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50187:1997
Gas-filled
compartments for a.c.
switchgear and
controlgear for rated
voltages above 1 kV and
up to and
including 52 kV
The following bodies were also represented in the drafting of the standard,
through subcomittees and panels:
Contents
Page
Committees responsible Inside front cover
National foreword ii
Text of EN 50187 2
List of references Inside back cover
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BS EN 50187:1997
National foreword
This British Standard has been prepared by Subcommittee PEL/17/1 and is the
English language version of EN 50187:1996 Gas-filled compartments for a.c.
switchgear and controlgear for rated voltages above 1 kV and up to and
including 52 kV including its corrigendum, September 1996 published by the
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC).
Cross-references
Publication referred to Corresponding British Standard
EN 50052:1986 BS 6878:1988 Specification for high-voltage switchgear
and controlgear for industrial use. Cast aluminium
alloy enclosures for gas-filled high-voltage switchgear
and controlgear
EN 50064:1989 BS 7315:1990 Specification for wrought aluminium and
aluminium alloy enclosures for gas-filled high-voltage
switchgear and controlgear
EN 50068:1991 BS EN 50068:1991 Specification for wrought steel
enclosures for gas-filled high-voltage switchgear and
controlgear
EN 50069:1991 BS EN 50069:1991 Specification for welded composite
enclosures of cast and wrought aluminium alloys for
gas-filled high-voltage switchgear and controlgear
EN 60298:1996 BS EN 60298:1996 A.C. metal-enclosed switchgear and
controlgear for rated voltages above 1 kV and up to and
including 52 kV
EN ISO 9 000 series BS EN ISO 9 000 series Quality management and
quality assurance standards
EN 45020:1993 BS EN 45020:1993 Glossary of terms for
standardization and related activities
A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a
contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application.
Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity
from legal obligations.
Summary of pages
This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, pages i and ii,
the EN title page, pages 2 to 8, an inside back cover and a back cover.
This standard has been updated (see copyright date) and may have had
amendments incorporated. This will be indicated in the amendment table on
the inside front cover.
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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 50187
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM August 1996
Descriptors: Enclosure, high-voltage switching devices, high-voltage metal-enclosed switchgear and controlgear, pressurized enclosure,
gas-filled compartments for rated voltages above 1 kV and up to and including 52 kV
English version
CENELEC
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
Foreword Contents
This European Standard was prepared by the Page
Technical Committee CENELEC TC 17C, Introduction 3
High-voltage enclosed switchgear and controlgear.
1 Scope 3
The text of the draft was submitted to the formal
2 Normative references 3
vote and was approved by CENELEC as EN 50187
on 1995-11-28. 3 Definitions 4
The following dates were fixed: 4 Materials 4
5 Design 5
– latest date by which the 6 Manufacture and workmanschip 6
EN has to be implemented
7 Inspection and testing 6
at national level by
publication of an identical 8 Pressure relief devices 6
national standard or by 9 Certification and marking 7
endorsement (dop) 1996-12-01 Annex A (informative) A-deviations 8
– latest date by which the
national standards
conflicting with the EN
have to be withdrawn (dow) 1996-12-01
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EN 50187:1996
EN 50052 1986 Cast aluminium alloy enclosures for gas-filled high-voltage switchgear and
controlgear
EN 50064 1989 Wrought aluminium and aluminium alloy enclosures for gas-filled
high-voltage switchgear and controlgear
EN 50068 1991 Wrought steel enclosures for gas-filled high-voltage switchgear and
controlgear
EN 50069 1991 Welded composite enclosures of cast and wrought aluminium alloys for
gas-filled high-voltage switchgear and controlgear
EN 60298 1996 A.C. metal-enclosed switchgear and controlgear for rated voltages above 1 kV
and up to and including 52 kV
(IEC 298:1990 + corrigendum April 1995 + A1:1994)
EN ISO 9 000 series Quality management and quality assurance standards
(ISO 9 000 series)
ISO 3834 1994 Quality requirements for welding
EN 45020 1993 General terms and their definitions concerning standardization and related
activities
(ISO/IEC Guide 2:1991)
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6 Manufacture and workmanship When proof tests are carried out on compartments
which will be subjected to significant superimposed
Manufacture must be carried out in accordance with
loads in service the effect of these loads shall be
sound engineering practice. Any welding shall be
simulated during the test.
carried out by welders who have successfully carried
out welder procedure tests for the particular joint. Each representative design of compartment shall
withstand a pressure of 3,0 times the design
Where automatic machine welding is employed the pressure for 1 minute. During the test the pressure
initial setting of the machine must be verified for
rise shall not exceed 400 kPa/min. After the test the
each weld configuration by a test specimen before
compartment may be distorted.
production commences.
The test may be carried out without pressure relief
Periodically the performance of the equipment shall
devices, if fitted. The replacement of pressure relief
be verified by an identical test specimen. devices for the pressure withstand test shall not
have any effect on the strength of the compartment.
7 Inspection and testing
Compartments having pressure relief devices which
7.1 General are integrated may have the devices supported or
Each compartment shall be inspected during replaced during the test providing this does not
construction. Sufficient inspections shall be made to increase the withstand pressure of the
ensure, that the materials, construction and testing compartment.
comply in all respects with the requirements of this Any compartment surviving the test shall be
standard. scrapped.
7.2 Routine pressure test
8 Pressure relief devices
Pressure tests shall be carried out on all
compartments after manufacture. Each 8.1 General conditions
compartment shall be subjected to a test pressure If necessary, compartments within the scope of this
of 1,3 times the design pressure for standard shall be provided with protective devices.
at least one minute. Typical examples are:
As far as possible the test should be carried out on a) Bursting discs
completely assembled compartments.
b) Self-closing valves
This does not apply for compartments with rated
c) Non-self-closing devices
filling pressure (as per clause 3.5) of 0,5 bar (gauge)
and below. d) Integrated pressure relief devices
After this test the compartments shall show no The protective devices shall be constructed, located
signs of distress or distortion likely to affect the and installed so that they are accessible for
operation of the switchgear. inspection and repair. They shall be protected
against accidental damage.
7.3 Proof tests
The devices need not be installed directly on the
For each design of compartment which is not compartment. The discharge areas and any
calculated or where doubt exists regarding the connecting ports to or within the compartment shall
accuracy of the calculations a proof procedure shall be of adequate size to permit effective relief in the
be carried out as follows: event of overpressure.
The proof procedure shall be a pressure withstand Pressure relief devices shall be arranged so as to
test carried out on one compartment for each type of minimize the danger to an operator during the time
design of representative compartments. he is performing his normal operating duties.
Because of the variety of versions of compartments Pressure relief devices may be connected to the
in switchgear and controlgear it is not practical or compartment or in the gas supply lines of the
necessary to make pressure withstand tests for gas-filling plant.
every design of compartments, furthermore, the
compartments sometimes differ only in regard to In the case of devices fitted to compartments
individual details which have no influence on the connected to an external source of pressure these
pressure withstand. shall be designed to limit the pressure to 1,1 × the
design pressure. In the case of devices fitted in gas
The performance of any particular arrangement supply lines of the gas-filling plant these shall be
may be substantiated by test results from designed to limit the overpressure to 1,1 times the
comparable arrangements. filling pressure.
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Annex A (informative)
A-deviations
A-deviation: National deviation due to regulations, the alteration of which is for the time being outside
the competence of the CEN/CENELEC member.
This European Standard falls under Directives 89/106/EEC and 93/38/EEC.
NOTE (from CEN/CENELEC IR Part 2, 3.1.9): Where standards fall under EC Directives, it is the view of the Commission of the
European Communities (OJ No C 59; 1982-03-09) that the effect of the decision of the Court of Justice in case 815/79
Cremonini/Vrankovich (European Court Reports 1980, p. 3583)is that compliance with A-deviations is no longer mandatory and that
the free movement of products complying with such a standard should not be restricted except under the safeguard procedure
provided for in the relevant Directive.
A-deviations in an EFTA-country are valid instead of the relevant provisions of the European Standard
in that country until they have been removed.
Clause Deviation
2.1 Italy (Ministerial Decree of December 1,1980 and September 10,1981, published in the
Gazzetta Ufficiale No. 285, 1981-10-16)
Gas-filled compartments having a design pressure exceeding 0,5 bar (gauge) or a volume
exceeding 2 000 litres shall be designed to the Italian pressure vessel code for electrical
switchgear.
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