CURRENT CARRYING CAPACITY FOR 400kV 1C x 500SQ.

mm XLPE CABLE
I. CALCULATION CONDITION 1. GENERATION CONDITION 1) Standard 2) System Voltage 3) Frequency 4) Maximum Operating Conductor Temperature 5) Nominal Cross Section Area 6) Material of Conductor 7) Sheath Bonding Method 2. INSTALLATION CONDITION 1) Cable Laying Method 2) Number of Circuit 3) Axial Cable Distance of Phase 4) Cable Arrangement 5) Ambient Temperature 6) Depth of Cable Center 7) Thermal Resistivity of Native Soil 8) Distance of Each Circuit 3. INSTALLATION MODE OF EHV CABLE Ground Line Thermal Resistivity of Soil : 1.4 K.m /W 260 mm [-] [-] [mm] [-] [c] [mm] [K.m/W] [mm] Direct burial 3 260 Flat [-] [kV] [Hz] [c] [mm2] [-] [-] IEC 60287 400 50 90 500 copper

single point bonding

30
1000 1.4 1180

H----------H
Depth of laying : 1 m 1180 mm Inside of duct should be filled with bentonite(thermal resistivity : below 1.4 k.m/W) These data is taken from another project in India. Taihan can NOT guarantee them. II. CALCULATION PROCEDURE 1. CONDUCTOR RESISTANCE 1) D.C resistance of conductor at 20 (Ro) [/m] 3.66E-05

2) D.C Resistance of Conductor at Maximum Temperature (Rx) 3) A.C Resistance at Maximum Conductor Temperature (R) 2. CAPACITANCE AND DIELECTRIC LOSS 1) Loss factor of insulation (Tan) 2) Relative permittivity of insulation () 3) Capacitance (C) 4) Dielectric Loss per Unit Length in Each Phase (Wd) 3. METALLIC LAYER LOSS FACTOR 1) Metallic Sheath Resistance at Operating Temperature (Rs) 2) Circulating Current Loss Factor for the Metallic Shield (1) 3) Eddy Current Loss Factor for the Metallic Sheath (2) 4) Loss Factor in Armouring (a) 5) Total Metallic Layer Loss Factor () 4. THERMAL RESISTANCE (T) 1) Thermal Resistance between Conductor and Metallic Sheath (T1) 3) Thermal Resistance of Outer Covering (T3) 4) External Thermal Resistance (T4) 5. Temparature rise by other cables of the group 1) Temparature rise (p)

[/m] [/m]

4.67E-05 4.84E-05

[-] [-]
[F/m] [W/m]

0.001 2.5 1.32E-10 2.197

[/m] [-] [-] [-] [-]

5.74E-05 0.000 0.017 0 0.017

[K.m/W] [K.m/W] [K.m/W]

0.702 0.086 1.885

[C]

25.3

Therefore, W k = Losses dissipated by cable k = W/m d'pk / dpk s - thermal resistivity of soil III. CURRENT CARRYING CAPACITY

14.47 2552 1.4

475.4 [A]

329.4

[MVA]