High frequency characterisation of water-treed XLPE cables

Author

Papazyan, R. ; Eriksson, R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., R. Inst. of Technol. (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

1-5 June 2003

Firstpage

187

Abstract

Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) has been used for localisation of transmission line discontinuities in various applications. One of the challenges when applying TDR is to obtain knowledge of the high frequency characteristics of both the degraded and the undegraded sections of the cable. The wave propagation characteristics of water-treed XLPE cables are investigated in this study. The parameters are extracted from the cable S-parameters measured with a Network Analyzer (NA) in the frequency range from 300 kHz to 300 MHz. The cable samples are characterised at different temperatures and with different water content of the water trees. The effect of the application of nominal voltage for extended period on the cable wave propagation characteristics is also shown. High voltage dielectric spectroscopy is used as a reference method for estimation of the level of water tree deterioration.

Keywords

S-parameters; XLPE insulation; network analysers; power cables; power transmission lines; time-domain reflectometry; trees (electrical); 300 kHz to 300 MHz; S-parameters; degradation cables; high frequency properties; high voltage dielectric spectroscopy; network analyze; time domain reflectometry; transmission line discontinuities; undegradation cables; water-treed XLPE cables; wave propagation; Cables; Degradation; Dielectrics; Frequency measurement; Reflectometry; Scattering parameters; Temperature; Transmission line discontinuities; Trees - insulation; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Properties and Applications of Dielectric Materials, 2003. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on

ISSN

1081-7735

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7725-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPADM.2003.1218384

Filename

1218384