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Effect of solar radiation on current-carrying capacity of PVC-insulated power cables – the numerical point of view

Abstract

Power cables are usually buried in the soil, which results in their relatively high current-carrying capacity. However, there are cases in which the starting/final section of a cable line runs along a pole of an overhead power line. Power cables can be directly exposed to solar radiation then, and this negatively influences their current-carrying capacity as well as estimated life of the cables’ insulation. An analysis of thermal phenomena in PVC-insulated low-voltage power cables, exposed to solar radiation, is conducted in the paper. Current-carrying capacity of an example cable system, for various placements of the cables, is evaluated. The analysis has shown that solar radiation may significantly reduce current-carrying capacity of PVC-insulated cables. A possible method of protection of cables against solar radiation, and its effectiveness, is presented. To investigate the mentioned thermal phenomena, a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has been used.

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Category:
Articles
Type:
artykuły w czasopismach
Published in:
Tehnicki Vjesnik-Technical Gazette no. 26, pages 1821 - 1826,
ISSN: 1330-3651
Language:
English
Publication year:
2019
Bibliographic description:
Czapp S., Szultka S., Tomaszewski A., Szultka A.: Effect of solar radiation on current-carrying capacity of PVC-insulated power cables – the numerical point of view// Tehnicki Vjesnik-Technical Gazette -Vol. 26,iss. 6 (2019), s.1821-1826
DOI:
Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.17559/tv-20181029214825
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Gdańsk University of Technology

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