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DIN EN 61071 : 2008

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The latest, up-to-date edition.

CAPACITORS FOR POWER ELECTRONICS

Available format(s)

Hardcopy

Language(s)

German

Published date

01-01-2008

1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Service conditions
  4.1 Normal service conditions
  4.2 Unusual service conditions
5 Quality requirements and tests
  5.1 Test requirements
  5.2 Classification of tests
  5.3 Capacitance and tan delta measurements (routine test)
  5.4 Measurement of the tangent of the loss angle (tan delta)
       of a capacitor (type test)
  5.5 Voltage test between terminals
  5.6 AC voltage test between terminals and case
  5.7 Test of internal discharge device
  5.8 Sealing test
  5.9 Surge discharge test
  5.10 Thermal stability test
  5.11 Self-healing test
  5.12 Resonance frequency measurement
  5.13 Environmental testing
  5.14 Mechanical testing
  5.15 Endurance test
  5.16 Destruction test
  5.17 Disconnecting test on internal fuses
6 Overloads
  6.1 Maximum permissible voltages
7 Safety requirements
  7.1 Discharge device
  7.2 Case connections
  7.3 Protection of the environment
  7.4 Other safety requirements
8 Markings
  8.1 Marking of the units
9 Guide to installation and operation
  9.1 General
  9.2 Choice of rated voltage
  9.3 Operating temperature
  9.4 Special service conditions
  9.5 Overvoltages
  9.6 Overcurrents
  9.7 Switching and protective devices
  9.8 Choice of creepage distance and clearance
  9.9 Connections
  9.10 Parallel connections of capacitors
  9.11 Series connections of capacitors
  9.12 Magnetic losses and eddy currents
  9.13 Guide for internal fuse and disconnector protection in
       capacitors
  9.14 Guide for unprotected capacitors
Annex A (informative) - Waveforms
Annex B (normative) - Operational limits of capacitors with
        sinusoidal voltages as a function of frequency and
        at maximum temperature (theta[max])
Annex C (normative) - Resonance frequency measuring methods -
        Examples
Annex ZA (normative) - Normative references to international
         publications with their corresponding European
         publications
Bibliography

Defines an extremely wide range of capacitor technologies for numerous applications, e.g. overvoltage protection, d.c. and a.c. filtering, switching circuits, d.c. energy storage, auxiliary inverters, etc. Applies to capacitors for power electronics applications.

DevelopmentNote
Supersedes DIN EN 61071-1, DIN EN 61071-2 and DIN IEC 61071. (01/2008) DRAFT 2016 issued in November 2016. (11/2016)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
0
PublisherName
Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker
Status
Current
Supersedes

Standards Relationship
EN 61071:2007 Identical
NBN EN 61071 : 2007 Identical
IEC 61071:2017 Identical
I.S. EN 61071:2007 Identical
UNE-EN 61071:2007 Identical
VDE 0560-120 : 2008 Corresponds
NF EN 61071 : 2007 Identical
BS EN 61071:2007 Identical

DIN IEC/TR 62543 : 2018 HIGH-VOLTAGE DIRECT CURRENT (HVDC) POWER TRANSMISSION USING VOLTAGE SOURCED CONVERTERS (VSC) (IEC/TR 62543:2011 + A1:2013 + A2:2017)
VDE 0553-543 : 2018 HIGH-VOLTAGE DIRECT CURRENT (HVDC) POWER TRANSMISSION USING VOLTAGE SOURCED CONVERTERS (VSC) (IEC/TR 62543:2011 + A1:2013 + A2:2017)

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