BS EN 50328:2003

This standard BS EN 50328:2003 Railway applications. Fixed installations. Electronic power convertors for substations is classified in these ICS categories:

• 29.280 Electric traction equipment
• 29.200 Rectifiers. Converters. Stabilized power supply

This European Standard specifies the requirements for the performance of all fixed installations electronic power converters, using controllable and/or non-controllable electronic valves, intended for traction power supply.

The devices can be controlled by means of current, voltage or light. Non-bistable devices are assumed to be operated in the switched mode.

This European Standard applies to fixed installations of following electric traction systems:

• railways,

• guided mass transport systems such as: tramways, light rail systems, elevated and underground railways, mountain railways, trolleybusses. This European Standard does not apply to

• cranes, transportable platforms and similar transportation equipment on rails,

• suspended cable cars,

• funicular railways.

This European Standard applies to diode rectifiers, controlled rectifiers, inverters and frequency converters.

The equipment covered in this European Standard is the converter itself.