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4, October 1995
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Authors
K. Yoshida
Phillips-FITEL ,Canada
1995.
INTRODUCTION
Ja~lUary9,
DESCRIPTION OF HYDRO-QUI~BEC'S
TELECOMMUNICATION " W O R K
protection,
control
and
administrative
requirements,
- Phase-out of analog telecommunication
equipment and their replacement by digital
technology,
- New electrical system protection criteria which
requires an increased reliability of the
telecommunication network.
After studying suitable altemtives, optical fibres
technology appeared to be the most approprhte one
because of its high bandwidth capacity (in hundreds
of Gigabits), its immunity to electric and
electromagnetic fields, and its long distance
capabilities (low attenuation of the optical
waveguide).
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Table 1
Yearly OPGW construction (1994 planning)
3
1
1997
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Table 2
OPCW requirements
3
B
- symmetricalcurrent * &A)
- Duration (s)
- Energy M2.S)
T
to 6 5 0 c.
V Cycling: TWO
-InitialtemperaMe(oc)
313
0,25
125
300
40
4 0 4 0
**
**
50
0,25
750*
100
0-10
>50
2.5
2.5
35
0,80
-50
35
480
-50
45
1.20
-50
83
83
122
53
53
20
425
Maximumtension0
fora ruling span of 450 m
16,5
58
oc.
During bidding process, Furukawa Electric and PhillipsBICC decided to join forces and Qeated a new company,
called Phillips-FlTJX,with a new OFGW manufacturing
facility in Rimouski Quebec. This plant curtently
manufactlnes the tight buffer design selected for the first
order of 1600 km of Hydro-Qu6bec's OPGW network. A
CTOSS-section
of this OPGW is given in Fig. 2.
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Fiber Unit.
Optical Unit
Aluminum dad
Steel wm
Aluminum
Alloy win
Table 3
OPGW characteristics
I A
16.5
18,9
22.9
54
83
64
125
105
185
- Total
137
189
290
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Construction:
- Al. tube (mm)
- number of spacer grooves
- SA wires (number/mm)
- Alloy wires (number/mm)
I ~ o t afiber
l capacity
6,s
6.5
6.5
5
5
5
1 1/2,5 0/2,85 8/4,1
17/23 .4/3,37 14/4,1
40
40
8.23
12,6
R.T.S. 0
117
17 1
97
100
140
4
DC Resistance at 20 OC (Man) 0,260 0,194
17,l
0,13
17,l
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b) diction model
c) Evolution of tube tightness with time
US ofhigh Stress/eiar@iOn fibres Such as t i h u m and
carboafibres
- Simulation of alternative shoat circuit tests requiring less
anrent
I
Fibre
-s
OP-Tub
F8bricatim
Wire Stranding
Hydro-Quebecs collsQuctton spe4sauions were wlitten
In
dean room
Insemi
cleannwun
TrrditiOd
P-
-w
by W cured
fibres2
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BIOGRAPHY
CONCLUSIONS