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Richardson 2010
Richardson 2010
The formula for the capacitance of a single conductor, Medium utility ABC has 10,500 conductor miles of #2 25 kV
insulated, shielded power cable is given by the following conductor in their URD system and 1500 conductor miles of
formula: 750 MCM 25 kV feeder cables. We can assume an average
operating temperature of 45 oC for both cable types.
C = 2πεoεR (Equation 2)
ln D/d The resulting losses equal:
C. Example 3
$100,000,000
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Dow Endurance B4202 = 42,399 kWhr
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EPR C = 99,996,315 kWhr w
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EPR A 5,135 3,954 $1,063,258
Figure 2-Monetary Impact of Example 2 EPR B 8,472 6,523 $1,754,374
EPR C 77,019 59,304 $15,948,860
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REFERENCES
[1] Szaniszlo, S., “Reviewing Twenty Years of Proven
Installation Performance”, Technical Report, Aug. 2003, p. 48
Replacement Cost [2] IEEE Power and Energy Magazine, Nov./Dec. 2008 p. 40
costs 38% [3] Penrice, J., “Navigating the Downturn, Value Creation
17% Strategies for the Wire & Cable Industry”, CRU conference,
June 2009
Figure 4: Components of the Life Cycle Cost of a MV Cable
[3]
Brent Richardson is the North American End Use Marketing Manager
for the Dow Wire & Cable business. Prior to joining
Dow in May of 2007, Brent worked for nearly 25
VII. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS years for Duke Energy in Charlotte, NC. His
experience included many components of the utility
1. While standard XLPE is not used in North American utility business including Field Engineering, Distribution
distribution systems, it is still used in other global regions. Standards and Marketing. He received a BSEE from
TR-XLPE has a slightly higher dissipation factor than TR- Virginia Tech in 1985 and is a registered PE in NC
XLPE (due to the additive). However, the increased cable life and SC and is also a member of IEEE.
of TR-XLPE and the attendant life cycle cost improvements
will more than compensate for this difference.
Ram Ramachandran is the Global Director of
End Use Marketing for the Dow Wire and Cable
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