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Calculation of Maximum Permissible Load of Underground Power Cables–Numerical Approach for Systems with Stabilized Backfill
Abstract
The maximum permissible load of underground power cables (known in U.S. engineering as “ampacity”) is a function of many parameters, in particular, the thermal resistivity of the native soil. If this resistivity is relatively high, thermal/stabilized backfill is applied, i.e., another material is placed around the cables, providing favourable conditions for heat transfer to the environment. It has a positive impact on the reliability of the power supply and favours the operational durability of the cables. In design practice, however, there is a difficult task – correct determination of the ampacity of the cable line depending on the thermal parameters and the geometry of the backfill. Therefore, this article presents the results of a numerical analysis to determine the ampacity of cable lines in which stabilized backfill is used. A new mathematical relationship is proposed that allows the correction of the ampacity of cable lines depending on their cross-section as well as the thermal and geometric parameters of the cable surroundings.
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Adam Tomaszewski
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- artykuły w czasopismach
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Applied Sciences-Basel
no. 14,
ISSN: 2076-3417 - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2024
- Bibliographic description:
- Szultka S., Czapp S., Tomaszewski A., Tariq H.: Calculation of Maximum Permissible Load of Underground Power Cables–Numerical Approach for Systems with Stabilized Backfill// Applied Sciences-Basel -Vol. 14,iss. 20 (2024), s.9233-
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.3390/app14209233
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- Free publication
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- Gdańsk University of Technology
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