IEC Power Quality Standards

IEC power quality standards

  • IEC 61000-4-11 - voltage sag immunity - 16 amps or less
  • IEC 61000-4-34 - voltage sag immunity - more than 16 amps
  • IEC 61000-4-30 - Power quality measurement methods

  • General IEC power quality standards
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    • IEC Power quality standards - numbering system
      • 61000-1-X - Definitions and methodology
      • 61000-2-X - Environment (e.g. 61000-2-4 is compatibility levels in industrial plants)
      • 61000-3-X - Limits (e.g. 61000-3-4 is limits on harmonics emissions)
      • 61000-4-X - Tests and measurements (e.g. 61000-4-30 is power quality measurements)
      • 61000-5-X - Installation and mitigation
      • 61000-6-X - Generic immunity & emmissions standards
    • IEC SC77A: Low frequency EMC Phenomena -- essentially equivalent of "power quality" in American terminology
      • TC 77/WG 1: Terminology (part of the parent Technical Committee)
      • SC 77A/WG 1: Harmonics and other low-frequency disturbances
      • SC 77A/WG 6: Low frequency immunity tests
      • SC 77A/WG 2: Voltage fluctuations and other low-frequency disturbances
      • SC 77A/WG 8: Electromagnetic interference related to the network frequency
      • SC 77A/WG 9: Power Quality measurement methods
      • SC 77A/PT 61000-3-1: Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) - Part 3-1: Limits - Overview of emission standards and guides. Technical Report