Losses in armoured three-phase submarine cables

Thomas Ebdrup, Filipe Miguel Faria da Silva, Claus Leth Bak, Christian Flytkjær Jensen

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Abstract

The number of offshore wind farms will keep increasing in the future as a part of the shift towards a CO2 free energy production. The energy harvested from the wind farm must be brought to shore, which is often done by using a three-phase armoured submarine power cable. The use of an armour increases the losses in armoured cables compared to unarmoured cables.
In this paper a thorough state of the art analysis is conducted on armour losses in three-phase armoured submarine power cables. The analysis shows that the IEC 60287-1-1 standard overestimates the armour losses which lead to the installation of cables with excessive phase conductor cross section.
This paper also presents an example of the potential economic benefits of having a better knowledge of the losses introduced by the armour.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Large-Scale Integration of Wind Power into Power Systems as well as on Transmission Networks for Offshore Wind Power Plants (WIW2014)
Number of pages4
PublisherEnergynautics
Publication dateNov 2014
ISBN (Print)978-3-98 13870-9-4
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2014
EventThe 13th International WORKSHOP on Large-Scale Integration of Wind Power into Power Systems as well as on Transmission Networks for Offshore Wind Power Plants - Berlin, Germany
Duration: 11 Nov 201413 Nov 2014

Conference

ConferenceThe 13th International WORKSHOP on Large-Scale Integration of Wind Power into Power Systems as well as on Transmission Networks for Offshore Wind Power Plants
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityBerlin
Period11/11/201413/11/2014

Keywords

  • Three-phase armoured submarine power cables
  • Armour losses
  • Armour loss factor
  • Cable measurements

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