| Title |
Analysis on Proper Cable Arrangement and Duct Distance to Maximize Ampacity of Underground Distribution Cable |
| Authors |
Ara Jo ; Won-Sik Moon ; Seung-Jae Lee ; Jae-Chul Kim |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.5207/JIEIE.2016.30.2.057 |
| Keywords |
Ampacity ; Cable Arrangement ; Current-Carrying Capacity ; Underground Distribution System |
| Abstract |
Power demand has continuously increased with technological and economical development. The load density is also growing in the center of downtown area. In particular, underground facilities have been increased on the purpose of the prevention of urban disasters and pedestrian environment improvement. Based on this situation, the underground space in urban surroundings has gradually decreased because of the limited space. The ampacity of buried cables is affected by various factors such as cable size, soil thermal resistance, burial depth and filling material. The thermal capacity of the facilities is determined by the absorb heat surrounding the cable and the soil. The maximum operating temperature of cable is the highest temperature when the insulator of cable is not damaged in the case of high enough temperature. In this paper, the most effective cabling configuration is suggested using the duct array adjustment. It was also considered to increase the number of cable line. This underground distribution system was simulated by using ETAP(Electrical Transient Analysis Program). |