EN 60831-1:2014

Shunt power capacitors of the self-healing type for a.c. systems having a rated voltage up to and including 1 000 V - Part 1: General - Performance, testing and rating - Safety requirements - Guide for installation and operation

NEW! IEC 60831-1:2014 is available as IEC Standards+ 60831-1:2014 which contains the International Standard and its Redline version, showing all changes of the technical content compared to the previous edition. IEC 60831-1:2014 is applicable to both capacitor units and capacitor bank s intended to be used, particularly, for power-factor correction of a.c. power systems having a rated voltage up to and including 1 000 V and frequencies of 15 Hz to 60 Hz. This part of IEC 60831 also applies to capacitors intended for use in power filter circuit s. Additional definitions, requirements, and tests for power filter capacitors are given in Annex A. The object of this part of IEC 60831 is to: - formulate uniform rules regarding performances, testing and rating; - formulate specific safety rules; - provide a guide for installation and operation. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 1996 and Amendment 1:2002. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: - Updating of the normative references; - Test conditions have been clarified; - Thermal stability test has been clarified; - Maximum permissible voltage and current have been clarified; - The protection of the environment has been amended with safety concerns and plastic quality requirements. Keywords: capacitor units and capacitor banks, uniform rules regarding performances, testing and rating; safety rules; guide for installation and operation

Selbstheilende Leistungs-Parallelkondensatoren für Wechselstromanlagen mit einer Bemessungsspannung bis 1 000 V - Teil 1: Allgemeines - Leistungsanforderungen, Prüfung und Bemessung - Sicherheitsanforderungen - Anleitung für Errichtung und Betrieb

Condensateurs shunt de puissance autoregénérateurs pour réseaux à courant alternatif de tension assignée inférieure ou égale à 1 000 V - Partie 1: Généralités - Caractéristiques fonctionnelles, essais et valeurs assignées - Règles de sécurité - Guide d'installation et d'exploitation

NEW! IEC 60831-1:2014 est disponible sous forme de IEC Standards+ 60831-1:2014 qui contient la Norme internationale et sa version Redline, illustrant les modifications du contenu technique depuis l'édition précédente. IEC 60831-1:2014 s'applique aux condensateurs unitaires et aux batteries de condensateurs autorégénérateurs destinés plus particulièrement à la correction du facteur de puissance des réseaux à courant alternatif de tension assignée inférieure ou égale à 1 000 V et de fréquence comprise entre 15 Hz et 60 Hz. Cette partie de la CEI 60831 s'applique également aux condensateurs destinés à être utilisés dans des circuits de filtrage. Les définitions, les exigences et les essais complémentaires pour les condensateurs de filtrage en courants forts sont indiqués dans l'Annexe A. La présente partie de la CEI 60831 a pour objet: - de formuler des règles uniformes pour les performances, les essais et les caractéristiques assignées; - de formuler des règles spécifiques de sécurité; - de fournir un guide pour l'installation et l'utilisation. Cette troisième édition annule et remplace la seconde édition parue en 1996 et l'Amendement 1:2002. Cette édition constitue une révision technique. Cette édition inclut les modifications techniques majeures suivantes par rapport à l'édition précédente: - mise à jour des références normatives; - clarification des conditions d'essai; - clarification de l'essai de stabilité thermique; - clarification de la tension maximale et du courant maximal autorisés; - modification des mesures de sécurité et des exigences en matière de qualité du plastique pour la protection de l'environnement. Mots clés: condensateurs unitaires et aux batteries de condensateurs autorégénérateurs, règles uniformes pour les performances, essais et les caractéristiques assignées règles spécifiques de sécurité; guide pour l'installation et l'utilisation.

Samoozdravljivi vzporedni energetski kondenzatorji za izmenične tokovne sisteme z naznačeno napetostjo do vključno 1000 V - 1. del: Splošno - Lastnosti, preskušanje in razvrščanje - Varnostne zahteve - Navodilo za inštaliranje in obratovanje

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 05-Jun-2014
• Withdrawal Date: 17-Mar-2017
• ICS: 29.120.99 - Other electrical accessories
• ICS: 31.060.70 - Power capacitors
• Technical Committee: CLC/SR 33 - Power capacitors
• Drafting Committee: IEC/TC 33 - IEC_TC_33
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 06-Jun-2014
• Completion Date: 06-Jun-2014
• Directive: 2006/95/EC - Directive 2006/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the harmonisation of the laws of Member States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits (codified version)
• Directive: 2014/35/EU - Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits
• Directive: 2014/53/EU - Directive 2014/53/EU of The European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of radio equipment and repealing Directive 1999/5/EC
• Ref Project: SIST EN 60831-1:2015 - Shunt power capacitors of the self-healing type for a.c. systems having a rated voltage up to and including 1000 V - Part 1: General - Performance, testing and rating - Safety requirements - Guide for installation and operation

Relations

• Replaces: EN 60831-1:1996 - Shunt power capacitors of the 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
• Effective Date: 28-Jan-2023
• Replaces: EN 60831-1:1996/A1:2003 - Shunt power capacitors of the 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
• Effective Date: 28-Jan-2023
• Corrected By: EN 60831-1:2014/AC:2014 - Shunt power capacitors of the self-healing type for a.c. systems having a rated voltage up to and including 1000 V - Part 1: General - Performance, testing and rating - Safety requirements - Guide for installation and operation
• Effective Date: 08-Oct-2014

Standards Content (Sample)

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Shunt power capacitors of the self-healing type for a.c. systems having a rated voltage
up to and including 1000 V - Part 1: General - Performance, testing and rating - Safety
requirements - Guide for installation and operation
/
Condensateurs shunt de puissance autorégénérateurs pour réseaux à courant alternatif
de tension assignée inférieure ou égale à 1000 V - Partie 1: Généralités -
Caractéristiques fonctionnelles, essais et valeurs assignées - Exigences de sécurité -
Guide d'installation et d'exploitation
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60831-1:2014
ICS:
31.060.70 0RþQRVWQLNRQGHQ]DWRUML Power capacitors
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 60831-1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
June 2014
ICS 29.120.99; 31.060.70 Supersedes EN 60831-1:1996
English Version
Shunt power capacitors of the self-healing type for a.c. systems
having a rated voltage up to and including 1 000 V - Part 1:
General - Performance, testing and rating - Safety requirements
- Guide for installation and operation
(IEC 60831-1:2014)
Condensateurs shunt de puissance autoregénérateurs pour Selbstheilende Leistungs-Parallelkondensatoren für
réseaux à courant alternatif de tension assignée inférieure Wechselstromanlagen mit einer Bemessungsspannung bis
ou égale à 1 000 V - Partie 1: Généralités - Caractéristiques 1 000 V - Teil 1: Allgemeines - Leistungsanforderungen,
fonctionnelles, essais et valeurs assignées - Règles de Prüfung und Bemessung - Sicherheitsanforderungen -
sécurité - Guide d'installation et d'exploitation Anleitung für Errichtung und Betrieb
(CEI 60831-1:2014) (IEC 60831-1:2014)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2014-03-18. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC
Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre or to any CENELEC member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation
under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the
same status as the official versions.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and the United Kingdom.

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels
© 2014 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
Ref. No. EN 60831-1:2014 E
Foreword
The text of document 33/543/FDIS, future edition 3 of IEC 60831-1, prepared by IEC/TC 33, "Power
capacitors and their applications" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by
CENELEC as EN 60831-1:2014.
The following dates are fixed:
(dop) 2014-12-18
• latest date by which the document has
to be implemented at national level by
publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national (dow) 2017-03-18

standards conflicting with the
document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 60831-1:1996 + A1:2003.
1:1996 + A1:2003:
a) Updating of the normative references;
b) Test conditions have been clarified;
c) Thermal stability test has been clarified;
d) Maximum permissible voltage and current have been clarified;
e) The protection of the environment has been amended with safety concerns and plastic quality
requirements.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC [and/or CEN] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such
patent rights.
This standard covers the Principle Elements of the Safety Objectives for Electrical Equipment
Designed for Use within Certain Voltage Limits (LVD - 2006/95/EC).
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60831-1:2014 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards
indicated:
IEC 60060-2:2010 NOTE Harmonised as EN 60060-2:2011 (not modified).
IEC 60110-1:1998 NOTE Harmonised as EN 60110-1:1998 (not modified).
IEC 60143-1 NOTE Harmonised as EN 60143-1 (not modified).
IEC 60143-2 NOTE Harmonised as EN 60143-2 (not modified).
IEC 60143-3 NOTE Harmonised as EN 60143-3 (not modified).
IEC 60143-4 NOTE Harmonised as EN 60143-4 (not modified).
IEC 60252-1:2010 NOTE Harmonised as EN 60252-1:2011 (not modified).

- 3 - EN 60831-1:2014
IEC 60358-1 NOTE Harmonised as EN 60358-1 (not modified).
IEC 61048:2006 NOTE Harmonised as EN 61048:2006 (not modified).
IEC 61049:1991 NOTE Harmonised as EN 61049:1993 (modified).
IEC 61071 (series) NOTE Harmonised as EN 61071 (series) (not modified).

Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

NOTE 1 When an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant
EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2 Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

IEC 60060-1 2010 High-voltage test techniques - Part 1: General EN 60060-1 2010
definitions and test requirements

IEC 60269-1 2006 Low-voltage fuses - Part 1: General EN 60269-1 2007
requirements
IEC 60695-2-12 2010 Fire hazard testing - Part 2-12: Glowing/hot- EN 60695-2-12 2010
wire based test methods - Glow-wire
flammability index (GWFI) test method for
materials
IEC 60831-2 2014 Shunt power capacitors of the self-healing EN 60831-2 2014
type for a.c. systems having a rated voltage
up to and including 1000 V - Part 2: Ageing
test, self-healing test and destruction test

IEC 61000-2-2 2002 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 2- EN 61000-2-2 2002
2: Environment - Compatibility levels for low-
frequency conducted disturbances and
signalling in public low-voltage power supply
systems
IEC 61000-4-1 2006 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 4- EN 61000-4-1 2007
1: Testing and measurement techniques -
Overview of IEC 61000-4 series

IEC 60831-1 ®
Edition 3.0 2014-02
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
Shunt power capacitors of the self-healing type for a.c. systems having a rated

voltage up to and including 1 000 V –

Part 1: General – Performance, testing and rating – Safety requirements – Guide

for installation and operation

Condensateurs shunt de puissance autoregénérateurs pour réseaux à courant

alternatif de tension assignée inférieure ou égale à 1 000 V –

Partie 1: Généralités – Caractéristiques fonctionnelles, essais et valeurs

assignées – Règles de sécurité – Guide d'installation et d'exploitation

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COMMISSION
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 5
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 8
3 Terms and definitions . 8
4 Service conditions . 11
4.1 Normal service conditions . 11
4.2 Unusual service conditions . 12
5 Test requirements. 12
5.1 General . 12
5.2 Test conditions . 13
6 Classification of tests . 13
6.1 Routine tests. 13
6.2 Type tests . 13
6.3 Acceptance tests . 14
7 Capacitance measurement and output calculation . 14
7.1 Measuring procedure . 14
7.2 Capacitance tolerances . 14
8 Measurement of the tangent of the loss angle (tan δ) of the capacitor . 15
8.1 Measuring procedure . 15
8.2 Loss requirements . 15
9 Voltage tests between terminals . 15
9.1 Routine test . 15
9.2 Type test . 15
10 Voltage tests between terminals and container . 16
10.1 Routine test . 16
10.2 Type test . 16
11 Test of internal discharge device . 17
12 Sealing test . 17
13 Thermal stability test . 17
14 Measurement of the tangent of the loss angle (tan δ) of the capacitor at elevated
temperature . 19
14.1 Measuring procedure . 19
14.2 Requirements . 19
15 Lightning impulse voltage test between terminals and container . 19
16 Discharge test . 19
17 Ageing test . 20
18 Self-healing test . 20
19 Destruction test . 20
20 Maximum permissible voltage . 20
20.1 Long-duration voltages . 20
20.2 Switching voltages . 21
21 Maximum permissible current . 21
22 Discharge device . 21
23 Container con
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