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BSI 20/30409310 DC:2019 Edition

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BS EN IEC 62991. Particular requirements for Source-Switching Equipment (SSE)

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11 FOREWORD
13 INTRODUCTION
16 1 Scope
17 2 Normative references
19 3 Terms and definitions
3.1 General definitions
3.1.1
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20 3.1.3
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21 3.1.8
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22 3.1.15
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23 3.1.22
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24 3.1.29
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25 3.1.34
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26 3.1.40
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29 3.1.58
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30 3.2 Additional definitions for Non-Combined SSEs and SSE control units (controllers) of Combined SSEs
3.2.1
3.2.2
3.2.3
3.2.4
3.2.5
3.2.6
3.2.7
31 3.2.8
3.2.9
3.3 Additional definitions dedicated to Combined SSE
3.3.1
3.3.2
3.3.3
32 4 Classification
4.1 According to the method of operation
4.1.1 Manually operated SSE: M-SSE
4.1.2 Remotely operated SSE: R-SSE
4.1.3 Automatically operated SSE: A-SSE
4.2 According to the construction
4.2.1 Combined SSE
4.2.1.1 SSE based on switches (SW-SSE)
4.2.1.2 SSE based on circuit-breakers (CB-SSE)
4.2.1.3 SSE based on contactors (CT-SSE)
4.2.1.4 SSE based on different switching devices
4.2.2 Non-Combined SSE
4.3 According to the kind of current
4.3.1 AC use
4.3.2 DC use
33 4.4 According to the number of switched poles
4.4.1 Single pole SSE
4.4.2 Two-pole SSE
4.4.3 Three-pole SSE
4.4.4 Four-pole SSE
4.5 According to the type of terminals
4.5.1 SSE with screw-type terminals for external copper conductors
4.5.2 SSE with screwless-type terminals for external copper conductors
4.6 According to the SSE intended application
4.6.1 Islanding
4.6.2 Back-up
4.7 According to coupling method
4.7.1 SSE with synchronization
4.7.2 SSE with interlock
4.7.2.1 SSE with mechanical interlock
4.7.2.2 SSE with electrical interlock
4.7.2.3 SSE with both mechanical and electrical interlocks
4.8 According to the transition type
4.8.1 Open transition
4.8.2 Closed transition
34 4.9 According to the possibility to select sources
4.9.1 SSE selecting source 1 or source 2
4.9.2 SSE allowing several sources to run in parallel
4.10 According to the utilization category
4.10.1 With utilization category
4.10.2 Without utilization category
4.11 According to the possibility to provide an OFF-position
4.11.1 SSE without OFF-position
4.11.2 SSE with OFF-position
4.12 According to the method of mounting
4.12.1 Surface-type
4.12.2 Flush-type
4.12.3 Panel-type (also referred as panel board type or distribution board)
4.13 According to the protection against external influences
4.13.1 Enclosed-type
4.13.2 Unenclosed-type
4.14 According to functional categories
4.14.1 Basic SSE
4.14.2 Backup SSE
4.14.3 Advanced SSE
4.14.4 Smart grid ready
36 5 Characteristics
5.1 General
37 5.2 Type and characteristics of the equipment
5.3 Characteristics of Non-Combined SSEs
5.3.1 General
38 5.3.2 Characteristics of main circuits
5.3.2.1 Type of current
5.3.2.2 Rated operational voltage (Ue)
5.3.2.3 Rated insulation voltage (Ui)
5.3.2.4 Rated impulse voltage (Uimp)
39 5.3.2.5 Rated current (In)
5.3.2.6 Maximum values of the rated current (In)
5.3.2.7 Rated making and breaking capacity (Im)
5.3.2.8 Rated frequency
5.3.2.9 Rated conditional short circuit current (Inc)
5.3.3 Utilization categories
40 5.3.4 Characteristics of control circuits, including electrical interlocks
5.3.4.1 General
41 5.3.4.2 Rated values for power supplies of control circuits
5.3.4.3 Rated voltage source deviation (Ud) and rated frequency source deviation (fd)
5.3.4.4 Other monitored source characteristics
5.3.5 Characteristics of auxiliary circuits
42 5.4 Characteristics of Combined SSEs
5.4.1 General
5.4.2 Characteristics of main circuits
5.4.2.1 Type of current
5.4.2.2 Rated operational voltage (Ue)
5.4.2.3 Rated impulse voltage (Uimp)
5.4.2.4 Rated current (In)
5.4.2.5 Rated making and breaking capacity (Im)
43 5.4.2.6 Rated frequency
5.4.2.7 Rated conditional short circuit current (Inc)
5.4.3 Utilization categories
5.4.4 Characteristics of control circuits, including electrical interlocks
5.4.5 Characteristics of auxiliary circuits
44 6 Markings and product information
45 7 Standard conditions for operation in service
7.1 General
7.2 Ambient temperature range in normal use
7.3 Relative humidity
46 7.4 Altitude
7.5 Conditions of installation
7.6 Pollution degree
8 Requirements for construction and operation
8.1 General
47 8.2 Mechanical design
8.2.1 General
8.2.2 Constructional requirements
8.2.2.1 Mechanical requirements for insulating means
8.2.2.2 Installation requirements
48 8.2.2.3 Fixings of covers, cover plates and actuating members
8.2.2.4 Attachment of knobs
8.2.2.5 Mounting means
49 8.2.2.6 Accessories
8.2.3 Mechanism and operating means
8.2.3.1 General
8.2.3.2 Indication of the position
8.2.3.3 Rest position
8.2.3.4 Making and breaking of the neutral pole
8.2.3.5 Action of the mechanism without cover or cover plate
50 8.2.3.6 Fixings and removal of operating means
8.2.3.7 Locking
8.2.3.8 Status indicators
8.2.4 Clearances and creepage distances and distances through sealing compound
8.2.4.1 General
52 8.2.4.2 Clearances
8.2.4.3 Creepage distances
8.2.4.4 Solid insulation
8.2.4.5 Insulating compound
8.2.5 Screws, current-carrying parts and connections
8.2.5.1 General
53 8.2.5.2 Correct insertion of screws
8.2.5.3 Contact pressure of electrical connections
8.2.5.4 Screws and rivets used both as electrical and mechanical connections
8.2.5.5 Material of current-carrying parts
54 8.2.5.6 Thread-forming and thread-cutting screws
8.2.6 Terminals for external copper conductors
8.3 Protection against electric shock
55 8.4 Dielectric properties
8.4.1 General
8.4.2 Dielectric properties
8.5 Temperature-rise
57 8.6 Making and breaking capacity
58 8.7 Performances
8.7.1 General
8.7.2 Operating conditions
8.7.2.1 General
8.7.2.2 Operating mechanism
8.7.2.3 Controls, sequences and limits of operations
8.7.2.3.1 General
59 8.7.2.3.2 Limits of operation
8.7.2.3.3 Operation upon interruption of source 1 (normal source)
8.7.2.3.4 Operation upon source deviations
8.7.2.3.5 Operation in closed transition
60 8.7.2.3.6 Remotely controlled SSEs
8.7.3 Operational performance
61 8.8 Resistance to heat
8.9 Resistance of insulating material to abnormal heat and to fire
8.10 Resistance to rusting
8.11 Coordination with short circuit protective devices (SCPDs)
62 8.12 EMC
8.12.1 General
8.12.2 Immunity
8.12.3 Emission
8.12.3.1 General
8.12.3.2 Low-frequency emission
8.12.3.3 Radio-frequency emission
8.13 Resistance to abnormal conditions
8.14 Components
8.14.1 General
63 8.14.2 Fuses
8.14.3 Capacitors
64 8.14.4 Resistors
8.14.5 Automatic protective devices (other than fuses)
8.14.6 Transformers
9 Type tests
9.1 General requirements
9.1.1 Type tests and test sequences
9.1.2 Tests conditions
65 9.1.3 Tests procedure
9.2 Tests of indelibility of markings
66 9.3 Tests of the mechanical strength
9.3.1 Tests of the resistance to mechanical stresses of insulating means
9.3.1.1 General
9.3.1.2 Pendulum hammer tests
74 9.3.1.3 Tests of rail mounted SSEs
75 9.3.2 Verification of installation and connections
77 9.3.3 Tests of fixings of covers, cover plates and actuating members
9.3.3.1 General
9.3.3.2 Tests of fixings based on screws or rivets
9.3.3.3 Tests of fixings which may be removed by applying a force perpendicular to the surfaces
78 9.3.3.4 Tests of fixings which may be removed using a tool
9.3.4 Tests of attachment of knobs
79 9.3.5 Tests of covers, cover plates or actuating members – accessibility to live parts
9.3.5.1 General
9.3.5.2 Verification of the non-removal of covers, cover plates or actuating members
9.3.5.3 Verification of the removal of covers, cover plates or actuating members
9.3.6 Tests of covers, cover plates or actuating members – accessibility to non-earthed metal parts separated from live parts
80 9.3.7 Tests of covers, cover plates or actuating members – accessibility to insulating parts, earthed metal parts, the live parts of SELV ≤ 25 V AC or metal parts separated from live parts
9.3.8 Tests of covers, cover plates or actuating members – application of gauges
82 9.3.9 Tests of grooves, holes and reverse tapers
83 9.4 Measurements of clearances and creepage distances
84 9.5 Verification of the reliability of screws, current-carrying parts and connections
85 9.6 Verification of reliability of terminals for external copper conductors
9.6.1 Tests of screw-type terminals
9.6.1.1 General
89 9.6.1.2 Verification of conductor fittings
9.6.1.3 Tests of the mechanical strength of terminals
90 9.6.1.4 Tests of the resistance to corrosion of terminals
9.6.1.5 Tests of clamping effects on conductors
91 9.6.1.6 Tests of the clamping reliability of terminals
92 9.6.1.7 Verification of the clamping length of terminals
9.6.1.8 Verification of the reliability of terminals
93 9.6.1.9 Verification of the accidental loosening of earthing terminals
9.6.1.10 Tests of the resistance to corrosion of earthing terminals
9.6.1.11 Tests of the additional constrains for the design of pillar terminals
9.6.1.12 Tests of the additional constrains for the design of lug terminals
94 9.6.1.13 Tests of the additional constrains of terminals for the connection of external conductors
9.6.2 Tests of screwless terminals
9.6.2.1 General
9.6.2.2 Verification of conductor fittings
9.6.2.3 Verification of the connection of conductors
95 9.6.2.4 Verification of the type of material
9.6.2.5 Tests of conductors clamping
9.6.2.6 Tests of the operation of terminals
9.6.2.7 Tests of multi conductor terminals
9.6.2.8 Verification of the introduction of conductors
96 9.6.2.9 Tests of the fixings of terminals
9.6.2.10 Verification of the mechanical strength
98 9.6.2.11 Verification of electrical and thermal stress resistance
99 9.6.2.12 Mechanical reliability tests
102 9.6.3 Verification of the resistance to ageing
9.7 Tests for the protection against electric shock
105 9.8 Tests of dielectric properties
9.8.1 General
9.8.2 Tests of the resistance to humidity
9.8.3 Tests of the insulation resistance of the main circuits
106 9.8.4 Tests of the dielectric strength of main circuits
109 9.8.5 Tests of the insulation resistance and dielectric strength of other circuits
110 9.8.6 Verification of impulse withstand voltages (across clearances and through solid insulations)
9.8.6.1 General testing procedure
111 9.8.6.2 Verification of clearances with impulse withstand voltage tests
112 9.9 Tests of temperature-rise
9.9.1 General
9.9.2 Test setup
113 9.9.3 Test procedure
9.10 Tests of making and breaking capacity
114 9.11 Verification of performances
9.11.1 General
9.11.2 Verification of interlocking function
9.11.2.1 Verification under normal conditions
9.11.2.1.1 Manual operation
9.11.2.1.2 Remote operation
115 9.11.2.2 Verification of the robustness of the mechanical interlock
9.11.2.2.1 General
9.11.2.2.2 Manual operation
117 9.11.2.2.3 Condition of equipment during and after test
9.11.3 Verification of controls, sequences and limits of operations
9.11.3.1 General
9.11.3.2 Verification of operation upon loss of supply of source 1
118 9.11.3.3 Verification of operations upon deviations of source 1
9.11.3.4 Verification of operations upon deviations of source 2
119 9.11.3.5 Verification of operations with closed transition
9.11.3.6 Verification of operations of SSEs upon external signals
120 9.11.4 Verification of the operational performance capability
9.11.4.1 General
9.11.4.2 Tests of Non-Combined SSEs
9.11.4.3 Tests of Combined SSEs
9.11.4.4 SSE condition during and after the tests
121 9.12 Tests of heat resistance
9.12.1 Basic heating test
9.12.2 Ball-pressure test on parts of insulating material necessary to retain current-carrying parts and parts of the earthing circuit in position
122 9.12.3 Ball-pressure test on parts of insulating material not necessary to retain current-carrying parts and parts of the earthing circuit in position
9.13 Tests of the resistance of insulating material to abnormal heat and to fire
124 9.14 Resistance to rusting
9.15 Tests of coordination with short circuit protective devices (SCPDs)
9.15.1 General
125 9.15.2 Test conditions
9.15.2.1 Test circuit
128 9.15.2.2 Tolerances on test quantities
9.15.2.3 Power factor of the test circuit
129 9.15.2.4 Power frequency recovery voltage
9.15.2.5 Calibration of the test circuit
9.15.2.6 Sequence of operations
9.15.3 Tests of coordination between the SSE and the SCPDs
9.15.3.1 General
130 9.15.3.2 Verification of the coordination at the rated conditional short-circuit current (Inc)
9.15.3.3 Verification at the instantaneous tripping of the SCPD
9.15.3.4 Condition of the SSE during and after tests
9.16 EMC tests
9.16.1 General
131 9.16.2 Immunity tests
9.16.2.1 General
9.16.2.2 Voltage dips and short interruptions tests
132 9.16.2.3 Surge immunity tests with 1,2/50 wave impulses
9.16.2.4 Electrical fast transient/burst tests
133 9.16.2.5 Electrostatic discharge tests
9.16.2.6 Radiated electromagnetic field tests
134 9.16.2.7 Radio-frequency voltage tests
9.16.2.8 Power-frequency magnetic field tests
9.16.3 Emission tests
135 9.17 Tests under abnormal conditions
9.17.1 General
9.17.2 Tests under fault conditions
136 9.17.3 Overload tests
137 9.18 Tests of components
9.18.1 Tests of automatic protective devices (other than fuses)
9.18.1.1 Tests of cut-outs
9.18.1.1.1 General
9.18.1.1.2 Non-self-resetting cut-outs
138 9.18.1.1.3 Self-resetting cut-outs
9.18.1.2 Tests of automatic protective devices
139 Annex A (informative) Examples of possible use of SSEs
A.1 General concept of prosumer’s low-voltage electrical installation
142 A.2 Examples of SSE use
145 Annex B (informative) Correspondence between ISO and AWG copper conductors
146 Annex C (normative) Determination of clearances and creepage distances
C.1 General
C.2 Orientation and location of a creepage distance
C.3 Creepage distances where more than one material is used
C.4 Creepage distances split by floating conductive part
C.5 Measurement of creepage distances and clearances
150 Annex D (normative) Test sequences and number of specimens
152 Annex E (normative) Arrangement for the detection of the emission of ionized gases during short-circuit tests
155 Bibliography
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