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EN 60143 : 93 AC 94

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SERIES CAPACITORS FOR POWER SYSTEMS - GENERAL PERFORMANCE, TESTING AND RATING - SAFETY REQUIREMENTS - GUIDE FOR INSTALLATION
Published date

10-30-1994

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National foreword
Foreword
Section 1: General
1.1 Scope and object
1.2 Normative references
1.3 Definitions
1.4 Service conditions
Section 2: Quality requirements and tests
2.1 Test requirements
2.2 Classification of tests
2.3 Capacitance measurement (routine test)
2.4 Capacitor loss measurement (routine test)
2.5 Voltage test between terminals (routine test)
2.6 A.C. voltage test between terminals and container
      (routine test)
2.7 Test on internal discharge device (routine test)
2.8 Sealing test (routine test)
2.9 Thermal stability test (type test)
2.10 A.C. voltage test between terminals and container
      (type test)
2.11 Lightning impulse voltage test between terminals
      and container (type test)
2.12 Cold duty test (type test)
2.13 Discharge current test (type test)
Section 3: Insulation level
3.1 Test voltages
3.2 Creepage distance
Section 4: Overloads and overvoltages
4.1 Working currents
4.2 Transient overvoltages
Section 5: Safety requirements
5.1 Discharge device
5.2 Container connection
5.3 Protection of the environment
5.4 Other safety requirements
Section 6: Markings
6.1 Markings of the unit
6.2 Markings of the bank
Section 7: Guide for selection of ratings, and for
            installation and operation
7.1 General
7.2 Choice of rated current and voltage ratings
7.3 Capacitance
7.4 Operating temperature
7.5 Special conditions
7.6 Protective and switching devices
7.7 Choice of insulation level
7.8 Disturbing phenomena
Annexes
A Test requirements and application guide for
      external fuses and units to be externally fused
B Some examples of connection diagrams of phase
      banks or segments
C Precautions to be taken to avoid pollution of the
      environment by polychlorinated biphenyls
D Bibliography
ZA (normative) Other international publications
      quoted in this standard with the references of the
      relevant European publications
National annex NA (informative) Committees responsible
National annex NB (informative) Cross-references

Formulates specific safety rules for capacitor units and capacitor banks meant to be used connected in a series with a.c. transmission or distribution line or circuit forming part of an a.c. power system having a 15 Hz to 60 Hz frequency.

Committee
SR 33
DevelopmentNote
FORMER HD 339
DocumentType
Standard
PublisherName
European Committee for Standards - Electrical
Status
Current
SupersededBy
Supersedes

Standards Relationship
BS EN 60143 : 1993 AMD 8725 Identical
NEN 10143-1 : 1994 Identical
I.S. EN 60143:1994 Identical
IEC 60143:1972 Similar to

EN 61642:1997 Industrial a.c. networks affected by harmonics - Application of filters and shunt capacitors
BS EN 60110-1:1998 Power capacitors for induction heating installations General
I.S. EN 61642:1999 INDUSTRIAL A.C. NETWORKS AFFECTED BY HARMONICS - APPLICATION OF FILTERS AND SHUNT CAPACITORS
I.S. EN 60931-1:1997 SHUNT POWER CAPACITORS OF THE NON-SELF-HEALING TYPE FOR A.C. SYSTEMS HAVING A RATED VOLTAGE UP TO AN INCLUDING 1 KV - PART 1: GENERAL - PERFORMANCE, TESTING AND RATING - SAFETY REQUIREMENTS GUIDE FOR INSTALLATION AND OPERATION
EN 60931-1:1996/A1:2003 SHUNT POWER CAPACITORS OF THE NON-SELF-HEALING TYPE FOR A.C. SYSTEMS HAVING A RATED VOLTAGE UP TO AND INCLUDING 1 KV - PART 1: GENERAL - PERFORMANCE, TESTING AND RATING - SAFETY REQUIREMENTS - GUIDE FOR INSTALLATION AND OPERATION

IEC 60060-2:2010 High-voltage test techniques - Part 2: Measuring systems
IEC 60549:2013 High-voltage fuses for the external protection of shunt capacitors
IEC TR 60996:1989 Method for verifying accuracy of tan delta measurements applicable to capacitors
IEC 60060-3:1976 High-voltage test techniques - Part 3: Measuring devices
IEC 60071-3:1982 Insulation co-ordination - Part 3: Phase-to-phase insulation co-ordination - Principles, rules and application guide
IEC 60071-2:1996 Insulation co-ordination - Part 2: Application guide
IEC 60050-436:1990 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Part 436: Power capacitors
IEC 60060-4:1977 High-voltage test techniques - Part 4: Application guide for measuring devices
IEC 60060-1:2010 High-voltage test techniques - Part 1: General definitions and test requirements
IEC 60071-1:2006+AMD1:2010 CSV Insulation co-ordination - Part 1: Definitions, principles and rules
IEC TS 60871-2:2014 Shunt capacitors for a.c. power systems having a rated voltage above 1 000 V - Part 2: Endurance testing

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