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system D

Load kw Cable distance

80 25

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Load in KVA 100

FLC full load current 144.341801385681

K1 1
Ambient Temoerature
in Air

K2 0.89
Ground temp.
Correction factor
K2
Ground temp.
Correction factor

1
K3
soil thermal resisitivty

0.86
K4
Soil Correction Factor

K5 1.1
Underground cable
depth

K6 1
Cable distance
Correction Factor

1
K7
Cable grouping Factor

Cable derating 0.84


Factor
system Data

systeme Voltage P.F Perm. V Drop

400 0.8 4%

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ΔU Voltage Drop across cable

Proposed Cable
section mm2 70
Max ampacity of 168.388
cable A X derating F.
R Resistance Ω/Km 0.57
X Reactance
mho/Km 0.077

Cos phi 0.8

Sin phi 0.6


ΔU=sqrt3*FLC*(R*co 0.7846875
sphi+ X*sinphi)*L
Perm. V Drop

4%

Temperature Correction
Factor in Air: K1

Ambient Insulation
Temperat
ure PVC XLPE/EP
R
10 1.22 1.15

15 1.17 1.12

20 1.12 1.08

25 1.06 1.04

35 0.94 0.96
40 0.87 0.91

45 0.79 0.87

50 0.71 0.82

55 0.61 0.76

60 0.5 0.71

65 0 0.65

70 0 0.58

75 0 0.5

80 0 0.41
Ground Temperature Soil Thermal
Correction Factor: K2 Resistivity: 2.5
KM/W
Ground Insulation Resistivity
Temperat
ure PVC XLPE/EP 1
R
10 1.1 1.07 1.5

15 1.05 1.04 2

20 0.95 0.96 2.5

25 0.89 0.93 3

35 0.77 0.89
40 0.71 0.85

45 0.63 0.8 No of
Cable/Tray

50 0.55 0.76
1
55 0.45 0.71
2
60 0 0.65
3
65 0 0.6
4
70 0 0.53
5
75 0 0.46
6
80 0 0.38
7

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Soil Thermal Nature of K3
Resistivity: 2.5 Soil
KM/W
K3 Very Wet 1.21
Soil
1.18 Wet Soil 1.13

1.1 Damp Soil 1.05

1.05 Dry Soil 1

1 Very Dry 0.86


Soil
0.96
1 2 3 4 6

1 1 1 1 1

0.84 0.8 0.78 0.77 0.76

0.8 0.76 0.74 0.73 0.72

0.78 0.74 0.72 0.71 0.7

0.77 0.73 0.7 0.69 0.68

0.75 0.71 0.7 0.68 0.68

0.74 0.69 0.675 0.66 0.66

0.73 0.69 0.68 0.67 0.66


Laying Rating No of Nil
Depth Factor Circuit
(Meter)
0.5 1.1 1 1

0.7 1.05 2 0.75

0.9 1.01 3 0.65

1 1 4 0.6

1.2 0.98 5 0.55

1.5 0.96 6 0.5


8

0.75

0.71

0.69

0.67

0.66

0.64

0.64
Cable 0.125m 0.25m 0.5m
diameter

1 1 1 1

0.8 0.85 0.9 0.9

0.7 0.75 0.8 0.85

0.6 0.7 0.75 0.8

0.55 0.65 0.7 0.8

0.55 0.6 0.7 0.8

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