IEC 62271-111:2019

High-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 111: Automatic circuit reclosers for alternating current systems up to and including 38 kV

IEC 62271-111:2019 applies to all overhead, pad-mounted, dry vault and submersible single or multi-pole alternating current automatic circuit reclosers for rated maximum voltages above 1 000 V and up to and including 38 kV.
Devices that require a dependent manual operation are not covered by this document.
In order to simplify this document where possible, the term recloser (or reclosers) has been substituted for automatic circuit recloser(s) or cutout mounted recloser(s) or both.
This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition, published in 2012, and constitutes a technical revision. The main changes with respect to the previous edition are as follows:
a) Deletion of the fault interrupter from the title, scope and body of the standard including the original Annex G. IEEE will develop a separate standard for this type of equipment used primarily in North America to be designated as IEEE C37.62;
b) Adoption of IEC 62271-1:2017 as a normative reference replacing both IEEE C37.100.1-2007 and IEC 62271-1:2007;
c) Adoption of the “standard test method” for the conduction of wet tests for both IEEE and IEC voltage ratings, reference 7.2.7.2 and Tables 2 and 3;
d) Line and cable charging tests in 7.101.6: added test voltage level requirements;
e) Added test specifications in 7.103.3 and 7.103.5 for effectively earthed neutral systems (first-pole-to-clear factor kpp = 1,3) making this an optional rating. The kpp parameters are used in lieu of the system terms;
f) Added low current tests in 7.104 as a replacement of the critical current tests;
g) Adopted the revised allowable temperature rise table of IEC 62271-1:2017 with an increase in the allowable temperature rise for certain points in non-oxidizing gases (NOG);
h) Time-current test requirements in 7.108: several changes including increased number of test current levels and tests at each level. Specified minimum number of curves to be tested;
i) Mechanical duty tests in 7.109: added requirements for testing at high and low temperature;
j) Replaced normative references IEC 60255-22-1 and IEC 60255-22-4 with IEC 60255-26 in 7.111.1;
k) Added pass/fail criteria for fault interruption tests with restrikes in 7.112.1;
l) Added Clauses 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 similar to those in IEC 62271-1 but tailored to the recloser;
m) Deleted Annex A: Information and technical requirements to be given with enquiries, tenders and orders.
International Standard IEC 62271-111/IEEE Std C37.60 has been jointly revised by the Switchgear Committee of the IEEE Power and Energy Society, in cooperation with subcommittee 17A: Switching devices, of IEC technical committee 17: High-voltage switchgear and controlgear, under the IEC/IEEE Dual Logo Agreement.

Appareillage à haute tension - Partie 111: Disjoncteurs à réenclenchement de circuit automatique pour systèmes en courant alternatif jusqu'à 38 kV compris

L'IEC 62271-111:2019 s'applique à tous les disjoncteurs à réenclenchement de circuit automatique aériens, montés sur socle, en chambre sèche et à courant alternatif unipolaire ou multipolaire submersibles, dont les tensions assignées maximales sont supérieures à 1 000 V jusqu'à 38 kV inclus.
Les dispositifs qui exigent une opération dépendante manuelle ne sont pas couverts par le présent document.
Afin de simplifier le présent document dans la mesure du possible, le terme "disjoncteur(s) à réenclenchement de circuit automatique" et/ou "disjoncteur(s) à réenclenchement monté sur coupe-circuit" a été remplacé par "disjoncteur à réenclenchement" (ou "disjoncteurs à réenclenchement").
Cette troisième édition annule et remplace la deuxième édition parue en 2012 et constitue une révision technique. Par rapport à l'édition précédente, les modifications majeures sont les suivantes:
a) Suppression de l'interrupteur de défaut du titre, du domaine d'application et du corps de la norme, y compris l'Annexe G. L'IEEE va développer une norme séparée pour ce type d'équipement utilisé essentiellement en Amérique du Nord (IEEE C37.62);
b) Adoption de l'IEC 62271-1:2017 en tant que référence normative remplaçant l'IEEE C37.100.1-2007 et l’IEC 62271-1:2007;
c) Adoption de la "méthode d'essai normalisée" pour la réalisation des essais sous pluie correspondant aux caractéristiques assignées de tenson de l'IEEE et de l'IEC, référence 7.2.7.2, Tableau 2 et Tableau 3;
d) Essais de charge de ligne et de câble de 7.101.6: exigences ajoutées en matière de niveau de tension d'essai;
e) Spécifications d'essai ajoutées en 7.103.3 et 7.103.5 pour les réseaux à neutre effectivement à la terre (facteur de premier pôle kpp = 1,3) rendant cette caractéristique assignée facultative. Les paramètres kpp sont utilisés en lieu et place des termes du système;
f) Essais de courant faible ajoutés en 7.104 en remplacement des essais de courant critique;
g) Adoption du tableau révisé d'échauffement admissible de l'IEC 62271-1:2017, avec une augmentation de l'échauffement admissible pour certains points des gaz non oxydants (NOG);
h) Exigences d'essai temps-courant de 7.108: plusieurs modifications, y compris l'augmentation du nombre de niveaux de courant d'essai et des essais à chaque niveau. Nombre minimal de courbes spécifié à soumettre à l’essai;
i) Séquence d'essais mécaniques de 7.109: exigences ajoutées pour les essais à haute et basse températures;
j) Références normatives IEC 60255-22-1 et IEC 60255-22-4 remplacées par l'IEC 60255-26 en 7.111.1;
k) Critères de réussite/d'échec ajoutés pour les essais d'interruption par défaut avec réamorçages de 7.112.1;
l) Ajout de l'Article 9, de l'Article 10, de l'Article 11, de l'Article 12 et de l'Article 13 similaires à ceux de l'IEC 62271-1, mais adaptés au disjoncteur à réenclenchement.
m) Suppression de l'Annexe A: Renseignements et exigences techniques à donner dans les appels d'offres, les soumissions et les commandes.
La Norme internationale IEC 62271-111/IEEE Std C37.60 a été révisée par le Comité appareillage de l'IEEE Power and Energy Society, en collaboration avec le sous-comité 17A: Appareils de connexion, du comité d'études 17 de l'IEC: Appareillage haute tension, dans le cadre de l'accord double logo IEC/IEEE.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 11-Feb-2019
• ICS: 01 - GENERALITIES. TERMINOLOGY. STANDARDIZATION. DOCUMENTATION
• ICS: 29.130.10 - High voltage switchgear and controlgear
• Technical Committee: SC 17A - Switching devices
• Drafting Committee: MT 47 - TC 17/SC 17A/MT 47
• Current Stage: PPUB - Publication issued
• Start Date: 11-Jan-2019
• Completion Date: 12-Feb-2019

Relations

• Revises: IEC 62271-111:2012 - High-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 111: Automatic circuit reclosers and fault interrupters for alternating current systems up to 38 kV
• Effective Date: 05-Sep-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

IEC 62271-111 ®
Edition 3.0 2019-02
™
INTERNATIONAL IEEE Std C37.60
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
colour
inside
High-voltage switchgear and controlgear –
Part 111: Automatic circuit reclosers for alternating current systems up to and
including 38 kV
Appareillage à haute tension –
Partie 111: Disjoncteurs à réenclenchement de circuit automatique pour
systèmes en courant alternatif jusqu'à 38 kV compris

All rights reserved. IEEE is a registered trademark in the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, owned by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced
or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without
permission in writing from the IEC Central Office. Any questions about IEEE copyright should be addressed to the
IEEE. Enquiries about obtaining additional rights to this publication and other information requests should be

addressed to the IEC or your local IEC member National Committee.

IEC Central Office Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
3, rue de Varembé 3 Park Avenue
CH-1211 Geneva 20 New York, NY 10016-5997
Switzerland United States of America
Tel.: [phone] [e-mail]
[e-mail] www.ieee.org
www.iec.ch
About the IEC
The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is the leading global organization that prepares and publishes
International Standards for all electrical, electronic and related technologies.

About IEC publications
The technical content of IEC publications is kept under constant review by the IEC. Please make sure that you have the
latest edition, a corrigendum or an amendment might have been published.

IEC publications search - webstore.iec.ch/advsearchform Electropedia - www.electropedia.org
The advanced search enables to find IEC publications by a The world's leading online dictionary on electrotechnology,
variety of criteria (reference number, text, technical containing more than 22 000 terminological entries in English
committee,…). It also gives information on projects, replaced and French, with equivalent terms in 16 additional languages.
and withdrawn publications. Also known as the International Electrotechnical Vocabulary

(IEV) online.
IEC Just Published - webstore.iec.ch/justpublished

Stay up to date on all new IEC publications. Just Published IEC Glossary - std.iec.ch/glossary
details all new publications released. Available online and 67 000 electrotechnical terminology entries in English and
once a month by email. French extracted from the Terms and Definitions clause of
IEC publications issued since 2002. Some entries have been
IEC Customer Service Centre - webstore.iec.ch/csc collected from earlier publications of IEC TC 37, 77, 86 and
If you wish to give us your feedback on this publication or CISPR.

need further assistance, please contact the Customer Service

Centre: [e-mail].
IEC 62271-111 ®
Edition 3.0 2019-02
IEEE Std C37.60™
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
colour
inside
High-voltage switchgear and controlgear –

Part 111: Automatic circuit reclosers for alternating current systems up to and

including 38 kV
Appareillage à haute tension –

Partie 111: Disjoncteurs à réenclenchement de circuit automatique pour

systèmes en courant alternatif jusqu'à 38 kV compris

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
INTERNATIONALE
ICS 29.130.10 ISBN 978-2-8322-4991-8

– 2 – IEC 62271-111 © IEC 2019
IEEE Std C37.60-2018
CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 11
1 Scope . 14
2 Normative references . 14
3 Terms and definitions . 15
3.1 General terms . 15
3.2 Assemblies of switchgear and controlgear . 18
3.3 Parts of assemblies . 18
3.4 Switching devices . 18
3.5 Parts of switchgear and controlgear . 18
3.6 Operation . 18
3.7 Characteristic quantities . 18
3.8 Index of definitions . 20
4 Normal and special service conditions . 20
4.1 Normal service conditions . 20
4.1.1 General . 20
4.1.2 Indoor switchgear and controlgear . 20
4.1.3 Outdoor switchgear and controlgear . 20
4.2 Special service conditions . 21
4.2.1 General . 21
4.2.2 Altitude . 21
4.2.3 Exposure to pollution . 21
4.2.4 Temperature and humidity . 21
4.2.5 Exposure to abnormal vibrations, shock or tilting . 22
4.2.6 Wind speed . 22
4.2.7 Other parameters . 22
5 Ratings . 22
5.1 General . 22
5.2 Rated voltage (U ) . 23
r
5.3 Rated insulation level . 23
5.4 Rated frequency (f ) . 25
r
5.5 Rated continuous current (I ) . 25
r
5.6 Rated short-time withstand current (I ) . 25
k
5.7 Rated peak withstand current (I ) . 25
p
5.8 Rated duration of short-circuit (t ) . 26
k
5.9 Rated supply voltage of auxiliary and control circuits (U ) . 26
a
5.9.1 General . 26
5.9.2 Rated supply voltage (U ) . 26
a
5.10 Rated supply frequency of auxiliary and control circuits . 27
5.11 Rated pressure of compressed gas supply for controlled pressure systems . 27
5.101 Rated minimum tripping current (I ) . 27
>min
5.102 Rated short-circuit breaking current (I ) . 27
sc
5.103 Rated short-circuit making current . 28
5.104 Rated operating sequence . 28
5.105 Rated first-pole-to-clear factor . 28
5.106 Rated line- (I ) and cable-charging (I )interrupting currents . 28
l C
6 Design and construction . 29
Published by IEC under licence from IEEE. © 2019 IEEE. All rights reserved.

IEC 62271-111 © IEC 2019 – 3 –
IEEE Std C37.60-2018
6.1 Requirements for liquids in switchgear and controlgear . 29
6.2 Requirements for gases in switchgear and controlgear . 29
6.3 Earthing of switchgear and controlgear . 29
6.4 Auxiliary and control equipment . 30
6.4.1 General . 30
6.4.2 Protection against electric shock . 30
6.4.3 Components installed in enclosures . 30
6.5 Dependent power operation . 31
6.6 Stored energy operation. 31
6.6.1 General . 31
6.6.2 Energy storage in gas receivers or hydraulic accumulators . 32
6.6.3 Energy stored in springs (or weights) . 32
6.6.4 Manual charging . 32
6.6.5 Motor charging . 32
6.6.6 Energy storage in capacitors . 32
6.7 Independent unlatched operation (independent manual or power operation) . 32
6.8 Manually operated actuators . 33
6.9 Operation of releases. 33
6.9.1 General . 33
6.9.2 Shunt closing release . 33
6.9.3 Shunt opening release . 33
6.9.4 Capacitor operation of shunt releases . 33
6.9.5 Under-voltage release . 33
6.10 Pressure/level indication . 33
6.11 Nameplates . 33
6.12 Locking devices . 35
6.13 Position indication . 35
6.14 Degrees of protection provided by enclosures . 35
6.14.1 General . 35
6.14.2 Protection of persons against access to hazardous parts and protection
of the equipment against ingress of solid foreign objects (IP coding) . 35
6.14.3 Protection against ingress of water (IP coding) . 36
6.14.4 Protection of equipment against mechanical impact under normal
service conditions (IK coding) . 36
6.15 Creepage distances for outdoor insulators . 36
6.16 Gas and vacuum tightness . 36
6.17 Tightness for liquid systems . 36
6.18 Fire hazard (flammability) . 36
6.19 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) . 36
6.20 X-ray emission . 36
6.21 Corrosion . 36
6.22 Filling levels for insulation, switching and/or operation . 36
6.101 Tank construction: submersible or dry vault reclosers . 37
6.101.1 Tan
...