Description of BS EN 50522:2022 2023

This document is applicable to specify the requirements for the design and erection of earthing systems of electrical installations, in systems with nominal voltage above 1 kV AC and nominal frequency up to and including 60 Hz, so as to provide safety and proper functioning for the use intended. NOTE 1 The technical and procedural principles of this document can be applied when 3rd parties’ installations and facilities are planned and/or erected in the vicinity of HV electrical power installations. For the purpose of interpreting this document, an electrical power installation is considered to be one of the following: a) substation, including substation for railway power supply; b) electrical power installations on mast, pole and tower; switchgear and/or transformers located outside a closed electrical operating area; c) one (or more) power station(s) located on a single site; the electrical power installation includes generators and transformers with all associated switchgear and all electrical auxiliary systems. Connections between generating stations located on different sites are excluded; d) the electrical system of a factory, industrial plant or other industrial, agricultural, commercial or public premises; e) electrical power installations on offshore facilities for the purpose of generation, transmission, distribution and/or storage of electricity; f) transition towers/poles between overhead lines and underground lines. The electrical power installation includes, among others, the following equipment: — rotating electrical machines; — switchgear; — transformers and reactors; — converters; — cables; — wiring systems; — batteries; — capacitors; — earthing systems; — buildings and fences which are part of a closed electrical operating area; — associated protection, control and auxiliary systems; — large air core reactor. NOTE 2 In general, a standard for an item of equipment takes precedence over this document. This document does not apply to the design and erection of earthing systems of any of the following: — overhead and underground lines between separate installations; NOTE 3 The standard, EN 50341 series Overhead lines exceeding AC 1 kV, specifies requirements for the design and erection of earthing systems in overhead lines. — electrified railway tracks and rolling stock; — mining equipment and installations; — fluorescent lamp installations; — installations on ships and off-shore installations; — electrostatic equipment (e.g. electrostatic precipitators, spray-painting units); — test sites; — medical equipment, e.g. medical X-ray equipment. NOTE 4 The scope of this document does not include the requirements for carrying out live working on electrical power installations. NOTE 5 The scope of this document considers safety requirements for HV installations and its influences on LV installations. For electrical installation up to 1 kV, the standard IEC 60364 series applies.

Standard Number	BS EN 50522:2022
Title	Earthing of power installations exceeding 1 kV a.c.
Status	Under Review
Publication Date	2023-02-13
Replaces	BS EN 50522:2010
Identical National Standard Of	EN 50522
Descriptors	Cathodic protection, Electrical measurement, Equations, Designations, Mathematical calculations, Selection, Electric conductors, Overhead power lines, Low voltage, Tramway systems, Corrosion protection, Maritime structures, Design, Classification systems, Grades (quality), Electric power systems, Scaffolds, Electrical safety, Direct current, Shape, Electric cables, Electrical properties of materials, Occupational safety, Electrical equipment, Circuit diagrams, Soils, Railway equipment, Fences, Metals, High-voltage equipment, Street furniture, Electric power stations, Performance testing, Domestic electrical installations, Alternating current, Performance, Railway electric traction equipment, Industrial, Electric substations, Lightning protection, Electrical protection equipment, Explosive atmospheres, Caravans, Mobile, Lighting systems, Earthing, Electric power networks, Corrosion resistance, Mining, Electric generators, Earth electrodes, Electric discharges, Resistance measurement, Electrical resistance, Electrical impedance, Electrical resistivity, Inspection
ICS	29.120.50 Fuses and other overcurrent protection devices
Committee	PEL/99
ISBN	978 0 539 03985 6
Publisher	BSI
Pages	114

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