Experimental studies of the characteristics of dry band arcing on ADSS fiber optic cables

Author

Shi, Baozhuang ; Karady, George G. ; Huang, Qi ; Tuominen, Monty W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA

Volume

19

Issue

4

fYear

2004

Firstpage

1936

Lastpage

1940

Abstract

A series of simulated arcing experiments are conducted in a laboratory setting to investigate the characteristics of dry band arcs on ADSS fiber optic cables. The measurement of resistance, power, and energy of dry band arcs is described. The impact of voltage and current on arc resistance is presented. The power and energy of dry band arcing is measured under different short-circuit current and open-circuit voltage. An equation which relates arc power to open-circuit voltage and short-circuit current is proposed. Experiments show that arc power has a threshold to cause the damage of cable jackets. The study of arc power and energy can be used to predict a potential damage of ADSS cables.

Keywords

arcs (electric); electric resistance measurement; energy measurement; optical cables; power measurement; power transmission lines; short-circuit currents; ADSS fiber optic cables; all-dielectric self-supporting; dry band arcing; energy measurement; open-circuit voltage; power measurement; resistance measurement; short-circuit current; transmission lines; Arc discharges; Current measurement; Electrical resistance measurement; Energy measurement; Equations; Laboratories; Optical fiber cables; Optical fibers; Power measurement; Voltage; Aging; dry-band arcing; failure; fiber-optic cable; transmission line;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8977

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPWRD.2004.835391

Filename

1339367