Thermal performance of underground power cables with constant and cyclic currents in presence of moisture migration in the surrounding soil

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1159-1170

  Freitas, Daniel S ^a   Prata, Alvaro T ^a   De Lima, Aloisio J ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b GEQC PIRELLI SA Cable Division   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DESIGN; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; NUMERICAL METHODS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; SOILS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS;

CYCLIC CURRENTS; MOISTURE MIGRATION; POWER CABLE DESIGN;

UNDERGROUND CABLES;

EID: 0030189080     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/61.517467     Document Type: Article

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