FOREWORD
1 Scope and object
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Service conditions
4.1 Normal service conditions
4.2 Ambient air temperature categories
4.3 Abnormal service conditions
4.4 Abnormal power system conditions
5 Quality requirements and tests
5.1 Test requirements for capacitor units
5.2 Classification of tests
5.3 Capacitance measurement (routine test)
5.4 Capacitor loss measurement (routine test)
5.5 Voltage test between terminals (routine test)
5.6 AC voltage test between terminals and container
(routine test)
5.7 Test on internal discharge device (routine test)
5.8 Sealing test (routine test)
5.9 Thermal stability test (type test)
5.10 AC voltage test between terminals and container
(type test)
5.11 Lightning impulse voltage test between terminals
and container (type test)
5.12 Cold duty test (type test)
5.13 Discharge current test (type test)
5.14 Endurance test (special test)
6 Insulation level
6.1 Insulation voltages
6.2 Creepage distance
6.3 Air clearances
7 Overloads, overvoltages and duty cycles
7.1 Currents
7.2 Transient overvoltages
7.3 Duty cycles
8 Safety requirements
8.1 Discharge device
8.2 Container connection
8.3 Protection of the environment
8.4 Other safety requirements
9 Markings and instruction books
9.1 Markings of the unit
9.2 Markings of the bank
9.3 Instruction book
10 Guide for selection of ratings, installation and
operation
10.1 General
10.2 Reactance per line, rated reactance per bank and
number of modules per bank
10.3 Current ratings for the bank
10.4 Overvoltage protection requirements
10.5 Voltage limitations during power system faults
10.6 Protective and switching devices
10.7 Choice of insulation level
10.8 Other application considerations
Annex A (normative) Test requirements and application
guide for external fuses and units
to be externally fused
Annex B (informative) Economic evaluation of series capacitor
bank losses
Annex C (informative) Capacitor bank fusing and unit arrangement
Annex D (informative) Examples of typical connection diagrams
for large series capacitor installations
for transmission lines
Annex E (informative) Precautions to be taken to avoid pollution
of the environment by polychlorinated
biphenyls
Annex ZA (normative) Normative references to international
publications with their corresponding
European publications
Bibliography
Figures
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