Determining wave propagation characteristics of MV XLPE power cable using time domain reflectometry technique

Author

Hashmi, G. Murtaza ; Papazyan, Ruslan ; Lehtonen, Matti

Author_Institution

Power Syst. & High Voltage Eng., Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Helsinki, Finland

fYear

2009

fDate

5-8 Nov. 2009

Abstract

In this paper, the wave propagation characteristics of single-phase medium voltage (MV) cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) power cable are determined using Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) measurement technique. TDR delivers the complex propagation constant (attenuation and phase constant) of lossy cable transmission line as a function of frequency. The frequency-dependent propagation velocity is also determined from the TDR measurements through the parameters extraction procedure. The measurement results can be used to localize the discontinuities as well as the design of communication through distribution power cables.

Keywords

distribution networks; electromagnetic wave propagation; power cable testing; power system measurement; time-domain reflectometry; MV XLPE power cable; TDR measurements; complex propagation constant; distribution power cables; parameters extraction; single-phase medium voltage; time domain reflectometry; wave propagation characteristics; Attenuation; Frequency; Measurement techniques; Medium voltage; Polyethylene; Power cables; Propagation constant; Propagation losses; Reflectometry; Transmission line measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 2009. ELECO 2009. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bursa

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5106-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-9944-89-818-8

Type

conf

Filename

5355220