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ELECTROTECHNICALVOCABULARY
PART 42 POWER CAPACITORS
(

First Revision )

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Basic Electrotechnical

NATIONAL

Standards

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ET 01

FOREWORD

This Indian Standard ( Part 42 ) ( First Revision ) which

%ternational
electrotechnical
vocabulary - Chapter 436
national Electrotechnical
Commission ( IEC ), was adopted
recommendation
of the Basic Electrotechnical
Standards
Electrotechnical
Division Council.
This Tndian Standard ( Part 42 ) was ftrst published
align with the international practice.

is identical with IEC Pub 50 ( 436 ) ( 1990 )

: Power capacitors,
issued by the Interby the Bureau of Indian Standards on the
Sectional Committee and approval of the

in 1985. The first revision has been undertaken

Only the English text given in the IEC publication has been retained while adopting
Standard, and as such the page numbers given here are not same as in IEC publication.

to

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IS 1885 ( Fart 42 ) : 1993

IEC Pub 50 (436) (1990)

Indian Standard
ELECTROTECHNICAL VOCABULARY
PART 42 POWER
SECTION 436.Ol436-01-01
capacitance

CAPACITORS
GENERAL TERMS
436-01-10
discharging

of a capacitor (jxoperty)

The ability of a capacitor to store an electrical charge.

436-01-02
capacitance

of a capacitor

The release of all or part of the energy stored in a

capacitor.
436-01-11
discharging

of a capacitor (quantity)

current

of a capacitor

The electrical charge on one of the capacitor electrodes

divided by the potential difference between them, the
influence of any other conductor being negligible.

The current which flows during the discharging

capacitor.

436-01-03
(capacitor) element

436-01-12
rated capacitance

A device consisting
essentially
separated by a dielectric.
436-01-04
(capacitor)

of two electrodes

of a capacitor

The capacitance value derived from the values of rated

output, voltage and frequency of the capacitor.
436-01-13
rated current

unit

of a capacitor

An assembly of one or more capacitor elements in the

same container with terminals brought out.

The r.m.s. value of the alternating

capacitor has been designed.

436-01-05
(capacitor)

436-01-14
rated frequency of a capacitor

stack

An assembly of capacitor units connected in series.

436-01-06
(capacitor)
A number
together.

The frequency
designed.

units connected

for which

current for which the

the capacitor

has been

436-01-15
rated voltage of a capacitor

bank
of capacitor

of a

so as to act

The r.m.s. value of the alternating voltage for which the

capacitor has been designed,

436-01-07
capacitor installation

436-01-16
rated output of a capacitor

One or more capacifor banks and their accessories.

The reactive power for which the capacitor has been

designed.

436-01-08
charging of a capacitor

436-01-17
rated temperature

The storage of energy in a capacitor.

436-01-09
charging current of a capacitor

category of a capacitor

The range of temperature of the ambient air or of the

cooling medium for which the capacitor has been
designed.

The current which flows during the chatging of a capacitor.

SECTION 436-02 -

FUNCTIONS
Note. - These capacitors are used primarily used for power.
factor correction by reactive power compensation.
436-02-03
series capacitor

436-02-01
power capacitor
A capacitor intended for use in a power network.
436-02-02
shunt capacitor

A power capacitor intended to be connected in series

with a line.
Note. --These capacitors are used primarily for the compensation of all or part of the reactance of the line.

A power capacitor intended to be connected in parallel

with a network.
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436-02-04

436-02-09

motor starting capacitor

circuit-breaker

A power capacitor that causes a phase shift in an

auxiliary winding of a motor and which is switched out
of a circuit once the motor is running.

Capacitors connected in parallel with interrupting units

of a pole of a circuit-breaker, intended to ensure a
suitable voltage distribution across them.

436-02-05
motor running capacitor

436-02-10
capacitor voltage divider

A power capacitor which, when used in conjunction

with an auxiliary winding of a motor, assists the motor
to start and improves the torque under running conditions.

A capacitor stack forming an alternating voltage divider.

436-02-11
coupling capacitor

436-02-06
filter capacitor

A capacitor used for the trammission

power system.

A power capacitor intended to form part of a circuit

designed to reduce one or more harmonic currents
present in a network.

436-02-12
high-voltage

436-02-07
power electronic

The capacitor connected between the high-voltage terminal and the intermediate voltage terminal of a
capacitor divider.

capacitor

A power capacitor intended to be used in power

electronic equipment and capable of operating continuously under non-sinusoidal conditions.

(of

capacitor

436-03-06
a.c. electrolytic capacitor
to a line conductor

An electrolytic
operation.

capacitor specially

designed

for a.c.

436-03-07
paper capacitor

A terminal intended for connection

to earth.

Acapacitor with a dielectric consisting ofpaperusually

impregnated.
436-03-08
film capacitor

voltage terminal (of a capacitor divider)

A terminal intended for connection

circuit such as the electromagnetic
voltage transformer.

to an intermediate
unit of a capacitor

A capacitor with a dielectric consisting

film usually impregnated.
436-03-09
mixed dielectric capacitor

terminal (of a capacitor divider)

of polymeric

A capacitor of which the dielectric consists of at least

two different solid substances usually impregnated.

A terminal intended for connection to earth either

directly or via an impedance of negligible value at
network frequency.

436-03-10
metal foil capacitor

Note. -In
a coupling capacitor, this terminal is connected
to the signal transmitting device.

436-03-05
electrolytic

capacitor

436-03 -TECHNOLOGY

436-03-02
earth terminal

436-03-04
low-voltage

voltage

The capacitor connected between the intermediate

voltage terminal and the low-voltage terminal of a
capacitor divider.

436-03-01 (421-02-01)
line terminal

436-03-03
intermediate

capacitor (of a capacitor divider)

intermediate
divider)

A power capacitor intended to store energy and to

release it within a very short time.

A terminal intended for connection

of a network.

of signals in a

436-02-l 3

436-02-08
energy storage capacitor

SECTION

capacitors

A capacitor ofwhich the electodcs consist of metal foils.

436-03-H
metallized

capacitor

Acapacitor in which the dielectric consists of an anoditally formed oxide film on one or both electrodes.

capacitor

Acapacitor of which the electrodes consist of a metallic

deposit on the dieleclic.
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436-03-12

a given value, within a given time, after the capacitor

has been disconnected from a network.

self-healing capacitor

436-03-16
internal fuse of a capacitor

A capacitor of which the electrical properties, after

local breakdown of the dielectric, are rapidly and essentially restored.

A fuse connected inside a capacitor unit, in series with

an element or a group of elements.

436-03-13 (212-03-01)
impregnating

436-03-17
overpmssure

The process of tilling with a liquid the interstices and

voids in an insulating material or a combination of
materials.
Note. -The
liquid may remain liquid or become solid after
impregnating,

436-03-14
overvoltage

disconnector for a capacitor

A disconnecting device designed to interrupt the current path in the event of abnormal increase of the
internal pressure.
436-03-M
capacitor bank protection

protector of a capacitor

Ageneral term for protective equipment

bank.

Afast-acting device intended to limit the voltage across

the capacitor terminals to a permissible value.

436-03-19
unbalance

436-03-15
discharge device of a capacitor

for a capacitor bank

A protection system employing device(s) sensitive to

the current or v&age difference between parts of a
bank.

A device which may be incorporated in a capacitor,

intended to reduce the voltage between the terminals to
SECTION 436-04 -

protection

for a capacitor

OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS

436-04-01
capacitance tolerance (of a capacitor)

Note. -This ratio corresponds to the sum of tbe capacitances

of the high-voltage and intermediate voltage capacitors
divided by the capacitance of the high-voltage capacitor.

The permissible
difference
between
the actual
capacitance and the rated capacitance under specified
conditions.

436-04-06
limiting voltage of a capacitor

436-04-02
equivalent series resistance (of a capacitor)

The maximum peak voltage which can be applied

periodically or occasionally to the terminals of the
capacitor.

A virtual resistance which, if connected in series with

an ideal capacitor of capacitance value equal to that of
the capacitor in question, would have a power loss
equal to the active power dissipated in that capacitor
under specified operating conditions.

436-04-07
maximum permissible a.c. voltage of a capacitor
The maximum r.m.s. alternating voltage which the capacitor
can sustain for a given time in specified condition?.
436-04-08.
limiting current of a capacitor

436-04-03
high frequency capacitance (of a capacitor)

The maximum peak current which can be carried periodically or occasionally by the capacitor.

The effective capacitance at a given frequency resulting from the joint effect ofthe intrinsic capacitance and
the self-inductance
of t.he capacitor.
436-04-04
open-circuit
divider)

intermediate

voltage

436-04-09
maximum permissible a.c. current of a capacitor
The maximum r.m.s. altematingcurrentwhich the capacitor
can sustain for a given time in specified conditions.

(of a capacitor

436-04-10
capacitor losses

The voltage across the terminals of the intermeditite

voltage capacitor when a voltage is applied between the
high-voltage and low-voltage terminals, no impedance
being connected in parallel with the intermediate voltage capacitor.

The active power dissipated in the capacitor.

436-04-H
tangent of the loss angle (of a capacitor)
tan 6 (Delta) (abbreviation)

436-04-05
(voltage) ratio of a capacitor,divider

The ratio between the equivalent series resistance and

the capacitive reactanced of the capacitor at specified
sinusoidal alternating voltage and frequency.

The ratio of the voltage applied to the capacitor divider

to the open circuit intermediate voltage.
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INDEX
A
xc. electrolytic capacilor

limiting voltage of a capacitor

line terminal

436-03-(X,

436-04-06
436-03-01
436-03-04

low voltage terminal (of a capacitor divider)

B
bank

436-01-06
C

capacitance of a capacitor (property)

capacitance of a capacitor (quantity)
capacitance tolerance (of a capacitor)
capacitor bank
capacitor bank protection
capncitor element
capacilor installaiion
capacitor losses
capacitor stack
capacitor unit
capacitor voltage divider
charging current of a capacitor
charging of a capacitor
circuit-breaker capacitors
coupling capacitor

436-01-01
436-01-02
,36-04-01
436-O! -06
436-03-18
436-01-03
436-01-07
436-04-10
436-01-05
436-01-04
436-02- 10
436-01-09
436-01-08
436-02-09
436-02-l 1

n
discharge device of a capaci!or
discharging of a capacitor
discharging current of a capacitor

436-03-15
436-01-10
436-01-11

a.c.

current

of

436-04-09

B.C. voltage

of

436-04-07
436-03-10
436-03-11
436-03-09
436-02-05
436-02-04

metallized capacitor
mixed dielectric capacitor
motor running capacitor
motor starting capaciior
0
open-circuit
intermediate
voltage (of
capacitor divider)
overpressure disconnector for a capacitor
overvoltage protector of a capacitor

436-04-04
436-03-17
436-03-14

r
paper capacitor

436-03-07

power capacilor
power electronic capacitor

436-02-01
436-02-07
K

rated capacitance of a capacitor

rated current of a capacitor
rated frequency of a capacitor
rated output of a capacitor
rated temperature category of a capticitor
rated voltage of a capacitor
ratio of a capacitor divider

E
earth terminal
electrolytic capacitor
element
energy storage capacitor
equivalent series resistance (of a capacitor)

maximum permissible
capacitor
maximum permissible
capacitor
metal foil capacitor

436-03-02
436-03-05
436-01-03
436-02-08
436-04-02

436-01-12
436-01-13
436-01-14
436-01-16
436-01-17
436-01-B
436-04-05

F
film capacitor
filter capacitor

436-03-08
436-02-O6

self-healing capacitor
series capacitor
shunt capacitor
stack
436-01-0.5

H
high frequency capacitance (of a capacitor)
high voltage capacitor (of a capacitor divider)

436-04-03
436-02- 12

impregnating
intermediate voltage capacitor (of a capacitor
divider)
intermediate voltage terminal (of a capacitor
divider)

internal fuse of a capacitor

436-03-13
436-02-13

Tan 6 (of a capacitor)

tangent of the loss angle [of a capacitor)

436-04-I 1
436-04-l 1

IT

436-03-03

unbalance protection for a capacitor bank

unit

436-03-16

1;
limiting current of a capacitor

436-03-12
436-O2-03
436-02-02

436-03-19
436-01-04

V
436-04-08

voltage ratio of a capacitor divider

436-04-05

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