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Industrial electroheating equipment - Test methods for submerged-arc furnaces
STANDARD published on 19.10.2011
Designation standards: IEC 60683-ed.2.0
Publication date standards: 19.10.2011
SKU: NS-410938
The number of pages: 29
Approximate weight : 87 g (0.19 lbs)
Country: International technical standard
Category: Technical standards IEC
IEC 60683:2011 specifies test procedures, conditions and methods according to which the main parameters and the main operational characteristics of a submerged-arc furnace (SAF) with rated electrical power levels above 500 kVA are established. This standard is applicable to SAF with one or more electrodes. In order to determine further technical or economic assessments, additional tests may be necessary. Tests for some special equipment for semiconductor converter controlled furnaces, such as controlled rectifiers or controlled a.c. converters, are covered by IEC 60146-1-1. This second edition cancels and replaces the previous edition published in 1980 and constitutes a technical revision. Significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition are as follows: - Clause 1 (Scope and object) - the types of furnaces covered by this standard are more clearly defined. - Clause 2 (Normative references) and Clause 3 (Terms and definitions) have been updated and completed. - A new Clause 4 (Features of the SAF sytem) has been added; it mainly concentrates on the tests necessary for high voltage/high current electrical equipment in the installation. - Clause 5 (Tests and general conditions) and Clause 6 (Technical tests) have been modified according to todays requirements for safe operation of a SAF. La CEI 60683:2011 specifie les procedures, les conditions et les methodes dessai selon lesquelles les parametres principaux et les caracteristiques de fonctionnement principales des fours a arc submerge dont les niveaux de puissance electrique assignee sont superieurs a 500 kVA sont etablis. La presente norme est applicable aux fours a arc submerge a une ou plusieurs electrodes. Afin de determiner dautres evaluations techniques ou economiques, des essais supplementaires peuvent etre necessaires. Les essais pour des equipements speciaux des fours commandes par convertisseur a semiconducteurs, tels que les redresseurs commandes ou les convertisseurs a courant alternatif commandes, sont couverts par la CEI 60146-1-1. Cette deuxieme edition annule et remplace ledition precedente parue en 1980, dont elle constitue une revision technique. Les modifications techniques importantes par rapport a ledition precedente sont les suivantes: - Article 1 (Domaine dapplication et objet) - les types de fours couverts par la presente norme sont definis plus clairement. - LArticle 2 (References normatives) et lArticle 3 (Termes et definitions) ont ete mis a jour et completes. - Un nouvel Article 4 (Caracteristiques du systeme de four a arc submerge) a ete ajoute; il traite principalement des essais necessaires pour les equipements electriques a haute tension/haute intensite de linstallation. - LArticle 5 (Essais et conditions generales) et lArticle 6 (Essais techniques) ont ete modifies en fonction des exigences actuelles pour lutilisation dun four a arc submerge en toute securite.
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