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Railway applications - Fixed installations - Electronic power converters for substations
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STANDARD published on 23.8.2019
Designation standards: IEC 62590-ed.2.0
Publication date standards: 23.8.2019
SKU: NS-969435
The number of pages: 59
Approximate weight : 177 g (0.39 lbs)
Country: International technical standard
Category: Technical standards IEC
IEC 62590:2019 specifies the requirements for the performance of all fixed installations electronic power converters, using controllable and/or non-controllable electronic valves, intended for traction power supply. The devices can be controlled by means of current, voltage or light. Non-bistable devices are assumed to be operated in the switched mode. This document applies to fixed installations of the following electric traction systems: - railways, - guided mass transport systems such as: tramways, light rail systems, elevated and underground railways, mountain railways, trolleybuses. This standard is based on EN 50328. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2010. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a) Incorporation of DC converters. b) Correction of the clearances and withstand voltages due to erroneous use of PD in former edition. c) adaption of structure, adaption of vocabulary, removal of unused term and abbreviations. IEC 62590:2019 Cette edition constitue une revision technique. Cette edition inclut egalement les modifications techniques majeures suivantes par rapport a ledition precedente : a) Inclusion des convertisseurs continu/continu b) Correction des distances disolement et tensions de tenue suite a l’utilisation erronee de PD dans l’edition precedente c) Adaptation a la directive ISO/IEC actuelle partie 2, adaptation de la structure, adaptation du vocabulaire, suppression des termes et abreviations non utilises Cette deuxieme edition annule et remplace la premiere edition publiee en 2010. Le present document specifie les exigences de performance de tous les convertisseurs electroniques de puissance pour les installations fixes, utilisant des valves electroniques commandables et/ou non commandables et destinees a lalimentation de traction. Les appareils peuvent etre commandes par un courant, une tension ou un feu. Les appareils non bistables fonctionnent, par hypothese, en mode commute. Le present document sapplique aux installations fixes des systemes de traction electrique suivants : • les chemins de fer ; • les systemes guides de transport de masse tels que : tramways, metros legers, chemins de fer aeriens et souterrains, chemins de fer de montagne, trolleybus. Le present document ne sapplique pas aux : • grues, plateformes transportables et autres materiels de transport similaires sur rails ; • telepheriques, telecabines, • funiculaires. Le present document sapplique aux redresseurs a diodes, redresseurs commandes, convertisseurs continu/continu, onduleurs et convertisseurs de frequence. Lequipement traite dans le present document est le convertisseur meme. La presente version bilingue (2026-02) correspond a la version anglaise monolingue publiee en 2019-08.
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