IEC/TR 62271-303:2008 addresses the procedures for safe and environmental compatible handling of SF6 during installation, commissioning, normal and abnormal operations, disposal at the end of life of high voltage switchgear and controlgear. Storage and transportation of SF6 are also covered. These procedures should be regarded as minimum requirements to ensure the safety of personnel working with SF6 and to minimize the SF6 emission to the environment. This first edition of IEC/TR 62271-303 cancels and replaces the first edition of IEC 61634 published in 1995. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: IEC/TR 62271-303 is a major revision of the old IEC 61634. The former sections of IEC 61634 are removed and replaced by the chapters of the CIGRE brochure n. 276. IEC 61634 was issued in 1995 when the focus was on safety. In 2008, safety is a very well known and established concept and the focus is nowadays on the environmental compatibility. SF6 must be kept in a closed cycle and any intentional release must be forbidden. The implementation of the SF6 reuse concept suggested in the CIGRE brochure was updated with the most recent information. Today SF6 can be recovered and reclaimed for either being reused on-site or given back to the gas supplier and reused as raw material for the production of "technical grade SF6". Detailed procedures for appropriate SF6 handling are given together with the description of the state-of-the-art equipments and measuring devices.
Thir report deals with the use ot SF6 gas and those of its chemical derivatives which are produced in switchgear and controlgear during normal service and under certain abnormal conditions. Two main aspects are covered: - the effects on humans of exposure to SF6 and its decomposition products; - the effects on the environment of SF6 and its decomposition products. The risks associated with contact with SF6 gas and suitable precautions are discussed for each stage in the normal life cycle of an item of equipment and under abnormal conditions. This publication has the status of a Technical Report - type 2.
IEC 62271-4:2013 applies to the procedures for handling of SF6 during installation, commissioning, normal and abnormal operations, disposal at the end of life of high voltage switchgear and controlgear. This first edition cancels and replaces the first edition of IEC/TR 62271-303 published in 2008. This first edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a) the description of the potential effects on health of SF6 by products (former Annex D of IEC/TR 62271-303:2008) has been replaced by the calculation methods for evaluating of the potential effects on health of SF6 by products (see Annex H); b) information about cryogenic reclaim of SF6. Have been added (see Annex I); c) handling procedures for the most popular SF6 mixtures have been added (see Annex J).
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