLTAGE-SOURCED CONVERTERS (VSC) FOR HIGH-VOLTAGE DIRECT CURRENT (HVDC) SYSTEMS (IEC 62747:2014)
EN 60270:2001/A1:2016 HIGH-VOLTAGE TEST TECHNIQUES - PARTIAL DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS (IEC 60270:2000/A1:2015)
IEC 60700-1:2015 Thyristor valves for high voltage direct current (HVDC) power transmission - Part 1: Electrical testing
IEC 60146-2:1999 Semiconductor converters - Part 2: Self-commutated semiconductor converters including direct d.c. converters
EN 60700-1:2015/AC:2017-02 THYRISTOR VALVES FOR HIGH VOLTAGE DIRECT CURRENT (HVDC) POWER TRANSMISSION - PART 1: ELECTRICAL TESTING (IEC 60700-1:2015/COR1:2017)

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