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Relevant IEC Standards

 

IEC Technical Committees involved

Currently 24 IEC Technical Committees and Subcommittees participate in Smart Grid efforts

 

Technical Committee

 Title / Technology sector

TC 3

Information structures, documentation and graphical symbols

  • Information structures, documentation and documents
  • Graphical symbols for use in diagrams and on equipment in the field of installations, systems and product engineering

TC 8

Systems aspects for electrical energy supply
Covers the whole electricity supply chain from production to utilization. Includes:

  • Electrical systems reliability, connection practices and operation
  • Network responsibility, metering, data exchange and balancing
  • Communications, charging mechanisms
  • Outsourcing of network related services
  • Characteristics of energy supply

TC 13

Electrical energy measurement, tariff- and load control
Metering equipment used to measure and control electrical energy and demand in power stations. Includes:

  • Transmission, distribution and supply networks
  • Data for billing, market and network operation
  • Energy management
  • Customer information

SC 17C

High-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies

  • Prefabricated assemblies which are a combination of one or more parts of switchgear and controlgear
  • Communication requirements of HV (High Voltage) switchgear assemblies
  • Measuring, signalling, protective, regulating equipment
  • Gas-insulated transmission lines

TC 21

Secondary cells and batteries

  • Starter, traction and stationary batteries used for the propulsion of electric and hybrid road vehicles
  • Photovoltaic electricity storage systems
  • Safety requirements for secondary batteries and battery installations
  • Radio frequency identification tags

SC 22F

Power electronics for electrical transmission and distribution systems
Electronic power conversion and/or semiconductor switching equipment and systems and their
application to electrical transmission and distribution systems, including control, protection and
monitoring. Includes:

  • Converters for HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current)
  • SVC (Static Var Compensators)
  • CSC (Controlled Series Capacitors)
  • Other applications where power electronics and semiconductors are used

TC 23

Electrical accessories
All electrical accessories used in electrical installations and systems (including appliances and
machineries) in private, commercial and public buildings. Includes:

  • Conduit systems
  • Systems for cable trunking, ducting and support
  • HBES (Home and Building Electronic Systems) and other switches
  • Plugs and socket-outlets
  • Cable reels, adaptors, circuit-breakers
  • Devices protecting against electric shock
  • Contactors
  • Connecting devices
  • Enclosures for accessories
  • Appliance couplers
  • Cord sets

TC 32

Fuses
Specifications of essential characteristics for installation and operation of high voltage, low voltage and miniature fuses, including definition of requirements and test methods

TC 38

Instrument transformers

  • Current, inductive and capacitive voltage transformers
  • Electronic current and voltage instrument transformers
  • Standardization of Digital Communication Protocols

TC 57

Power systems management and associated information exchange
Real-time and non-real-time information exchange in the planning, operation and maintenance of power systems. Includes:

  • EMS (Energy Management Systems)
  • SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition)
  • Distribution automation
  • Teleprotection

TC 64

Electrical installations and protection against electric shock
Definition of requirements for the installation of electrical equipment to avoid electric shock and other hazards arising from the use of electricity

TC 65

Industrial-process measurement, control and automation
For systems operating with electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic or mechanical systems. Includes:

  • Safety and security aspects
  • Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic systems in wired, optical and wireless industrial networks

TC 69

Electric road vehicles and industrial trucks

  • Road vehicles, totally or partly electrically propelled from self-contained power sources
  • Electric industrial trucks

TC 77

Electromagnetic compatibility
Aimed to protect equipment, systems and installations from the unintentional generation, propagation and reception of electromagnetic energy (low to high frequency) and the unwanted effects that such interference may produce

TC 82

Solar photovoltaic energy systems
Photovoltaic conversion of solar energy into electrical energy including all light input to a solar cell and interface with the electrical system to which energy is supplied

SC 86A
SC 86B
SC 86C

Fibres and cables, fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components, fibre optic systems and active devices

  • Terminology, generic characteristics, test and measurement methods
  • Functional interfaces
  • Specifications for all types of single-mode and multimode optical fibres
  • System performance, interoperability and operation of indoor and outdoor cables
  • Mechanical, environmental, optical and electrical requirements

TC 88

Wind turbines
All subsystems of wind turbines, such as mechanical and internal electrical systems, support structures and control and protection systems

TC 95

Measuring relays and protection equipment
Power protection systems including control, monitoring and process interface equipment. Used by electricity supply utilities, manufacturers of power system protection equipment and industrial users

TC 105

Fuel cell technologies
Potential complement to renewable technologies such as wind turbines and photovoltaic. Includes:

  • Fuel cells for stationary, portable and transportable fuel cell systems
  • Auxiliary power units and propulsion other than road vehicles

TC 114

Marine energy – Wave, tidal and other water current converters
Conversion of wave, tidal and other water current energy into electrical energy. Excludes:
Tidal barrage and dam installations. Includes:

  • Design and safety requirements
  • Power quality, manufacturing and factory testing
  • Evaluation and mitigation of environmental impacts

CISPR

International special committee on radio interference
Protection of radio reception from interference sources such as:

  • Electrical appliances of all types
  • Ignition systems
  • Electricity supply systems, including electric transport systems

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC25

Interconnection of information technology equipment

 
 
 
 
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