Electric power industry consulting
Very often we see posts where designers and installers share beautiful photos of successfully completed projects. However, then, quietly, in private correspondence, the exploiting organizations share other photos and accompany them with words “What should we do with this?” or “How do we fix this”? In short, many “successful” projects turn out to be “UNsuccessful”
Previously, oil-soaked paper was used as insulation for medium-voltage cables of 6-20 kV classes. At the same time, there were two core designs – round-shape or sector-shape. The advantages of cables with sector cores (Design 1) are shown on the slide. Currently, cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) is mainly used as cable insulation. Of course, the question
We know that one of the advantages of cables with solid insulation (XLPE, EPR, PVC) is that these cables have no restrictions on the height difference of the route. We can lay such cables horizontally, vertically, at an angle. Any cable arrangement is allowed, as long as the cable bending radius is not violated and
In 6-35 kV networks, single-core cables are most often arranged in a closed triangle (1), and cable screens have a small cross-section of up to 50 mm2 and a simple solid grounding. Let us figure out what happens if the cables, contrary to the project, are laid not in a closed triangle, but otherwise. Three
If the outer sheath of the cable is damaged, water can penetrate into the cable, and this will lead to the defects in the XLPE insulation, followed by its breakdown (that is cable will get a short circuit). Therefore, it is important to monitor the condition of the outer sheath of the cable, preventing the
The method of symmetrical components is used to calculate the normal and emergency modes of the electric network. The method represents an any mode (even asymmetric) as a composition of three separate symmetrical ones:✅ Positive sequence “1”.✅ Negative sequence “2”.✅ Zero sequence “0”. To use the method, it is important that the longitudinal impedances Z1,
There are two main types of power transmission lines – overhead lines and cable lines. Traditionally, in high-voltage networks, the total length of overhead lines exceeded the total length of cable lines. Therefore, some errors in the calculations of impedances of cable lines were not able to lead to serious consequences. However, gradually, especially with
The vast majority of cable lines (CL) are double-circuit. Two circuits are needed not only to increase the transmitted power, but also for reliability reasons. If one circuit turns out to be disconnected (for testing, damage locating, repair, replacement), then the second circuit can provide power supply to consumers (to load). Two modes are possible
Sometimes we have to lay our cable line (CL) along some other 6-750 kV existing lines (cable or overhead). In such cases, we have to think about the magnitude of the induced voltages on the core and screens of our CL. Such interference is caused by the magnetic field of currents passing in adjacent cable
When designing 6-500 kV cable lines, one of the important tasks is to carry out thermal calculations and select the cable core cross-section (taking into account all influencing factors). The customer gives us the current that the cable line should pass, and we tell him which combination of cable core cross-section and screen bonding type