An overview of different designs of water resistant cable

Author

Power, W.F.

Author_Institution

Southwire Co., Carrollton, GA, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

13-14 April 1992

Firstpage

62

Lastpage

65

Abstract

An overview of the most current information on several different constructions and materials that help combat water treeing is presented. After a brief description of the treeing phenomenon, the author covers accelerated cable life testing, noting the various compounds normally used as the insulation for medium voltage cable: crosslinked polyethylene (XLPE), tree retardant crosslinked polyethylene (TR-XLPE) and ethylene propylene rubber (EPR). Various EPR compounds are compared as a whole against XLPE and TR-XLPE. These are considered with respect to insulation effectiveness. Different cable constructions utilizing water-blocking materials are outlined.<>

Keywords

cable insulation; life testing; organic insulating materials; polymers; power cables; EPR; MV cable insulation; TR-XLPE; XLPE; accelerated cable life testing; crosslinked polyethylene; ethylene propylene rubber; tree retardant crosslinked polyethylene; water resistant cable; water treeing; Building materials; Cable insulation; Life estimation; Life testing; Medium voltage; Paramagnetic resonance; Polyethylene; Retardants; Rubber; Trees - insulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Engineering Problems in the Rubber and Plastics Industries, 1992., IEEE Conference Record of 1992 Forty-Fourth Annual Conference of

Conference_Location

Akron, OH, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0543-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RAPCON.1992.167501

Filename

167501