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By Aditya Upadhye and Mohamed El-Sharkawi
b
a
r
To find i:
For DC conditions, there is uniform current density in the conductor. If ir is the current enclosed
by the annular element of radius r and i is the total current enclosed by the conductor, then
ir
i
2
2
r a
b a 2
2
ir
r 2 a2
i
b2 a2
Now,
The line integral of the magnetic field intensity over a closed loop is equal to the current enclosed
by that loop.
H ds i
H ds
r
r 2 a2
i
b2 a2
r 2 a2
i
2
2
b a 2r
r2 a2
i
2
2
b a 2r
Where is the conductor permeability and B is the magnetic flux density within the conductor.
If r is the radius of the flux line and for uniform current distribution, the fraction of the total
current enclosed within the flux line is given by:
r 2 a2
b2 a2
This fraction is the value of N for flux line of radius r within the conductor.
b
B da
a
r2 a2
r2 a2
i
dr
2
2
2
2
2r
b a
a b a
To find e:
i
2
b 2 3a 2
a4
2
2
b2 a2
4 b a
a ................... 2
* ln b
i
2r
B out
i
2r
where,
out is the permeability of the material external to the conductor.
Let us assume that c is the external radius of the material surrounding the conductor.
c
e out
b
i
dr
2r
out i c
ln
............................... 3
b
2
Insulating sheath 17 mm
Optical fibers
Thixotropic Jelly
Composite conductor
Steel tube
: 2.3 mm
Where,
ist = current in core.
st = permeability of steel.
cu = permeability of copper.
ins = permeability of insulator.
b) Sheath:
Let cu be the sum of the flux linkages due the sheath current in 2 regions of
a) Sheath
b) Insulator.
Using the results in equations (1), (2) and (3),
ins icu
cu icu c 2 3b 2
b4
c
cu
ln d ............(5)
2 2 2 2 2 * ln b
c
2 4 c b c b
2
So the question now is to find the current distribution within the core and sheath. This is done as
follows,
Voltage drop per meter of steel core = Voltage drop per meter of copper sheath.
L*i =
Thus,
st
5.607 * 10 3
m
b a 2
Rcu
cu
1.263 * 10 3
m
c b 2
st and cu are the resistivities of the steel core and the copper sheath materials respectively.
For DC conditions, = 0.
Solving equation (7) we get,
ist = 0.1838* icable
(8)
icu = 0.8162* icable
Substituting (8) in (6),
cable = (3.874*10-7) icable + (7.333*10-9) icable ..
cable = (3.947*10-7) icable
Thus the composite inductance of the cable is given as,
L
cable
icable
(9)
L = 0.3947 H/m
3) Calculation of capacitance:
The cable capacitance per unit length can be calculated by the formula:
2
F /m
ln d
c
Where,
is the permittivity of the insulator.
d is the outer radius of insulator
c is the inner radius of insulator.
The values are as follows:
= 0R = (2.3)*(8.854*10-12)
d = 0.0085 m
c = 0.00416 m
Solving we get,
C = 0.179 nF/m
4) Computation of cable R,L and C by ATP:
Initial results presented for the ATP calculations of R and L of the cable gave very large values.
There was discrepancy between these ATP-generated values and the values provided by ALCATEL.
Even using accurate physical dimensions of the cable could not solve the problem.
It turned out that ATP was not treating the core and sheath of the cable as a composite conductor,
the entire cable current was passing through the core. The high resistivity and high permeability of
the cable core combined with the problem that the cable core was carrying the entire cable current,
resulted in the large values of both cable inductance and cable resistance.
To resolve this issue, we need to consider the cable core and cable sheath as a composite conductor
in the ATP model.
The parameters that really matter when we try to model the composite conductor are the composite
resistivity (comp) and the composite permeability (comp).
Calculation of comp :
The steel core and the copper sheath are conductors in parallel and the current will be distributed
depending on their resistances.
Rcomp Rst || Rcu
comp
c 2 a 2
st
cu
2
2
b a c b 2
st
cu
2
2
2
b a c b 2
2
Solving,
comp = 5.1753*10-8 m.
Calculation of comp :
The flux linkages associated with the cable are given by:
cable = st + cu = comp
The flux linkages associated with the composite conductor current will be in the 2 regions of:
1) Internal to composite conductor.
2) Insulator.
Using equations (2) and (3), we get
ins icable
comp icable c 2 3a 2
a4
c
comp
ln d
2 2 2 2 2 * ln a
c
2 4 c a c a
2
Solving,
R (/km)
L (mH/km)
C (F/km)
Theoretical values
1.03
0.3947
0.179
ATP values
1.03
0.3948
0.179
ALCATEL values
1
0.128
0.2
m
I 0 mq K 1 mr K 0 mq I 1 mr m ........................(11)
2qD
Applying this generalized formula for the earth-return impedance, we have to let outer radius r
tend to infinity and q=d.
Simplifying,
Zearth
m
K 0 mr
.......................................(12)
2R K 1 md
Then in (12) K0(x) and K1(x) can be replaced by their asymptotic expansions for x->0 and that
gives
Zsea
j
ln 2 Re
......................................(13)
Di
8
2
Substituting values,
m 1.9869 * 10 3
And
Di
d 0.0085m
2
Thus we get,
m Di
2
R (m/km)
L (mH/km)
Theoretical values
0.098
2.221
ATP values
0.131
2.295
References:
[1] Handbook of mathematical functions
edited by M.Abramowitz and I.A.Stegun, publ. By US Dept. of Commerce, 1964.
[2] EMTP Theory Book
[3] Bianchi, G. and Luoni, G.
Induced Currents and Losses in Single-core Submarine Cables.
IEEE Transactions on PAS, Vol.- PAS-95, no.1, January/February 1976