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The document discusses dielectric stress in single-core cables, explaining that the insulation is subjected to electrostatic forces, which are characterized by the potential gradient. It also covers the importance of capacitance in cable systems compared to overhead lines, detailing the core-core and conductor-earth capacitance in a 3-core belted cable. Measurements for determining capacitance values are outlined, including methods for calculating core-earth and core-core capacitance using empirical formulas and experimental tests.

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PST, Sw9, Spring 2017

The document discusses dielectric stress in single-core cables, explaining that the insulation is subjected to electrostatic forces, which are characterized by the potential gradient. It also covers the importance of capacitance in cable systems compared to overhead lines, detailing the core-core and conductor-earth capacitance in a 3-core belted cable. Measurements for determining capacitance values are outlined, including methods for calculating core-earth and core-core capacitance using empirical formulas and experimental tests.

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11.

9 Dielectric Stress in a Single-Core cable


Under operation conditions, the insulation of a cable
is subjected to electrostatic forces.

This is known as a dielectric stress, which is in fact the


potential gradient (or electric field intensity) at that
point

Consider a single-core cable as shown in Fig. 11.14


and as proved previously,

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Since the voltage V is given by:

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The variation of stress in the dialectic is shown in Fig. 11.14

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11.14 capacitance of 3-core Cables
The capacitance of a cable system is much more important than the at of
overhead line because in cable:
(i). Conductors are nearer to each other and to earth sheath
(ii) They are separated by a dielectric of permittivity much greater than that
of air

Fig. 11.18 shows a system of capacitance in a 3-core belted cable used for
three-phase system

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Since potential difference exists between pairs of conductors and between
each conductor and the sheath, electrostatic fields are set up in the cable as
shown in Fig. 11.18 (i).

These electrostatic fields give rise to core-core capacitance CC and


conductor-earth capacitance Ce as shown in Fig. 11.18 (ii).

The three CC are delta connected whereas the three Ce are star connected,
the sheath forming the star point [As seen in Fig. 11.18 (iii)].

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11.15 Measurements of Ce and Cc
Although core-core capacitance Cc and core-earth capacitor Ce can be
determine from the empirical formulas for belted cable, their values can
also be determined by measurements.

For this purpose the following two measurements are required:

(i) The three cores are bunched together and the capacitance is measured
between the bunched core and the sheath.

The bunching eliminates all the three capacitors Cc, leaving the three
capacitors Ce in parallel.

Therefore, if C1 is the measured capacitance, this test yields:


C1 = 3 Ce
Or Ce = C1 / 3

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(ii) In the second measurement, two cores are bunched with the sheath and
the capacitance is measured between them and the thirs cor.
This test yields to a value given by, C2, where C2 is given by:
C2 = 2Cc + Ce
As the value of Ce is known from the first test and C2 is found
experimentally, therefore, value of Cc can be determined.
It may be noted that if value of CN (= Ce + 3 Cc) is desired, it can be found
directly by another test.

In this test, the capacitor between two cores or lines is measured with the
third core free or connected to the sheath.
This eliminates one of the capacitors Ce so that if C3 is the measured
capacitance, then

C3 = Cc + Cc/2 + Ce/2
= ½ (Ce + 3 Cc)
= ½ CN
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Assignment #:3

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