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    Ampacity Calculation 2013

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    The document provides parameters and calculations for determining the ampacity of an electrical cable. It lists parameters such as ambient temperature, conductor resistance, dielectric properties, cable dimensions, and thermal resistances. The calculations determine the AC current resistance, dielectric loss, sheath loss, thermal resistances, and ultimately the ampacity rating of the cable based on these parameters.

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    The document provides parameters and calculations for determining the ampacity of an electrical cable. It lists parameters such as ambient temperature, conductor resistance, dielectric properties, cable dimensions, and thermal resistances. The calculations determine the AC current resistance, dielectric loss, sheath loss, thermal resistances, and ultimately the ampacity rating of the cable based on these parameters.

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    The document provides parameters and calculations for determining the ampacity of an electrical cable. It lists parameters such as ambient temperature, conductor resistance, dielectric properties, cable dimensions, and thermal resistances. The calculations determine the AC current resistance, dielectric loss, sheath loss, thermal resistances, and ultimately the ampacity rating of the cable based on these parameters.

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    The document provides parameters and calculations for determining the ampacity of an electrical cable. It lists parameters such as ambient temperature, conductor resistance, dielectric properties, cable dimensions, and thermal resistances. The calculations determine the AC current resistance, dielectric loss, sheath loss, thermal resistances, and ultimately the ampacity rating of the cable based on these parameters.

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    The document discusses various parameters used to calculate the ampacity of an electrical cable such as resistance, capacitance, thermal resistance, etc. It also describes the cable specifications.

    The parameters used to calculate ampacity include: DC current resistance, temperature coefficient of copper, skin effect correction factor, proximity effect factor, dielectric constant, loss factor, resistivity of materials, thermal resistivities, cable dimensions, ambient temperature, etc.

    The steps involve calculating: 1) AC current resistance considering skin and proximity effects, 2) dielectric losses, 3) sheath losses, and 4) thermal resistances between different cable layers to determine the maximum current carrying capacity.

    Ampacity Calculation

    Parameter Electrical Cable Parameter


    Ro 20 q Ks f Kp Load factor rsoil Ambient Temperature Sheath Temperature e tan d w U0 r20 rT 0.0221 0.00393 90 1 50 0.8 0.7 0.7 25 80 2.5 0.001 314.1592654 39.83716857 W/m /C C Hz DC current resistance at temperature 20C Temperature Coefficient Copper conductor Maximum Temperature Skin-effect correction factor Frequency Proximity Effect factor Thermal resistivity Ambient temperature Dielectric constant Loss factor soil (Alpha) (Theta)

    Amount

    Greek

    Km/W C C

    (Rho)

    XLPE XLPE

    (Epsilon) (Tan Delta)

    21.4 Wm 3.5 tKm/W

    Resistivity (x10 ) of sheath Thermal resistivity of insulation

    -8

    Lead or alloy XLPE

    (Rho) (Rho)

    Physical Cable Parameter Rated nominal Voltage Nominal Cross sectional area Minimum number of wires in the conductor Diameter of Conductor Thickness of conductor screen Thickness of insulation Range of diameter over insulation

    69 800 53 34 1.5 11 59

    kV sq.mm. mm. mm. mm. mm.

    Thickness of insulation screen Minimum thickness of lead sheath Minimum average of thickness non-metallic sheath (PE) Range of overall diameter Outer diameter of lead sheath Inner diameter of lead sheath Average diameter of lead sheath thickness of insulation (t1)

    1.5 mm. 3 mm. 3 76 70 64 67 14 mm. mm mm. mm. mm. mm.

    34 mm

    1.5 11 1.5 3

    Criteria Outer diameter Inside diameter Cable depth Number of cable Mutual heating factor

    160 mm. 130.8 mm. 12.18 m 6 1

    Calculation
    1. AC Current Resistance Rdc Xs ys xp
    2

    2.81797E-05 W/m 4.4594 0.0956 3.5675 0.0629 0.0452 0.01011 3.116E-05

    DC current resistance at temperature 90C Skin effect factor

    tmp1 tmp2 yp Rac 2. Dielectric loss C Wd

    Proximity effect factor

    2.97649E-10 F/m 0.148399142 W/m

    Capacitance Dielectric Loss

    3. Sheath Loss For cross bonding; circulating current = 0 Rs m m<1 so 1,2 = 0 tmp 0 1" 4. Thermal Resistance T1 T3 qm T 4 T4 D0 T4 Dx m T4m T4 T 4m tmp1 tmp2 Ampacity

    0.000418809 0.075012534 0.209375 0.000735871 0.009890532

    Sheath Resistance

    Circulating current

    Lamda

    0.334656453 Km/W 0.045810099 Km/W 57.5 C 0.423245971 Km/W 0.112246461 Km/W 480 mm 3.08828182 Km/W 9.315008301 236.601 0.553 1.496447503 Km/W 3.623774252 Km/W 2.031939936 Km/W 64.43060547 7.5811E-05 921.8916706 Amp

    Thermal Resistance between conductor and sheath Thermal Resistance of jacket

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