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Part I

Part II

Part III

Part IV

Part V

Electric motors, drives and energy saving

Switchgear assemblies and captive (emergency) power generation

Voltage surges,  over voltages, circuit interrupters and
grounding practices

Power capacitors and reactive power controls

Busbar systems






Energy saving
   
Energy efficient motors (EEM)
   
Developments in semi-conductor devices and their
applications in ac/dc drives, HV dc transmission, SVC's
and other power applications
   
Shielding of signals and isolated or clean grounding of power electronic circuits
   
Prevention from bearing currents
caused by PWM
inverters
Energy based discrimination of current limiting breakers
   
Compact switchgear
assemblies
   
Protection schemes
   
Intelligent switchboards
   
Additional tests on switchgear assemblies like :
 - impact test, internal arcing test and separators for operational safety, glow wire test
- Impulse test on LV system
- Restrictions on use of hazardous substances
(RoHS)
   
Some new techniques of
recording and predicting an
earthquake
   
Passing reference to tsunami warning systems
   
Non-conventional methods of current measurement
   
Hybrid current sensors
   
Hall effect sensors,
Rogowski coils and Digital optical instrument transformers
   
EMC/EMI testing requirements
   
Generator grounding and reactive load sharing
 
Gas insulated compact sub-stations (GIS)
   
LV surge protection and surge protection devices (SPDs)
   
Metal oxide distribution class surge arresters
   
HV and LV vacuum contactors
   
Grounding systems
 
Special purpose capacitors
   
Auto-reclosure scheme for transient stability and
   
Use of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
(SCADA) system for dynamic stability of a power network
   
Serial data transmission,
communication interfaces and protocols
   
EMC/EMI (Electromagnetic
compatibility and
interferences)
   
EMC/EMI norms and many more small and relevant topics
Sandwich and compact low loss bus systems
   
Partially isolated bus-systems
   
More tables and details on copper busbar systems
   
Designing of copper bus systems
   
New safety measures and tests prescribed by IEC



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