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| Fig. 1 Gas pressure cables |
The Fig. 1
shows the section of a gas pressure cable. The cable id triangular in
shape and installed in the steel pipe. The pipe is filled with the
nitrogen at 12 to 15 atmospheric pressure. The remaining construction is
similar to that of solid type cable but the thickness of lead sheath is
75% of that of solid type cable. There is no bedding and serving. The
pressure cable was firstly designed by Hochstadter, Vogel and Bownden.
The triangle shape lead sheath acts as a pressure membrane. The shape
reduces the weight and provides the low thermal resistance. The high
pressure creates the radial compression to close any voids. The steel
pipe is coated with a point to avoid corrosion.
During heating, the cable compound expands and a sheath with acts as a
membrane becomes circular in such a case. When cable cools down the gas
pressure acting via sheath forces compound to come back to the
noncircular normal shape. Due to good thermal characteristics, fire
quenching property and high dielectric strength, the gas SF6 is also
used in such cables.
1.1 Advantages
The various advantages of gas pressure cables are,
1.
Gas pressure cables can carry 1.5 times the normal load current and
can withstand double the voltage. Hence such cables can be used for
ultra high voltage (UHV) levels.
2. Maintenance cost is small.
3. The nitrogen in the steel tube, helps in quenching any fire or flame.
4. No reservoir or tanks required.
5. The power factor is improved.
6. The steel tubes used make the cable laying easy.
7. The ionization and possibility of voids is completely eliminated.
The only disadvantages of this type of cables is very high initial cost.
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