EN 62501:2009/A2:2017

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Voltage sourced converter (VSC) valves for high-voltage direct curent (HVDC) power
transmission - Electrical testing (IEC 62501:2009/A2:2017 )
Ventile von Spannungszwischenkreis-Stromrichtern (VSC) für die
Hochspannungsgleichstromübertragung (HGÜ) - Elektrische Prüfung (IEC
62501:2009/A2:2017 )
Valves à convertisseur de source de tension (VSC) pour le transport d'énergie en
courant continu à haute tension (CCHT) - Essais électriques (IEC 62501:2009/A2:2017 )
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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 62501:2009/A2

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
December 2017
ICS 29.200; 29.240
English Version
Voltage sourced converter (VSC) valves for high-voltage direct
current (HVDC) power transmission - Electrical testing
(IEC 62501:2009/A2:2017)
Valves à convertisseur de source de tension (VSC) pour le Ventile von Spannungszwischenkreis-Stromrichtern (VSC)
transport d'énergie en courant continu à haute tension für die Hochspannungsgleichstromübertragung (HGÜ) -
(CCHT) - Essais électriques Elektrische Prüfung
(IEC 62501:2009/A2:2017) (IEC 62501:2009/A2:2017)
This amendment A2 modifies the European Standard EN 62501:2009; it was approved by CENELEC on 2017-10-27. CENELEC members
are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this amendment the status of a
national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre or to any CENELEC member.
This amendment exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the
responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as
the official versions.
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Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

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© 2017 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
Ref. No. EN 62501:2009/A2:2017 E

European foreword
The text of document 22F/438/CDV, future edition 1 of IEC 62501:2009/A2:2017, prepared by SC 22F
"Power electronics for electrical transmission and distribution systems", of IEC/TC 22 "Power
electronic systems and equipment" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved
by CENELEC as EN 62501:2009/A2:2017.

The following dates are fixed:

• latest date by which this document has (dop) 2018-07-27
to be implemented at national level by
publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national (dow) 2020-10-27
standards conflicting with this
document have to be withdrawn
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 62501:2009/A2:2017 was approved by CENELEC as a
European Standard without any modification.
Modify the bibliography as follows:

In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards
indicated:
IEC 60146-2 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 60146-2.
IEC 61975 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 61975.
Modify the Annex ZA as follows:

Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content

constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE 1 When an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD

applies.
NOTE 2 Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu.
P ublication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60060 series High-voltage test techniques -- Part 1: EN 60060 series
General definitions and test requirements
IEC 60071 series Insulation co-ordination -- Part 1: EN 60071 series
Definitions, principles and rules
IEC 60270 -  High-voltage test techniques - Partial EN 60270 -
discharge measurements
IEC 60700-1 2015 Thyristor valves for high voltage direct EN 60700-1 2015
current (HVDC) power transmission -- Part
1: Electrical testing
IEC 62747 -  Terminology for voltage-sourced EN 62747 -
converters (VSC) for high-voltage direct
current (HVDC) systems
ISO/IEC 17025 -  General requirements for the competence -EN ISO/IEC 17025 -
of testing and calibration laboratories

IEC 62501 ®
Edition 1.0 2017-09
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
A MENDMENT 2
AM ENDEMENT 2
Voltage sourced converter (VSC) valves for high-voltage direct current (HVDC)

power transmission – Electrical testing

Valves à convertisseur de source de tension (VSC) pour le transport d’énergie

en courant continu à haute tension (CCHT) – Essais électriques

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
INTERNATIONALE
ICS 29.200; 29.240.99 ISBN 978-2-8322-4808-9

– 2 – IEC 62501:2009/AMD2:2017
© IEC 2017
FOREWORD
This amendment has been prepared by subcommittee 22F: Power electronics for electrical
transmission and distribution systems, of IEC technical committee 22: Power electronic
systems and equipment.
The text of this amendment is based on the following documents:
CDV Report on voting
22F/438/CDV 22F/457/RVC
Full information on the voting for the approval of this amendment can be found in the report
on voting indicated in the above table.
The committee has decided that the contents of this amendment and the base publication will
remain unchanged until the stability date indicated on the IEC website under
"http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to the specific publication. At this date, the
publication will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
_____________
1 Scope
Delete the third paragraph, added by IEC 62501:2009/AMD1:2014.
2 Normative references
Delete, in the reference IEC 60270:2000, High-voltage test techniques – Partial discharge
measurements, added by IEC 62501:2009/AMD1:2014, the publication year.
Replace the existing reference IEC 60700-1 and its footnote by the following new reference:
IEC 60700-1:2015, Thyristor valves for high voltage direct current (HVDC) power transmission
– Part 1: Electrical testing
Add the following new reference:
IEC 62747, Terminology for voltage-sourced converters (VSC) for high-voltage direct current
(HVDC) systems
3 Terms and definitions
Replace the existing first sentence by the following new sentence:

IEC 62501:2009/AMD2:2017 – 3 –
© IEC 2017
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in IEC 62747 and the
following apply
3.5.5
valve base electron
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