About the New Russian Federation Standard on Turbogenerators

The article presents the results of the activities conducted by the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology (Rosstandart)’s Technical Committee TC 333 "Rotating electrical machines" on the development and enactment of the standard for turbogenerators GOST R 70940-2023. The problems of harmonizing Russian and interstate standards with international ones are described. The connection of the new standard with the regulatory documents in force in the territory of the Russian Federation is demonstrated. A comparative analysis of the substantive part of GOST IEC 60034-3 previously used in the territory of the Russian Federation and the newly introduced standard is performed, which eliminates existing deficiencies, inconsistencies and typos, and takes into account the requirements for power equipment used in the Unified Energy System of the Russian Federation. The activities conducted by the Technical Committee TC 333 and its interaction with related committees are described. The new standard – GOST R 70940-2023 has been developed by specialists of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University with active initiative participation of specialists of JSC Power Machines, PJSC Forward Energo, JSC Sevkavelektroremont, JSC Rosseti STC, RPA Elsib PJSC, JSC Institute Gidroproekt, OJSC AAEM, OJSC ETC UralEnergoEngineering, National Research University Moscow Power Engineering Institute with assistance by TC 016, TC 322, and support by FSBI Russian Standardization Institute.