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October 2017
CABLES TO CUSTOMERS
www.rpgcables.com Volume 8, Issue 5
Best Regards,
Rakesh Amol
President - Cables & Infrastructure
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Sheath Bonding for EHV & HV Cables
L arge investment costs, generally associated metallic shield or sheath to provide a smooth
electrical interface for the insulation, and thus
with the installation of underground transmission
establish a uniform electrical stress pattern within
circuits, typically mandate optimising cable
the insulation. Cable core conductors are normally
operation from the standpoint of efficiency and
comprised of aluminum or copper wires in
power throughput capacity. With the popularity
compacted circular or segmental circular as per
of single core cables and the use of low loss, high
the cable size.
dielectric-strength XLPE insulating material and
extruded cable jackets and their application at The magnetic field resulting from current flow
sub-transmission and transmission voltages, there through the core conductor couples the metallic
is significant interest in the use of single core shield/sheath and any other adjacent conductors.
cables and the problems of the induced voltages If the shield is also part of a continuous closed
and currents associated with their use. loop electric path, transformer action induces a
current flow in the coupled shield/sheath and
In this edition of the C2C Newsletter, we present
other adjacent conductors. Resistive losses due to
the most popular special shield/sheath-bonding
the circulating currents in the shield then
systems, which are being used on Extra High
contribute to the temperature rise of the cable,
Voltage (EHV) single-conductor shielded power
limiting the amount of current that can be carried
cables, particularly as applied to three-phase
by the cable and reducing cable efficiency.
systems operating at 66 kV and above, with the
cable neutral grounded directly or as part of a Conversely, if the electric path is interrupted
special bonding system. through use of special bonding techniques, the
shield/sheath circulating currents will be reduced
Although special bonding has been used
or eliminated resulting in greater loading
predominantly in the past on EHV cable systems,
capability for the cable but at the disadvantage of
more recent attention to shield and sheath losses
developing a rise in shield/sheath voltage.
on distribution class cables has prompted users to
Consequently, special bonding and grounding
consider special bonding on HV class cable
arrangements have been developed to limit the
systems as well.
magnitude of sheath voltages and to minimize the
Sheath Bonding for Cables flow of circulating currents.
Single core EHV/HV power cables employ a To assure proper performance of specially bonded
coaxial design essentially consisting of a metallic systems, the jacket’s electrical integrity should be
center conductor surrounded by insulation and an checked as part of factory testing and upon
outer metallic shield or sheath (outer conductor). installation. To ensure that an adequate ground is
Semiconducting layers are provided at the available for field testing of the cable jacket in the
interface between the conductor and the field, the outer surface of the jacket is either
insulation, and between the insulation and the coated during manufacture with a graphite
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coating or alternatively a semiconducting layer is voltage appears at the open cable sheath end,
extruded overall during manufacture. where Sheath Voltage Limiter must be required to
protect voltage rise & outer sheath under
With heavier loads on single conductor cable
transient conditions.
circuits, shield circulating current losses resulting
from multipoint solidly bonded and grounded
systems can be excessive for the intended
application.
The event was organized by Quality Circle Forum According to the National Programme for Control
of India (QCFI) Vadodara chapter. The theme for of Blindness, India has almost 6 million blind
this year was “Quality Concepts Creating Value to people, with 30,000 joining the fold every year.
the Corporate World & Society”. There were over Almost 80% of this blindness is preventable with
900 participants and 163 case studies at the early stage interventions. Project Netranjali, a
competition. unique initiative by RPG Foundation aims to
provide preventive eye care focusing on “Vision
care - eye checkup and eye care” for all, including
children, elders, villagers, and individuals from
poor and economically backward class of the
society, who cannot afford medical services and
very often avoid eye check-ups due to monetary
factors.
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