Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction Basic Materials for Manufacturing Various Types of Electric Power Cables Conductor Material Insulating Materials Fillers Other Chemicals Wire Drawing: Copper and Aluminium Wire Drawing Wire Drawing Machine Conductor Formation-Stranding: Theory and Practice Sector-Shaped Conductor for an 11,000 V cable Elliptical-/ Oval-Shaped Conductor for a 33,000 V Cable Manufacturing of Conductor with Profiled Wire (Profiled Wire Manufacturing Is Elaborated in Chapter 3-Figure 3.23) Insulation and Insulated Conductors Insulation Application of Insulation on Conductors Pay-Off Horizontal Continuous Vulcanisation System Degassing: For HV and EHV Cables Sioplas System of Curing and Manufacturing XLPE Cables Irradiation System of Curing Polythene Insulation Basic Concepts of Radiation Processing Processing Methods Assembling and Laying Up of Multicore Cable and Protective Metal Sheathing Taping Protective Sheath for Laid-Up Cable Core (Mechanical and Electrical Protection) Metal Covering (Lead) Aluminium Corrugated Steel Tape Calculation of Short-Circuit Rating Capacity for Metal Sheath Earth Bonding of HV and EHV Cable Sheath Armouring and Protective Covering Armouring Protective Covering Electrical Parameters for Designing Cables Insulation Thermal Resistivity Voltage Induced in the Conductor of a Control Cable When Laid alongside an Electrified Railway Track Transmission of High-Frequency Signal through HV and EHV Cables Quality Systems, Quality Control and Testing What Is Quality? Testing of Cable Tensile Strength Elongation Ageing Test Hot Set Test (A Measure to Determine the Amount of Cross-Linking Achieved) for Cured Materials such as XLPE and Elastomers Solvent Extraction Null Detector Interface Suppression Protection Resistance of the Conductor Measuring Low Resistance using the Kelvin Double Bridge Wheatstone Bridge to Measure Conductor Resistance on Completed Cables Wheatstone Bridge Theory AC Voltage Test Partial Discharge Test Impulse Voltage Test Dimensional Check Measurement of Armour Wires and Tapes Voltage Test for 4 h Type Tests, Electrical Cables Having Conductor Screens and Insulation Screens Bending Test Heating Cycle Test Resistivity of Semiconducting Screens Test for Longitudinal Watertightness Flame Propagation Tests under Different Conditions LOCA Test for Nuclear Plants Test and Measurement Facilities Synergism Simulator Cables for Offshore Wind Firms and Oil Exploration Rigs: Hyperbaric Test Checking for Leakages in Each Test Some Special Cables Aerial Bunch Cables Direct Current Cables Umbilical Cables Power Cable Laying, Jointing, and Installation Backfilling of Trenches and Pipes Selected Materials Such as Sands as Backfill Material Ducts Cable Laying on Steel Trays and Racks (Both for LV Distribution and MV, HV, and EHV Transmission Cables) Joints and Terminations Desirable Design Features Jointing of Cable and Conductor Crimping and Compression Joints Welding Methods Insulating the Joint Insulation: Low-Voltage Cable from 400/440 to 3000/3300 V PVC Insulated HV and EHV Joints Stress Control Straight Through Joint on EHV Cable Termination HV and EHV Cable Terminations Thermomechanical Problems Aerial Bunch Cables and Screen Terminations (11 and 33 kV Cables) Tests Conducted after Installation References

Ganguli and Kohli make engineers and technicians aware more precisely of the technology involved and the precautions they need to take during the production of cables for electric transmission in order to get a good quality product at a reasonable cost. This can only be possible, they say, when the theory of designing a cable is in consonance with the practical applications in every other respect. Using as many examples as possible, they demonstrate how every detail of the product, its design criteria, and even the construction of particular cable processing machinery, rests purely on a mathematically proven thought process. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)