Ampacity derating factors for cables buried in short segments of conduit

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 20, Issue 2 I, 2005, Pages 560-565

  Vaucheret, Pascal ^a   Hartlein, R A ^b   Black, William Z ^c  

^a ECL Pechiney Alcan   (France)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ampacity; Cable in conduit; Thermal ratings; Underground cables

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC CONDUITS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

AMPACITY; DERATING FACTORS; THERMAL RATINGS;

UNDERGROUND CABLES;

EID: 17844365877     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2005.844358     Document Type: Article

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