Failure Modes of Underground MV Cables:Failure Modes of Underground MV Cables ... · 2009. 12....
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Failure Modes of Underground MV Cables:Failure Modes of Underground MV Cables:Electrical and Thermal Modelling
P A WallaceM Alsharif
D M H bD M HepburnC Zhou
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What is This Nasty Looking Object?What is This Nasty Looking Object?
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3 Phase Paper Insulated Lead Covered (PILC) Cable3 Phase Paper Insulated Lead Covered (PILC) Cable
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Medium Voltage Distribution NetworkMedium Voltage Distribution Network
Between the HV transmission network.. ( long distance, 100s kV, frequently overhead)
..and the household electricity supply..(230 V, domestic)
..lies the MV distribution network.(moderate distances 10s kV frequently underground)(moderate distances,10s kV, frequently underground)
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Inventory of MV cables by Year of InstallationInventory of MV cables by Year of Installation
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Supplied by ‘ a Utility Company’
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A Legacy Infrastructure (in large Part..)A Legacy Infrastructure (in large Part..)
A ‘utility company’ has 38000 km of MV cable within its area of operation.
Much of the cable infrastructure is operating beyond its design life expectancyits design life expectancy.
The current rate of replacement is 100 km/year The current rate of replacement is 100 km/year
On-line condition monitoring sensors are being g ginstalled to detect Partial Discharge (PD) activity..
? ..but how to interprete the data?
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Partial DischargePartial Discharge
PD is a localized electricaldischarge that only partiallydischarge that only partiallybridges the insulation betweenconductors which may or maynot occur adjacent to anot occur adjacent to aconductor.
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Partial Discharge Partial Discharge –– E Field in Discharging VoidE Field in Discharging Void
fromBoggs, S. A. (1990) Partial Discharge - Part 111:Cavitv-Induced PD in Solid
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Dielectrics. IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine, 1990-Vo1.6, No.6
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Correlation between Cable Load and PD ActivityCorrelation between Cable Load and PD Activity
From the same ‘Utility Company’
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Two ModelsTwo Models
A long time scale (hundreds of hours) thermal A long time scale (hundreds of hours) thermal model..
..will provide the background conditions for a..
..short time scale (20 ms!) electrostatic model.
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Electrostatic ModelElectrostatic Model
V V
Vr
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Subject to BC
Sheath : V = 0Conductors : V(t) = V0cos(wt + 2nπ/3) n = 0,1,2
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Electric Field in PILC CableElectric Field in PILC Cable
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Increased Field in Insulator VoidIncreased Field in Insulator Void
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Tangential Component of Field within Insulation BeltTangential Component of Field within Insulation Belt
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Thermal ModelThermal Model
T ︶ onscontributi sheath and ︵conductor where
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Subject to IC: T(t) = 288 KSubject to BC: Tboundary = 288K
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j boundary
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Step Step ReponseReponse
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Response to Real Load over One WeekResponse to Real Load over One Week
Load Data from the usual ‘Utility Company’
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y p y
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Temperature Distribution within CableTemperature Distribution within Cable
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Comparisons requires with existing commercial Comparisons requires with existing commercial products, for example..products, for example..
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Future WorkFuture Work
Incorporate Thermo-Mechanical Effects into the plong term model.
Run the short time scale model using thebackground conditions of temperature anddeformation established by the long term modeldeformation established by the long term model
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