Major factors affecting cable ampacity

2006 IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting, PES

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  De León, Francisco ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b CYME International T and D   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ampacity; Cable rating; Cables in air; Cables in riser poles; CYMCAP; IEC standards; Neher McGrath; Underground cables

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT CARRYING CAPACITY (CABLES); SOLAR RADIATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; VENTILATION;

AMPACITY; CABLES IN AIR; CABLES IN RISER POLES; CYMCAP; NEHER-MCGRATH;

UNDERGROUND CABLES;

EID: 84858363040     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/pes.2006.1708875     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (10)

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