Title :
Molecular thermodynamics of water in direct-buried power cables
Author :
Bertini, Glen J.
Abstract :
The balance of this article examines what actually happens to water within a direct-buried cable throughout the day and year as the cable temperature, the soil temperature, the water content of the soil vary. Water, which is almost present at 100% relative humidity at the typical 1 meter burial depth of direct-buried power cables, moves very quickly through any polymeric layers
Keywords :
cable sheathing; power cable insulation; thermodynamics; underground cables; water; cable temperature; direct-buried power cables; molecular thermodynamics; polymeric layers; soil temperature; water; Atmospheric modeling; Dielectrophoresis; Humidity; Irrigation; Land surface temperature; Ocean temperature; Polyethylene; Power cables; Soil moisture; Thermodynamics;
Journal_Title :
Electrical Insulation Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MEI.2006.253417
