Impedance and Admittance Calculations of A Three-Core Power Cable by The Finite Element Method
Impedance and Admittance Calculations of A Three-Core Power Cable by The Finite Element Method
Impedance and Admittance Calculations of A Three-Core Power Cable by The Finite Element Method
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Between the core and insulation and sheath and insulation, B. Numerical Approach
there are semiconductor tapes which have the function of In order to find the self and mutual impedances of all
uniformly distributing the electric potential. These three metallic parts of the cable, a 1 A current is applied at one
materials are homogenized as one. For this, a correction must metallic element and measured the voltage in this and others.
be applied to the insulation electric permittivity given by: The self impedance is found by dividing the induced voltage
ln rs rc by the current at the element that the current is applied. The
cs cs (3)
ln b a mutual impedances are found by dividing the induced voltage
at the elements that have no current by the current that
produced this induction. 2 cs j cs
y12 (11)
C. Cable Impedances ln rs rc
Fig. 2 presents a three-core cable impedance diagram where cs is the insulation conductivity and cs is the
where: (i) the letters a, b, and c represent each core; (ii) the corrected permittivity of the insulation. Because of the high
numbers 1, 2, and 3 represent each sheath; (iii) and g resistivity of the insulating materials, only the capacitances on
represents the armor. them are considered (see Section VIII-B). The three-core
The voltage drop from g to g' on conductors are: cable capacitance diagram is shown in Fig. 3.
In addition, a numerical approach is performed and
Vag Vag ' zaa zab zac za1 za 2 za 3 zag I a compared with the analytical results for this capacitance.
V V z zbb zbc zb1 zb 2 zb 3 zbg I b
bg b g ' ab However, for sheath-sheath and sheath-armor capacitances,
Vcg Vcg ' zac zbc zcc zc1 zc 2 zc 3 zcg I c only numerical results are considered due to the non-
concentricity between these parts. The leakage currents on
V1g V1 g ' za1 zb1 zc1 z11 z12 z13 z1g I1 (8)
V2 g V2 g ' za 2 insulations from g to g’ in phases are:
zb 2 zc 2 z21 z22 z23 z2 g I 2
I a I a ycc 0 0 ycs 0 0 Vag
V3 g V3 g ' za 3 zb 3 zc 3 z31 z32 z33 z3 g I 3 I I 0 y 0 y
V V z 0 0 Vbg
g g' ag zbg zcg z1g z2 g z3 g z gg I g b b cc cs
I c I c 0 0 ycc 0 0 ycs Vcg
(12)
I1 I1 ycs 0 0 yss yss yss V1g
I 2 I 2 0 y 0 yss yss yss V2 g
cs
I 3 I 3 0 0 ycs yss yss yss V3 g
where ycc, ycs, yss and yss are, respectively, the core self-
admittance, core-sheath mutual admittance, sheath self-
admittance and sheath-sheath mutual admittance.
z z zaa zab a1 a 2
z11 z12 (9)
Fig. 3. The three-core cable capacitance diagram.
IX. METHODOLOGY
The physical and geometric data cable is obtained from
manufacturer’s catalog [10], for a three-core cable in trefoil
formation.
Due to the complexity of the cable geometry, some
simplifications like homogenization are required. In addition,
it is imperative that some correction factors be applied before
starting the simulation as explained in Section II.
A. Physical and geometry constants used in the model
At the central conductor, the copper resistivity is Fig. 4. Set of inner cables in trefoil formation of a three-core submarine
considered (17.24 nΩ m). It is then corrected for a temperature power cable.
of 90°C followed by an equivalent area (homogenization)
resulting in a resistivity ρc of 23.57 nΩ m.
The transversal magnetic permeability used for all
materials is considered μ0, even the armor, because it is
composed of wires that are not in direct contact [11].
The cable is considered as totally surrounded by seawater
with a conductivity of 5 S/m [12].
B. Simplified diagram of the cable
The parts considered for the cable model (analytic and
(a) (b)
numeric) are all solids and represented by Table 2 and Fig. 4. Fig. 5. Diagram and mesh for calculation of the series impedance. In (a) is the
domain of calculation and in (b) the mesh detail of one power inner cable.
D. Obtaining the mutual and self-impedances and To find the sheath 1-sheath 2 capacitance, is imperative, for
admittances instance, to apply 1 V to core a, sheath 1, core c, sheath 3, and
In order to find the self and mutual impedances of all armor, and zero on all other parts. The capacitance sheath 1-
metallic parts of the cable, the circuit presented in Fig. 6 is sheath 2 is obtained with basis on the electric flux that goes
implemented and the technique explained in Section IV-B is out from surface sheath 1. A similar procedure is applied to
applied. find core-sheath and sheath-armor capacitances.
The sequence impedances are also obtained where three Finally, the numerical results are compared with the
short-circuited cores are fed by a 1 V / 50 Hz three-phase analytical ones and also with the values supplied by the
sinusoidal source (Fig. 7). For this implementation, two manufacturer for each phase, validating the numerical
considerations are made: (i) with the sheath and armor modeling.
opened; and (ii) with all sheaths interconnected at both ends
and these connected to the respective armor end. The armor X. RESULTS AND VALIDATION
potential is considered floating (Fig. 7). The presentation of results is divided into two parts:
The representation of the diagrams shown in Fig. 6 and 7 (i) analysis of impedances, and (ii) analysis of admittances.
illustrates as the electrical circuits are considered in GetDP. Validations are made by comparison with analytical methods,
However, the modeling is carried out in two dimensions. when possible, and with manufacturer’s catalog [10] for the
In order to find the parallel capacitance we apply the frequency of 50 Hz.
Maxwell Capacitance Matrix concept [7]. Firstly, a 1 V
A. Series impedance
potential is applied on the core and zero on all other parts. The
result is the core self-capacitance. After that it is applied a 1 V At 50 Hz when we apply a current of 1150 A / 50 Hz to
on the sheath and zero on all other parts (Fig. 8). From this the core a (Fig. 9), we obtain the induced voltages shown in
measurement we find the sheath’s self-capacitance which is Table 3. Dividing the induced voltage in each metallic part of
the sum of sheath-core, sheath-sheath (2 times), and sheath- the cable by the current (imposed on core a) that originated
armor capacitances. them; we obtain the core self-impedance and the mutual
impedance between the respective conductive part and the
core (Table 4). Because it is a cable in trefoil formation
(symmetric configuration), the same values are repeated when
current is applied only in the core b or c.
TABLE 3
INDUCED VOLTAGE IN ALL CABLE CONDUCTIVE PARTS
WHEN CORE A IS FED BY 1150 A / 50 HZ
Fig. 6. Circuit diagram implemented in GetDP to determine the core self and Modulus Angle
mutual impedances. Voltage at:
[mV/km] []
Core a 414.1 -70.5
Core b 294.7 -60.0
Core c 294.7 -60.0
Sheath 1 347.2 -60.4
Sheath 2 294.7 -60.0
Sheath 3 294.7 -60.0
Armor g 285.2 -60.0
TABLE 4
Fig. 7. Circuit diagram implemented in GetDP to determine the phase
CORE SELF-IMPEDANCE, MUTUAL BETWEEN CORES, MUTUAL CORE-SHEATH,
sequence impedances.
AND MUTUAL CORE-ARMOR
Resistance Inductance
Impedance
[m/km] [H/km]
zaa 75.7 1295.9
zab 0.0 938.1
zac 0.0 938.1
za1 2.4 1105.2
za2 0.0 938.1
za3 0.0 938.1
zag 0.0 907.9
(a) (b)
Fig. 10. (a) Current density [A/mm2] and (b) Magnetic Flux [mWb/m] used
for the calculation of positive sequence impedance directly via FEM.
(a) (b)
Fig. 9. (a) Current density [A/mm2] and (b) Magnetic flux [Wb/m] used for
Finally, an analytical approach is made by applying of (4)
the calculation of core self and mutual sequence impedances via FEM. and (7).
Table 7 presents a comparison of the results obtained for
TABLE 5
the positive sequence resistance and inductance between the
CORE-SHEATH MUTUAL IMPEDANCE, SHEATH SELF,
AND MUTUAL SHEATH-ARMOR adopted approaches. The error is found by taking the
reference value provided by the manufacturer. The
Resistance Inductance
Impedance manufacturer did not provide the distributed cable resistance
[m/km] [H/km]
z1a 2.4 1105.2 value.
z1b 0.0 938.1 If the sheaths are connected at both ends, the distributed
z1c 0.0 938.1 positive sequence series resistance and inductance would be:
z11 1731.3 1104.9 R+ = 77.3 m/km and L+ = 357.83 H/km.
z12 0.0 938.1
z13 0.0 938.1 TABLE 7
z1g 0.0 907.9 INDUCTANCE PROVIDED BY THE MANUFACTURER, CALCULATED
ANALYTICALLY, AND CALCULATED VIA FEM
TABLE 6
R+ L+ L+ Error
CORE-ARMOR MUTUAL, SHEATH-ARMOR MUTUAL, [mH/km] [%]
[m/km]
AND ARMOR SELF-IMPEDANCE
Manufacturer --- 0.360 ---
Resistance Inductance Analytical 73.2 0.359 0.171
Impedance
[m/km] [H/km] Numeric 77.3 0.358 0.603
zga 0.00 907.9
zgb 0.00 907.9 The increase in resistance occurs because, when the sheaths
zgc 0.00 907.9 are interconnected, a circulation path is created for the
zg1 0.00 907.9 induced currents. The introduction of an effect in the core
zg2 0.00 907.9 current distribution is therefore due to the sheath's current
zg3 0.00 907.9
increasing the proximity effect in the respective core
zgg 616.8 905.4
compared to the case where the sheaths are not
If the sheaths are interconnected only at one of the ends interconnected. As the frequency increases, this effect is
(whether grounded or not), only the mutual impedances increased [13].
between cores influence the phase positive sequence Knowing the resistances and inductances (selves and
impedance, which for the inductance can be obtained mutual) found for all conductive parts of the cable, the
from (10): impedance matrix can be mounted:
L 1295.9 938.1 0.3578 mH km (18) z core z core sheath zcore armor
The series inductance value of the cable in the Z z core sheath z sheath zsheath armor (20)
manufacturer’s catalog [10] is 0.36 mH/km, which validates zcore armor zsheath armor zarmor
the accuracy of the method used.
where, zcore, zsheath, zcore-sheath, zarmor, zcore-armor, zsheath-armor, are, in According to (12), the parallel capacitance matrix is:
/m: Y jC , (26)
75.7 j 407 j 295 j 295 where C, in pF/m, is:
z core j 295 75.7 j 407 j 295 (21)
262 0 0 262 0 0
j 295 j 295 75.7 j 407 0 262 0 0 262 0
1731 j 347 j 295 j 295 0 0 262 0 0 262
z sheath j 295 1731 j 347 j 295 (22) C (27)
262 0 0 510 54.4 54.4
j 295 j 295 1731 j 347 0 262 0 54.4 510 54.4
2.39 j 347 j 295 j 295 0 0 262 54.4 54.4 510
z core sheath
j 295 2.39 j347 j 295
TABLE 8
j 295 j 295 2.39 j 347 CAPACITANCE OF THE THREE-CORE CABLE IN STUDY
(23) Numeric Analytical Manuf. Error
Region
zarmor 616 j 285 [F/km] [F/km] [F/km] [%]
zcore armor j 295 (24) Core-Sheath 0.2616 0.2616 0.26 0.006
Sheath-Sheath 0.0544 --- --- ---
z sheath armor j 295 Sheath-Armor 0.1401 --- --- ---
B. Parallel admitance
XI. CONCLUSIONS
Because the insulating material has a high resistivity, the
branch that represents the parallel conductance can be Space in manufacturer’s cable catalogs is typically
neglected, which can be seen already at 50 Hz by applying dedicated only for distributed positive sequence inductance
(11) to the cable under consideration (XLPE insulation), and capacitance values at industrial frequency (50 or 60 Hz).
where a = 11.4 mm and b = 19.4 mm. In [13] it is presented for the same cable of present study, the
y12 0.0098 j82.184 nS m (25) behavior of positive sequence impedances for a frequency
range from 20 Hz to 20 kHz.
The core-sheath capacitance is Im (y12) / = 261.60 pF/m, In the present work, it was considered 50 Hz, with the
very close to the value provided by the manufacturer’s catalog improvement to find the parallel admittance and the specificity
[10], which is 0.26 F/km. in relation to mutual coupling between phases, thereby
The core-sheath capacitance is also calculated through allowing to get the sequence impedances.
finite element technique, obtaining the value of 261.60 pF/m, Similar to what was done in reference [13], in future works
which is exactly the value found by the analytical method the goal will be to evolve the work presented in this paper by
(also very close to the value provided by the manufacturer). examining the frequency range from 20 Hz to 20 kHz. We
Fig. 11 shows the electric field in the region under analysis (as will intend: (i) to simulate underground cables with grounded
well as in sheath-sheath and sheath-armor regions). ends; and (ii) to apply the same modeling of this paper without
the application of homogenization techniques (such as those
applied in the central conductor and sheath in Section III). It is
expected that through this study, an increase in the accuracy
of the model’s response, especially at high frequencies, may
be achieved. Moreover, field measurements have to be made
for validation.
XII. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The authors would like to gratefully acknowledge the
PETROBRAS for the financial support to this research effort.
Fig. 11. Electric field [V/m] lines when a 1 V potential is applied at the
sheath 1 and 0 V to all other metallic parts of the cable, to obtain the sheath
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