Electrical Power Cable Engineering (Power Engineering) (Power Engineering (Willis))

✍ Scribed by Leonard L. Grigsby

• Publisher: CRC Press, Marcel Dekker
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 319
• Series: Electrical Engineering Handbook
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Provides up-to-date coverage of the design, manufacture, installation, testing, operation, and performance expectations of electric power cables used worldwide—focusing on low- and medium-voltage cables. Discusses basic dielectric theory; conductors; cable characteristics; electrical properties of insulating materials; shielding power cables; sheaths, jackets, and armors; standards and specifications; splicing and terminating; ampacity; treeing; lightning protection; corrosion; and more. Contains a glossary of terms and essential tables and data.

✦ Table of Contents

Frontmatter......Page 1
SERIES INTRODUCTION......Page 6
FOREWORD......Page 7
PREFACE......Page 9
CONTENTS......Page 11
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 13
2. EARLY TELEGRAPH LINES......Page 17
4. DISTRIBUTION OF ENERGY FOR LIGHTING......Page 19
5. PAPER INSULATED CABLES......Page 21
6. EXTRUDED DIELECTRIC POWER CABLES......Page 22
8.0 TROUBLE IN PARADISE......Page 23
9. MEDIUM VOLTAGE CABLE DEVELOPMENT......Page 24
10. REFERENCES......Page 26
2. AIR INSULATED CONDUCTORS......Page 29
3. INSULATING TO SAVE SPACE......Page 30
4. AS THE VOLTAGE RISES......Page 31
4.1 The Insulation Shield......Page 32
4.3 Shielding Layer Requirements......Page 34
5.1 Medium Voltage Shielded Cables......Page 35
5.2 Basic Components of a Shielded Power Cable......Page 37
6. REFERENCES......Page 39
2. MATERIAL CONSIDERATIONS......Page 41
2.4 Voltage Regulation......Page 42
3.1 American Wire Gauge......Page 43
3.2 Circular Mil Sizes......Page 44
4.1 Concentric Stranding......Page 45
4.4 Bunch Stranding......Page 47
4.6 Sector Conductors......Page 48
4.9 Unilay Conductors......Page 49
5.3 Temper......Page 50
6. STRAND BLOCKING......Page 51
7.1 Conductor dc Resistance......Page 52
7.3 Skin Effect......Page 53
7.5 Cables in Magnetic Metal Conduit......Page 54
8. REFERENCES......Page 55
1.2 133 Percent Level......Page 57
2.1 Cable Insulation Resistance......Page 58
2.3 Cable Capacitance......Page 62
2.5 Charging Current for Alternating Current Operation......Page 64
2.7 Mutual Inductance in Cables......Page 65
2.9 Total Cable Reactance......Page 66
2.10 Cable Dissipation Factor......Page 67
2.11 Insulation Parameters......Page 68
3.1 Resistance......Page 69
3.4 Conductivity......Page 70
3.7 Reactance......Page 71
4. REFERENCES......Page 72