UDC

NATIONAL STANDARD
OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
中华人民共和国国家标准
P GB 50052-2009

Code for Design Electric Power Supply Systems

供配电系统设计规范

Issued on November 11, 2009 Implemented on July 1, 2010

Jointly issued by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's
Republic of China (MOHURD) and the General Administration of Quality
Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China
(GAQSIQ)
 National Standard of the People's Republic of China
中华人民共和国国家标准

Code for Design Electric Power Supply Systems

供配电系统设计规范

GB 50052-2009

Chief Development Department: China Machinery Industry Federation

Approval Department: The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural

Development of the People's Republic of China

Implementation Date: July 1, 2010

China Planning Press

2010, Beijing
 Announcement of the Ministry of the Housing and Urban-Rural Development of PRC

No. 437

Announcement of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development on

publishing the national standard of "Code for Design Electric Power Supply Systems"

"Code for Design Electric Power Supply Systems" has been approved as a national standard

with a serial number of GB 50052-2009 and will be implemented from July 1, 2010. Thereinto, Article

3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.9 and 4.0.2 are compulsory provisions and must be enforced strictly. The former

"Code for Design Electric Power Supply System" shall be abolished simultaneously.

Authorized by Research Institute of Standards/Norms under the Ministry of Housing and

Urban-Rural Development, this code is published and distributed by China Planning Press.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of PRC

November 11, 2009

 Foreword

In accordance with the requirements of "Notice on Printing and Distributing '2001-2002

Development and Revision Plan of National Engineering Construction Standard'" (Jian Biao [2005]

No. 85) issued by the former Ministry of Construction, this standard is revised by China United

Engineering Corporation jointly with the related design research units.

The revision group of this code, upon studying the former code, investigate and research

extensively; learn from practical experience; and refer to the related international standards as well as

pioneering oversea standards; as a result, they have finished the first draft, exposure draft, and the

examination draft hereof. This code is finally approved by the related department.

This code consists of 7 chapters: general provisions, terms, load classification and power supply

requirement, power source and power supply system, voltage selection and quality of electric energy,

reactive power compensation and LV distribution.

The revised main content is stated below:

1. The application scope of the former code is adjusted;

2. "Distributed generation is available; efficiency of energy utilization is high, economic and

rational" is one of the conditions to set up self-contained power; "in special cases, when electric source

for safety services is switched to normal power supply, both of which are needed to be run

simultaneously, safe operation measures shall be taken" are added in this code; and 660V LV

distribution voltage is listed in this code for the first time;

3. The major techniques involved in reserved chapters are supplemented, improved and

necessarily modified.

The provisions printed in bold type are compulsory ones and must be enforced strictly.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development is in charge of the explanation of the

compulsory provisions; China Machinery Industry Federation is responsible for the routine

management; and China United Engineering Corporation is responsible for the explanation of specific

technical contents. All relevant organizations are kindly requested to sum up and accumulate your

experiences in actual practices during the process of implementing this code. The relevant opinions
and advice, whenever necessary, can be posted or passed on to China United Engineering Corporation

(address: No. 338, Shiqiao Road, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province 310022, China; E-mail:

lusx@chinacuc.com or chenjl@chinacuc.com) for future reference during revision.

The governing organization, chief development organization, participating development

organizations, chief drafting staff and chief review staff:

Governing organization: Exploration & Design Association of China National Machinery

Industry

Chief Development Organization: China United Engineering Corporation

Participating Organizations: China Huanqiu Contracting & Engineering Corporation, China

Aeronautical Project &Design Institute, Northwest Electric Power Design Institute of China Power

Engineering Consulting Group Corporation, China Construction Design International (Shenzhen)

Chief Drafting Staff: Lu Shixiang, Chen Wenliang, Chen Jiliang, Xiong Yan, Gao Fengrong,

Chen Youfu, Qian Lihui, Ding Jie, Gong Puzhan and Xu Hui

Chief review staff: Tian Youlian, Du Kejian, Zhong Jinghua, Wang suying, Chen Zongli, Li

Daoben, Zeng Tao, Zhang Wencai, Gao Xiaoping, Yan Tong, Li Ping

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 Contents

1 General Provisions .............................................................................................................1

2 Terms.................................................................................................................................2

3 Load Classification and Power Supply Requirement...........................................................4

4. Power Source and Power Supply System...........................................................................6

5. Voltage Selection and Quality of Electric Energy...............................................................8

6 Reactive Power Compensation ......................................................................................... 11

7. LV Distribution ...............................................................................................................14

Explanation of Wording in This Code..................................................................................16

List of Quoted Standards .....................................................................................................17

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 1 General Provisions
1.0.1 This code is developed to implement and execute national technical & economic policy; achieve

personal safety, power supply reliability, state-of-art technology and rational economy during the

design of electric power supply systems.

1.0.2 This code is applicable to the design of construction, extension and renovation for user-terminal

electric power supply systems.

1.0.3 Electric power supply systems shall comprehensively and properly be designed in accordance

with such factors as load property, power capacity, project characteristics and regional power supply

condition.

1.0.4 The design of electric power supply systems shall meet the current usage and the future

development in accordance with the characteristics, scale and development program of the project.

1.0.5 Advanced electrical products, meeting the requirements of national current standard and with

such properties as high efficiency, energy conservation, environmental-friendliness as well as being

safety shall be adopted in electric power supply systems.

1.0.6 This code specifies the basic technical requirements for the design of electric power supply

systems. In case this code conflicts with the provisions in national laws and administrative regulations,

the later prevails.

1.0.7 The design of electric power supply systems shall meet the requirements stated in this code and

those in the national, current and relevant standards.

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 2 Terms
2.0.1 Vital load in first grade load

Load which may cause poisoning, explosion, fire disaster, etc. due to power supply interruption,

or the one for which power supply must not be interrupted in vital places

2.0.2 Duplicate supply

One load power-supplied by two circuits, which are mutually independent in terms of safety

power supply.

2.0.3 Electric supply systems for safety services

Power supply system which is used to maintain the operation of electrical equipments and electric

apparatuses; to keep the health and safety of both humans and livestock; and/or to avoid the damages

of environment or other equipments

Note: power supply system includes the electric circuit connected from power box to electrical equipment terminals. On

certain occasions, it may also involve equipments.

2.0.4 Electric source for safety services

Power supply being used as the components of electric supply systems for safety services

2.0.5 Stand-by electric source

Power supply, when normal power supply is interrupted, being used to maintain the operation of

electric apparatuses or their partial components due to non-safety factors

2.0.6 Distributed generation

A distributed generation is mainly referred to generating set (such as micro gas turbine, solar

heating and photovoltaic generation set, fuel cell, wind power generation set and biomass power

generation set) which is located near power load, compatible with circumstance and can supply

electricity, heat (or coolness); besides, the efficiency hereof is high.

2.0.7 Inverse voltage regulation mode

It is referred to the mode that the network voltage is raised when load of grid voltage is great and

the network voltage is reduced when the load is small so as to compensate the network voltage loss

2.0.8 Basic reactive power

Basic reactive power is the minimal reactive power required by electric equipment after its

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operation. If the electric equipment may operate with no load, the non-load reactive power is the basic

reactive power. If the minimal operation mode of this equipment is light load operation, the reactive

power under this light load is the basic reactive power.

2.0.9 Isolator

Electrical equipments which protect human's safety before the repair and failure inspection of the

equipment or before human's operation

2.0.10 TN System

One point of electric power system is directly grounded; and it is connected with the exposed

current-carrying part of electric apparatus via guard wire. In accordance with the distribution mode of

neutral conductor (N) and protective conductor (PE), TN System consists of the following three types:

1 TN-C system: The N & PE wires of the total system are combined;

2 TN-C-S system: partial N & PE wires in the system are combined;

3 TN-S system: The N & PE wires of the total system are separate.

2.0.11 TT System

One point of electric power system is directly grounded; and its unrelated grounding pole of

electric power system is connected with the exposed current-carrying part of electrical apparatus via

guard wire.

2.0.12 IT System

Electric power system is not directly connected with the ground; the exposed current-carrying

part of electric apparatus is connected with the grounding pole via protective ground wire.

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 3 Load Classification and Power Supply Requirement
3.0.1 The power load, in accordance with power supply reliability, the effect of personal safety

and economic loss due to power supply interruption, shall be classified, which shall meet the

following provisions:

1 Under one of the following conditions, the load is deemed to the first grade load.

1) Personal injury or death is caused due to power supply interruption.

2) Economy suffers from great loss due to power supply interruption.

3) Normal operations of important power utilization units are effected due to power supply

interruption.

2 Among the first-grade loads, those in which such consequences as major equipment

damage, poisoning, explosion and fire disaster are caused by power supply interruption, or those

that power supply must not be interrupted in vital places, are seemed as the vital load in

first-grade load.

3 Under one of the following conditions, the load is deemed to the second grade load:

1) Economy suffers from comparatively great loss due to power supply interruption.

2) Normal operations of comparatively important power utilization units are effected due to

power supply interruption.

4 Those not belonging to the first and second grade loads shall be seemed as the third grade

load.

3.0.2 First grade load power shall be supplied by duplicate supply. If one power supply fails; the

other shall not be damaged simultaneously.

3.0.3 The power supply of the vital load in first grade load shall meet the following

requirements:

1 Besides duplicate supply, electric source for safety services (the electric supply system for

safety services shall not be connected with other load) shall also be added.

2 The switching duration of electric power supply for equipment shall meet power supply

interruption permissible by equipment.

3.0.4 The following power supplies may be seemed as electric source for safety services:

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 1 Generator set being separate from normal power supply

2 Exclusive feeder circuit being separate from normal power supply in supply network

3 Accumulators

4 Dry batteries

3.0.5 Electric source for safety services shall be selected according to the permissible power-supply

interruption time and meet the following provisions:

1 If the permissible power-supply interruption time is greater than 15s, fast self-starting generator

set may be adopted.

2 If the action time of auto-switch-on device can meet the permissible power-supply interruption

time, exclusive feeder circuit (independent from normal power supply) with auto-switch-on device

may be adopted.

3 If the permissible power-supply interruption time is calculated by millisecond, then

accumulator-static uninterrupted power supply (UPS) device or diesel-driven UPS device may be

adopted.

3.0.6 The power-on time of electric source for safety services shall be determined according to the

permissible system-stopping duration required by production technology.

3.0.7 The power supply system of second grade load shall be power-supplied by two circuits. In case

load is relatively small or it is hard for power supply in some places, the power of the second grade

load may be supplied by one-circuit 6kV (or higher) exclusive overhead circuit.

3.0.8 The stand-by electric source arrangement of various loads may be determined in accordance with

power utilization requirements.

3.0.9 The load of stand-by electric source must not be accessed into electric supply systems for

safety services.

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 4. Power Source and Power Supply System
4.0.1 Under one of the following cases, users should arrange self-contained power:

1 Self-contained power is needed as the electric source for safety services for the vital load in

first grade load; or the second power supply can not meet the condition of first grade load.

2 Self-contained power is more economic and rational being compared with the second power

supply obtained from electric power system.

3 Stable afterheat, pressure difference and waste are available across the year for electric power

generation; the technology is reliable, economic and rational.

4 The location is deviated from or far from electric power system; and the set up of self-contained

power is economic and rational.

5 Distributed generation is available; efficiency of energy utilization is high, economic and

rational.

4.0.2 The measures shall be taken to prevent simultaneous running of electric source for safety

services and normal power supply. In special cases, when electric source for safety services is

switched to normal power supply (the both of which are needed to be run simultaneously) safe

operation measures shall be taken.

4.0.3 During the design of electric power supply systems, except for vital load in first grade load, if

one power system is broken-down or failed, the other power supply shall not be broken-down

simultaneously.

4.0.4 If the users need two power circuits, they shall adopt the same-voltage power supply; while

different-voltage power supply may also be adopted in accordance with the different requirements of

various loads or the regional power-supply condition.

4.0.5 For two (or above two) electric power-supply circuits running simultaneously, if the power

supply in one circuit is interrupted, the rest circuits shall be capable of supplying both first grade load

and second grade load.

4.0.6 Electric power supply systems shall be simple and reliable; for the power supply grade with the

same voltage class, high voltage grades should not be greater than two and low voltage should not be

greater than three.

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4.0.7 High voltage distribution system should be radiative; while it may also be trunk-style or

loop-style in accordance with the capacity, distribution and geographic circumstance of transformer.

4.0.8 Distribution station and substation shall be close to the central load according to the capacity and

distribution of load. If the distribution voltage is 35kV, then the voltage may be directly transformed to

LV distribution one.

4.0.9 Low voltage junctor should be set up between adjacent substations in residential area.

4.0 10 Low voltage network should be accessed to the small-load users.

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 5. Voltage Selection and Quality of Electric Energy
5.0.1 The power supply voltage shall, upon technical and economic comparison, be determined

according to such factors as power capacity, electric equipment property, power supply distance,

power supply circuits, locally-public power grid and the development program.

5.0.2 If the power supply voltage is greater than or equal to 35kV, user's first grade distribution voltage

should be 10kV; if the gross capacity of 6kV electric equipment, being economic and rational, is great,

6kV distribution voltage should be adopted; 220/380V should be adopted for LV distribution voltage

and 660V for industrial and mining establishments; and if it is needed to keep safety, voltage less than

50V shall be adopted.

5.0.3 If power supply voltage is greater than or equal to 35kV; the power distribution & transformation

grade may be reduced, wire-connection may be simplified; technology and economy is rational; 35kV

or the voltage with corresponding grade should be adopted as distribution voltage.

5.0.4 Under normal operations, the permissible voltage deviation at electric equipment terminal should

meet the following requirements:

1 Electromotor: ±5% rated voltage;

2 Lighting: in general workplace, the derivation is ±5% rated voltage; as for the normal

workplace of distant substation with small area, if the aforementioned requirements can't be achieved,

the deviation may be +5%~-10% rated voltage; for emergency lighting, road lighting and security

lighting, the derivation is +5%~-10% rated voltage.

3 Under no special cases, the derivation of other electric equipments is ±5% rated voltage.

5.0.5 During voltage deviation calculation, voltage regulation effect, after the following measures

being taken, shall be recorded:

1 Automatically or manually regulating the entry capacity of parallel compensation capacitor and

parallel capacitor;

2 Automatically or manually regulating the exciting current of synchromotor;

3 Changing the operation mode of electric power supply systems

5.0.6 Under one of the following conditions, on-load voltage-regulation transformer shall be adopted

in substation:

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 1 The step-down transformer in substation with its voltage greater than or equal to 35kV powers

on 35V, 10V and 6kV power grid directly;

2 The main transformer of 35kv step-down substation can’t meet voltage deviation.

5.0.7 On-load voltage-regulation transformers should not be adopted as 10V and 6kV distribution

transformer; while if the local 10V and 6kV supply voltage deviation can't be achieved, 10V and 6kV

on-load voltage-regulation transformers may also be adopted under the fact that the users are equipped

with exactly-required equipments and it is both economically and technically rational to set up

separate pressure regulation appliance.

5.0.8 Voltage deviation shall meet the terminal voltage requirement of electric equipment. Inverse

voltage regulation mode, with its scope being 0~+5% rated voltage, should be adopted for the on-load

voltage regulation of the power grid being greater than or equal to 35kV.

5.0.9 The design, to reduce voltage deviation, of electric power supply systems shall meet the

following requirements:

1 The transformer ratio and voltage tap changer of transformer shall be selected correctly.

2 System impedance shall be lowered.

3 Measures to compensate reactive power shall be adopted.

4 Three-phase load should be balanced.

5.0.10 The limit (at public power-grid joint) of the voltage variation and flicker due to load fluctuation

in power distribution system shall meet the provisions in current national standard "Power Quality -

Voltage Fluctuation and Flicker" (GB 12326).

5.0.11 During the power supply for fluctuation load, besides the permissible voltage drop when

electromotor is started, the following measures shall be taken to reduce the grid voltage fluctuation

and voltage flicker due to fluctuation load:

1 Power is supplied via exclusive wire;

2 If distribution wire is shared with other load, the resistance of distribution wire is reduced;

3 The fluctuation load or fluctuation load group with comparatively large power as well as the

load being sensitive to voltage fluctuation and flicker are power-supplied by different transformers;

4 The transformer for arc furnace with large power is power-supplied by the power grid with

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greater short-circuit capability;

5 Dynamic reactive-power-compensation device or dynamic voltage-regulation device is adopted.

5.0.12 The permissible limit of the harmonic voltage in power distribution system or the harmonic

current injected at public joints should meet the provisions in current national standard "Quality of

Electric Energy Supply - Harmonics in Public Supply Network" (GB/T 14549).

5.0.13 The following measures shall be taken to control the grid-voltage sinusoidal-waveform

distortion factor resulted by the harmonic generated by non-linearity electric equipment:

1 Various transformers, with large power, for non-linearity electric-equipments are

power-supplied by the power grid with greater short-circuit capability;

2 For static rectifier with large power, the following measures may be adopted: adding the phases

on the secondary side of rectifier transformer and adding the rectifier pulses; adopting several

rectifying devices with the same phase and making proper phase-angle difference on the secondary

side of rectifier transformer; or arranging distributary filter installed according to harmonic times.

3 Three-phase distribution transformer group with D, yn11 wire connection is adopted.

5.0.14 The permissible unbalance limit of three-phase-voltage at public joints in electric power supply

systems should meet the provisions in current national standard "Quality of Electric Energy Supply -

Admissible Three-phase Voltage Unbalance Factor" (GB/T 15543).

5.0.15 During the design of low-voltage distribution system, the following measures should be taken

to reduce the asymmetry degree of three-phase low-voltage distribution system:

1 If 220/380V three-phase system is accessed to 220V or 380V single-phase electric equipment,

three phases should be balanced;

2 For the 220V load power-supplied by regional public low-voltage network, if the line current is

less than or equal to 60A, 220V single-phase power supply may be adopted; if the line current is

greater than 60A, 220/380V three-phase four-wire power-supply should be adopted.

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 6 Reactive Power Compensation
6.0.1 The capacity of electromotor and transformer shall be selected properly to reduce circuit

inductive-reactance. If processing condition is permissible, synchromotor or the intermittent service

equipment with non-load excision should be adopted to improve the users' natural power factor.

6.0.2 If proper operation requirements can not yet be realized by improving natural power factor,

parallel power capacitor shall be adopted as reactive-power-compensation device. If the adoption of

synchromotor (as reactive-power-compensation device), upon technical and economic comparison, is

affirmed rational, then synchromotor may be adopted.

6.0.3 The power factor on user’s side shall meet the relevant provisions by power supply department.

6.0.4 If power capacitor is adopted as reactive-power-compensation device, on-site balance

compensation should be carried out; besides, the following requirements shall be met:

1 The low-voltage reactive power shall be compensated by low-voltage capacitor;

2 The high-voltage reactive power should be compensated by high-voltage capacitor;

3 The reactive power of electric equipment with major capacity, stable load and frequent usage

should be compensated on site separately;

4 The capacitor bank to compensate basic reactive power shall be compensated centrally in

distribution station and substation;

5 The low-voltage capacitor, in normal construction, should be arranged in decentralization.

6.0.5 Reactive-power-compensation capacity should be determined according to reactive power curve

or the following formula:

Qc=P(tanΦ1 - tanΦ2) (6.0.5)

Where, Qc - Reactive-power-compensation capacity (kvar);

P - The calculated active power of electric equipment (kW);

tanΦ1 - Natural-power-factor tangent of electric equipment before compensation;

tanΦ2 - Power-factor tangent of electric equipment after compensation, cosΦ2 being not less than

0.9.

6.0.6 Basic reactive-power-compensation capacity shall meet the requirements of the following

formula:

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 QCmin<PmintanΦ1min (6.06)

Where, QCmin - Basic reactive-power-compensation capacity (kvar);

Pmin - The active power of electric equipment at minimal load (kW);

tanΦ1min – The power-factor tangent before compensation when electric equipment is in minimal

load;

6.0.7 For reactive-power-compensation device, if one of the followings occurs, manual-switching

reactive-power-compensation device should be adopted.

1 The capacitor bank to compensate low-voltage basic reactive power;

2 Stable reactive power throughout the year;

3 The transformer being operated frequently; the high-voltage motor and capacitor bank with

their switching times less than three daily.

6.0.8 For reactive-power-compensation device, if one of the following conditions occurs, automatic

reactive-power-compensation device should be installed.

1 To avoid overcompensation and it is economically rational to install automatic

reactive-power-compensation device.

2 To avoid some electric-equipment damage due to over voltage in light load and it is

economically rational to install automatic reactive-power-compensation device.

3 Under the condition that the permissible value of voltage deviation in various service loads can

only be realized by installing automatic reactive-power-compensation device.

6.0.9 If the high-voltage and the low-voltage automatic-compensation devices realize the same effect,

low-voltage automatic-compensation device should be adopted.

6.0.10 The adjustment means of automatic reactive-power-compensation should be determined in

accordance with the following requirements:

1 If compensation is carried out with its focus on energy conservation, reactive-power parameter

adjustment is adopted; if three-phase load is balanced, power-factor parameter adjustment may also be

adopted.

2 The compensation being carried out to offer and maintain the necessary reactive power for grid

voltage or to reduce voltage deviation shall be adjusted according to voltage parameter, except the

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compensation with automatic voltage regulation by transformer.

3 If reactive power is changed in accordance with time stability, adjustment shall be carried out

according to time parameter.

6.0.11 If capacitors are grouped, the following requirements shall be met:

1 Syntony shall not be generated during subdivided capacitor switching.

2 Groups and group capacity shall be reduced or added properly.

3 The technical parameter of support equipment shall be adapted to.

4 The permissible range of voltage deviation shall be met.

6.0.12 The rated current of capacitor located on the side of electromotor control equipment shall not be

greater than 0.9 electromotor exciting current; the setting value of overcurrent protective device shall

be determined according to the current of electromotor - capacitor bank.

6.0.13 For the high-voltage capacitor bank, corresponding current limiting measures shall be taken in

accordance with expected inrush current. For the low-voltage capacitor bank, the switching capacity

should be added and exclusive switching components shall be adopted. If capacitor bank is installed

on the circuit of electric equipment being greatly affected by harmonic quantity, reactors shall be

connected in series.

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 7. LV Distribution
7.0.1 The systems of live conductor should be: single-phase two-wire system, two-phase three-wire

system, three-phase three-wire system or three-phase four-wire system.

TN System, TT System and IT System may be adopted for the grounding of low-voltage

distribution system.

7.0.2 In constructions with normal circumstance, if the major electric equipments possess medium or

low capacity, trunk-style power distribution should be adopted (under no specific requirements).

7.0.3 Radiative power distribution should be adopted, if electric equipment is endowed with

high-capacity; load property is important or the constructions are required specifically.

7.0.4 If partial electric equipments are distant from supply point but close to each other, chain power

distribution may be adopted for the secondary electric equipments with low capacity; while, the

loop-chain equipments on each circuit should not be greater than 5 and the gross capacity should not

be greater than 10kW. If chain power distribution is adopted for the socket of electric equipment with

low capacity, the equipments on each loop-chain circuit may be added properly.

7.0.5 In multi-story structure, trunk-style power distribution or divisional trunk-style power

distribution should be adopted from the general distribution box to the story distribution box. For the

concentrated load with high capacity or for the key electric equipments, radiative power distribution

shall be adopted from distribution chamber; and radiative power distribution shall also be adopted

from storey distribution box to user's distribution box.

In high-rise building, divisional trunk-style power distribution should be adopted for the power

supply of each storey distribution point; radiative power distribution should be adopted from storey

distribution room or in-vertical-shaft distribution box to the user's distribution box; and radiative

power distribution from substation LV-distribution room shall be adopted for concentrated load with

partial-high capacity or for key electric equipments.

7.0.6 For the production machines which are standbys fir each other or the paralleled process line,

power distribution should be carried out via different circuits and in accordance with production

requirements; for the electric equipments in the same process line, power distribution should be

carried out via the same circuit.

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7.0.7 In low voltage network, three-phase transformer with D, yn11 wire connection should be

adopted as the distribution transformer.

7.0.8 In the low voltage network with TN and TT system grounding, if three-phase transformer with Y,

yno wire connection is adopted, the neutral current caused by single-phase out-of-balance load shall

not be greater than 25% low-voltage-winding rated current; besides, the one-phase current in full load

shall not be greater than the rated current.

7.0.9 If the low voltage network with 220/380V TN and TT System grounding is adopted, both

lighting and power equipments shall be power-supplied by the same transformer. If necessary, lighting

transformer may also be set up separately for power supply.

7.0.10 For the distribution line inducted from outside of construction, isolator shall be installed at the

in-door boundary where operation and maintenance is convenient.

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 Explanation of Wording in this Code
1 Words used for different degrees of strictness are explained as follows in order to mark the

differences in executing the requirements in this code:

1) Words denoting a very strict or mandatory requirement:

“Must” is used for affirmation; “must not” for negation.

2) Words denoting a strict requirement under normal conditions:

“Shall” is used for affirmation; “shall not” for negation.

3) Words denoting a permission of a slight choice or an indication of the most suitable choice

when conditions permit:

“Should” is used for affirmation; “should not” for negation.

4) “May” is used to express the option available, sometimes with the conditional permit.

2 “Shall comply with…”or “Shall meet the requirements of…”is used in this code to indicate that

it is necessary to comply with the requirements stipulated in other relative standards and codes.

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 List of Quoted Standards

Power Quality - Voltage Fluctuation and Flicker GB 12326

Quality of Electric Energy Supply - Harmonics in Public Supply Network GB/T 14549

Quality of Electric Energy Supply - Admissible Three-phase Voltage Unbalance Factor

GB/T 15543

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