Thermal modeling of portable power cables

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 72-79

  Yenchek, Michael R ^a   Cole, Gregory P ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ampacity; Cable; Current; Insulation; Model; Overload; Temperature; Thermal

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT PROTECTION; ELECTRIC INSULATION; ELECTRIC LOADS; MINING MACHINERY; NUMERICAL METHODS; SKIN EFFECT; TEMPERATURE; TESTING;

CABLE PROTECTION SYSTEM; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER PROGRAM; OVERLOAD TESTS; PORTABLE POWER CABLES;

ELECTRIC CABLES;

EID: 0030702154     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/28.567080     Document Type: Article

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