Effectiveness of cable transits, and how it is easily void

Author

Bergsma, J.G. ; van Leersum, B.J.A.M. ; Melenhorst, M.J.E. ; Leferink, F.B.J.

Author_Institution

Thales Nederland B.V., Hengelo, Netherlands

fYear

2013

fDate

2-6 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

16

Lastpage

19

Abstract

Large installations use different shielded, or EMC, zones to separate regions, such as in the integrated mast onboard naval vessels. Multiple cable transits are being used as a standard decoupling measure between the zones. Cables shields are connected in the cable transits with the objective to short-circuit cable sheath currents to the wall. Measurements have been performed to check the quality of the installation. The test procedure and some measurement results are described. It is shown that the effectiveness of a cable transit can be completely nullified if a single cable is not treated properly.

Keywords

cable sheathing; cable shielding; electromagnetic compatibility; electromagnetic coupling; electromagnetic interference; short-circuit currents; EMC; cable sheath currents; cable transits; cables shields; decoupling measure; integrated mast onboard naval vessels; shielded zones; short circuit currents; Cable shielding; Current measurement; Electromagnetic compatibility; Electromagnetic interference; Europe; Probes; Standards;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC EUROPE), 2013 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Brugge

ISSN

2325-0356

Type

conf

Filename

6653194