European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization

Effects of electromagnetic interference on pipelines caused by high voltage a.c. electric traction systems and/or high voltage a.c. power supply systems
 N EN 50443

Annotation

The presence of a.c. power supply systems or of a.c. electric traction systems (in this standard also indicated as a.c. power systems) may cause voltages to build up in pipeline systems, (in this standard indicated as interfered systems) running in the close vicinity, due to one or more of the following mechanisms:

inductive coupling,

conductive coupling,

capacitive coupling.

Such voltages may cause danger to persons, damage to pipelines or connected equipment or disturbance to the electrical/ electronic equipment connected to the pipeline.

This European Standard deals with the situations where these effects may arise and with the maximum tolerable limits of the interference effects, taking into account the behaviour of the a.c power systems both in normal operating condition and/or during faults.

NOTE In the worst case, the pipe may not disperse current to ground. As a consequence, the prospective touch voltage coincides with the interference voltage.

This European Standard applies to all metallic pipelines irrespective of the conveyed fluid, e.g. liquid or gas, liable to be interfered by high voltage a.c. railway and high voltage a.c. power supply systems.

The objective of this standard is to establish:

the procedure for evaluating the electromagnetic interference;