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CIGRÉ 2001 TUTORIAL On Types and Uses of High Temperature Conductors
CIGRÉ 2001 TUTORIAL On Types and Uses of High Temperature Conductors
ACSR
Compacted ACSR
High
High Temperature Conductor
Conductor is defined as a conductor
that is designed for applications where continuous
operation is above 100C or the conductor is designed to
operate in emergency conditions above 150C
150 C.
In fact some can be run at over 200C continuously and
over 220C for short times.
This gives us spare capacity or redundancy in the
network for future expansion
To take advantage of the high temperatures (and so
Ampacities) low sag is also required and this uses the
technique of the Knee point
13
Original design
maximum sag,
1950s
12
10
Knee points
2
570 mm Sorbus AAAC
9 36.9 kN @ 10 0C
8
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200
0
C d t T
Conductor Temperature,
t C
Lumpi HACIN
ACSS
CTC ACCC
J-Power
G
Gap Types and uses of High
Temperature
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Type 1- J-Power Gap
Aluminium
Al i i matrix
t i core
Very strong
N steel
No t l
High temperature aluminium alloy
E
Expensivei Types and uses of High
Temperature
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Pros and Cons - ACCR
Carbon
C b fibfibre core ((stronger
t and
d lilighter
ht ththan steel)t l)
High temperature, high conductivity aluminium
Can operate up to 250C
250 C
Low tension so less stress on structures
Veryy low sags
g
Installed in several countries Types and uses of High
Temperature
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Pros and Cons - ACCC
Extremely strong
composite core (50% Special fittings
stronger than steel) Soft aluminium requires
Virtually no increase in care in
i h
handling
dli
sag above knee point Minimum bending radius
High conductivity alloy for core
Can be used up to very
high
g temperatures
p
Used world-wide
Very low kg/m
Types and uses of High
Temperature
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Fittings
Most new conductor types require special fittings
An exception is the ZTAL/HACIN ACSR which can use
existing
i ti conventional
ti l fitti
fittings
These fittings may run hotter than normal and so may
incur some overheating unless specifically designed for
high temperature operation
But commonly many HT conductors are run at <100C in
normall operation
ti so fitti
fittings only
l hhave tto withstand
ith t d hi
high
h
temperatures for short periods
Thus (H/w)
Th (H/ ) is
i directly
di tl related
l t d to
t specific
ifi tensile
t il strength.
t th
Generally the higher the H/w, the less the conductor sags.