Title :
A multi-stress environmental chamber for the aging of all-dielectric self-support fiber optic cables
Author :
Karady, George G. ; Shi, Baozhuang ; Huang, Qi ; Tuominem, M.W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents an environmental chamber built at Arizona State University for the long-term aging test of ADSS fiber optic cables. Five 14-foot long cable samples can be tested in the chamber under a series of stresses, including UV radiation, salt fog, clean rain, and mechanical tension. The voltage and leakage current can be recorded continuously for the analysis of aging effect. With the environmental chamber, a better understanding and prediction of the aging and failure mechanism of ADSS fiber optic cables in service would be achieved.
Keywords :
ageing; environmental degradation; environmental testing; optical cables; power cable testing; power overhead lines; tensile testing; test facilities; UV radiation; all-dielectric self-support fiber optic cables; failure mechanism; leakage current; mechanical tension; multistress environmental chamber; salt fog; Aging; Failure analysis; Leakage current; Mechanical cables; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Rain; Stress; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, 2003 IEEE PES
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8110-6
DOI :
10.1109/TDC.2003.1335259
