Implementation of NATO standards to improve the electromagnetic immunity and compatibility of equipment of the critical infrastructure objects

Abstract

Ensuring that domestic technical equipment meets modern safety and reliability requirements in accordance with NATO standards is a pressing problem in Ukraine. Without metrological support for testing the electromagnetic compatibility and immunity to powerful electromagnetic fields of natural and artificial origin, it is impossible to ensure reliable and safe use of modern electronic, electroenergetics and electric equipment in critical infrastructure facilities. The paper presents the metrological traceability paths of the state measurement standards in the field of electromagnetic measurements, established at the NSC “Institute of Metrology”, to the SI units. The results of the research on the measurement standard of the electromagnetic field strength unit in the frequency range from 0.01 MHz to 43 GHz (NDETU EM-05-2021), established at the NSC “Institute of Metrology”, are described. The connection of the NDETU EM-05-2021 measurement standard with the measurement standards of the power unit of electromagnetic oscillations in coaxial and waveguide transmission lines and the standard of AC electric voltage is demonstrated. The lists of tests in accordance with the AESTR-500 standard, which are supported by the measurement standards of the NSC “Institute of Metrology”, and the equipment that can be calibrated by the national measurement standards are given. The examples of tests for electromagnetic compatibility carried out in the testing centre of the State Enterprise “Kharkivstandartmetrologiya” are provided. Based on the results of the developed statistical models at the Research and Design Institute “Molniya” for predicting the vulnerability to electromagnetic effects of atmospheric phenomena on critical infrastructure facilities, the examples of the distribution of lines of the equal potential (in kilovolts) on the ground surface in the short circuit mode and the distributions of probability density of lightning strikes are presented. The distributions of the equal potential lines on the ground surface in the short-circuit mode of high-voltage substations are modelled based on calculations.