Water trees diagnostic of extruded underground cables: a case study in Saudi Arabia eastern province

Author

Al-Hamouz, Z. ; Al-Soufi, K. ; Ahmed, M. ; Al-Ohali, M.A. ; Garwan, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., King Fahd Univ. of Pet. & Miner., Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

6-10 Oct. 2002

Firstpage

1088

Abstract

In this paper, different electrical diagnostic techniques reported in the literature to predict the condition of extruded underground power cables are reviewed. Two of these techniques, namely the DC leakage current method and the DC conductivity method are applied to 14 underground cable samples rated between 15 kV and 69 kV collected from the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. For this purpose, a setup has been constructed at the High Voltage Laboratory of King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran-Saudi Arabia. The results obtained show a correlation between the DC leakage current and the conductivity testing and the presence of water trees in the insulation material of cables. Samples suspected to have water trees are examined using the microscopic testing of the insulating material. The results obtained are in agreement with the electrical testing findings.

Keywords

insulation testing; leakage currents; power cable insulation; power cable testing; trees (electrical); underground cables; 15 kV; 69 kV; DC conductivity method; DC leakage current method; Saudi Arabia; condition prediction; conductivity testing; extruded underground cables; microscopic testing; water trees diagnostic; Conducting materials; Conductivity; Laboratories; Leakage current; Materials testing; Petroleum; Trees - insulation; Underground power cables; Underwater cables; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exhibition 2002: Asia Pacific. IEEE/PES

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7525-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TDC.2002.1177629

Filename

1177629