Electrical Cables

Electrical Cables and Accessories

Prepared By: Ahmad Abdelsalam

Electrical
Cables
Introduction

Prepared By: Ahmad Abdelsalam

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 Electric Cables
Accessories

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• Power Cables Accessories

»Joints

» Terminations

»End Cap – Boots – Lugs & Connectors

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 Terminations

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•Terminations Theory
•Terminations are to be installed to guarantee a safe
and continuous connection between the Cable and the
equipment

•The main objective for the termination is to keep the

phase voltage difference between the conductor and
the earth to be constant continuously and under any
conditions

•and the main concepts to be taken into consideration

during Designing and installation of a termination :
• Stress Control
•Creepage Distance
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 •Stress Control
A main objective for the termination is to
relief the stresses at the point of
removing outer semiconductor in order
to protect the insulation at this point from
breakdown

Stresses are two types:

•Longitudinal Field
•Radial Field

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•Stress Control

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 •Stress Control

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•Stress Control

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 •Stress Control

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•Stress Control

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 •Creepage Distance

•It is important to make the distance between the

conductor and the earth long enough to prevent
any leakage between the conductor and the
earth

•The length of the creepage distance may cause

problem in installing the termination so it was
the idea of curved track to increase the field
track without need to long distance to instal the
termination

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•Creepage Distance

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 •Creepage Distance

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9Elbow Accessories

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 9Elbow Accessories

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9Elbow Accessories

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 9Elbow Accessories

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9Porcelain Terminations

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 Joints

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•Joint Theory

•A main objective for the joints is to rebuild all

the layers of the cables at the point of jointing

•Stresses at the end of insulation screen must

be controlled

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 •Stress Control

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•Stress Control

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 •Stress Control

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•Stress Control

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 •Stress Control

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9 Layers Continuity

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 How to connect each layer of cable with its
resemblance in the other cable?
Outer
Layer Inner Outer Jacket
Semi Insulat Semi Copper
Conductor Armour
Condu ion Condu Screen
ctor ctor
Product

Copper Heat
Armour
Braid Shrink
Connector Wrap
Joint Housing To be Outer
Crimping a Metal
Premolded component connect Jacket
metal slides to
Premolded fapricated and ed Tube
Connector be
Accessories tested in the factory between
on both wrapped
Installed by slipping on earth
conductors on the 3
the insulation screen
of cables phases
of the
joints
cable

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9Layers Continuity

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 Comparison Between Premolded and Heat shrinkable accessories

Comparison Notes
Installation
Points Main Product Routine
Process
Materials Nature Test
Joint Type

Separated Parts
to be collected Installing each Many
Heat Shrinkable Heat Shrink problems
and installed Not tested part by flame
Accessories Tubes
bz the tech. at
the site

Rubber
material
Layers are One piece to Easy to
Premolded compatible
collected and be installed by Install
Accessories with cable Tested
prefabricated slide on cable
insulation
material

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• Other Accessories
»Lugs & Connectors
»Heat Shrinkable Products
9Breakouts
9End Caps
9Boots

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