Overvoltages and protection / 01.11.2023

Surge arrester and backup protection

Unfortunately, when checking the resistance of equipment to short-circuit currents, it is necessary to take into account not the time of the main protection (usually less than 0.1 seconds), but the time of backup protection (can reach 0.5-2.0 seconds). Such rules, for example, are applied all over the world when designing cable lines. This means

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Cable lines in ducts / 21.10.2023

Laying cables in pipes (part 3)

Let’s explain how, using the system of correction coefficients given in cable catalogs, the influence of pipes on the long-term permissible current should be taken into account. The error in such calculations is actually due not only to the fact that the catalogs have lost the relevance of the correction factor Kp = 0.9. To

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Cable lines in ducts / 21.10.2023

Laying cables in pipes (part 2)

Figure (A) shows the thermal scheme of a cable line laid in the ground. The following designations are used: Pc, Ps – loss of active power in the core and metallic screen of the cable; Tc, Ts, Tg – temperature of the core, screen, ground; Rins, Rosh, Rg – thermal resistances of insulation, outer sheath,

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Cable lines in ducts / 21.10.2023

Laying cables in pipes (part 1)

Laying cables in pipes is a common way of laying high-voltage cable lines. Usually, pipes are accounted for using a correction factor K=0.9, that is, it is assumed that laying cables in pipes reduces the permissible current by 10%. For example, if the cable line in the ground had a permissible current of 1000 A,

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Cable lines in ducts / 21.10.2023

Do cable factories know everything about cables?

In the cable catalogs of leading manufacturers of power cables there is a system of correction coefficients for selecting the core cross-section. According to this system, laying cables in pipes reduces the long-term permissible current (current capacity) of the cable line, and the corresponding correction factor is 0.9. I must say that this is incorrect.

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Cable lines / 01.10.2023

Surprises with “well-known” screens cross-bonding

If you are communicating with a person who puffs out his cheeks and says that he is perfectly familiar with the screens cross-bonding of single-core high voltage cables, then ask him next simple question – “What is the difference between two types of screens cross-bonding shown on schemes (a) and (b)?” There is type “123-312”

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Cable lines / 15.09.2023

Special type of sheath voltage limiters (SVL)

High voltage cables have an outer sheath. It is very important to ensure that sheath does not have serious damage. Otherwise, water may get into the cable, which in a few years will lead to a short-circuit of main XLPE-insulation. The sheath tests are performed by applying a DC of 10 kV between the cable

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Various energy topics / 01.09.2023

Safety of the private electricity storage

Previously, cars had nothing to do with electric grids. However, with the development of renewable energy sources (solar, wind, etc.), the situation began to change. We gradually started to integrate ordinary personal cars into the energy sector. A new era has begun – hybrid or even fully electric cars have appeared. Such cars, for example,

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