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10-Tmss-04-Optical Fiber Ground Wire (Opgw) - R0
10-Tmss-04-Optical Fiber Ground Wire (Opgw) - R0
10-Tmss-04-Optical Fiber Ground Wire (Opgw) - R0
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0 SCOPE
2.0 CROSS-REFERENCES
4.1 General
4.2 Design Criteria
4.3 Stranded Metallic Wires
4.4 Central Fiber Optical Unit
4.5 Dispersion Un-shifted Single Mode Optical Fiber
4.6 Non-Zero Dispersion-Shifted Single Mode Optical Fiber
4.7 Color Coding
4.8 Composite OPGW
4.9 Reel Design
4.10 Markings
5.0 TESTS
1.0 SCOPE
This SEC Material Standard Specification (TMSS) specifies the minimum technical
requirements for design, engineering, manufacture, inspection, testing, and
performance of a composite overhead optical fiber-ground wire (OPGW) intended to
be used in the transmission system of the Saudi Electricity Company, (SEC), Saudi
Arabia.
2.0 CROSS-REFERENCES
This Material Standard Specification shall be read in conjunction with the SEC
General Specification No. 01-TMSS-01, titled "General Requirements for all
equipment/material", which shall be considered as an integral part of this TMSS.
This TMSS shall also be read in conjunction with SEC Purchase Order or Contract
Schedules for project, as applicable.
3.3 IEC 61089 Round Wire Concentric Lay Overhead Electrical Standard
Conductors
3.5 ASTM B398M Standard Specification for Aluminum-Alloy 6201-T81 Wire for
Electrical Purposes
3.8 EIA/TIA-455 Standard Test Procedures for Fiber Optic Fibers, Cables,
Transducers, Sensors, Connecting and Terminating Devices and
other Fiber Optic Components
3.10 EIA 472A Sectional Specification for Fiber Optic Communication Cables for
Outside Aerial Use
3.13 IEEE 1138 Standard Construction of Composite Fiber Optic Overhead Ground
Wire (OPGW) for use on Electric Utility Power Lines
4.1 General
4.1.3 Sample of the proposed OPGW shall be provided for SEC evaluation.
4.2.2 The composite OPGW shall be designed in which the integral optical fiber
are used for transmission of optical signals, and in which the metallic
materials are used for conduction of surge currents attributed to lightning and
electrical faults.
4.3.1 The type of stranded metallic wires shall be hard drawn aluminum-alloy wire
or aluminum-clad steel wire, or combination of both, for general use for
electrical purposes.
The base metal of aluminum-clad steel wires shall be steel made by the
open- hearth, basic-oxygen or electric-furnace process.
Table I
4.3.2 There shall be no joints of any kind made in the finished wires composing the
strand. There shall be no joints or splices in any length of the completed
OPGW. Electric welded butt joints are only permitted to be made prior to
start of cold drawing to final size.
4.3.3 The rated breaking strength of the completed OPGW shall be taken as 90%
of the sum of the rated breaking strength of the individual wires, calculated
from their nominal diameter and the approximate specified minimum tensile
strength. The central fiber optical unit shall not be considered a load bearing
tension member when determining the total rated breaking strength of the
composite OPGW.
4.3.4 The basic construction shall have bare concentric-lay stranded metallic wires
with the outer layer having right hand-lay and wound around the metallic or
non- metallic pipe or channeled rod. The stranded wires may be of multiple
layers with a combination of various metallic wires within each layer. The
direction of lay shall be reversed in successive layers.
4.3.5 The preferred length of lay of the various layers of wires is 13.5 times the
outside diameter of that layer, but the length of lay shall not be less than 10
nor more than 16 times this diameter.
4.3.7 All wires shall lie naturally in their true positions in the completed composite
OPGW. The wires shall be so stranded that when the composite OPGW is cut
at any point the individual wires can be readily regrouped and then held in
place by one hand.
4.4.1 The central fiber optical unit shall be designed to encase and protect the
optical fibers from damage due to forces such as crushing, bending, twisting,
tensile stress and moisture.
4.4.2 The central fiber optical unit, including the outer stranded metallic wires,
shall protect the optical fibers from degradation due to vibration, wind
loading, wide temperature variations, lightning and fault currents as well as
any other effects that may produce hydrogen.
4.4.3 The central fiber optical unit may include a metallic or non-metallic tube,
and/or channeled rod or spacers, but is not limited to these designs:
a. Aluminum Tube
The central fiber optical unit may include an aluminum tube to house
the fibers. The aluminum tube may be fabricated as a seamless
extruded tube or seam welded tube.
Interstices, where present in the slotted core of the central fiber optical unit,
shall be filled with a suitable compound to prohibit any moisture ingress from
outside or any water migration along the fiber optical unit. The filling
compound shall be non-toxic and dermatologically safe to exposed skin. It
shall be chemically and mechanically compatible with all the components,
non-nutritive to fungus, electrically non-conductive and shall absorb and/or
inhibit generation of hydrogen within the cable. The filling compound shall
be able to withstand normal service conditions specified in 01-TMSS-01 and
shall remain flexible (not to harden) throughout the entire life of the fiber (at
least for 30 years).
4.4.5 A structural (tension) member may be used to limit the stresses on the fibers
inside the central fiber optical unit. The structural member shall be made of
fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) or equivalent.
4.4.6 The central fiber optical unit shall withstand maximum fault current as
specified in Data Schedule without degradation to the physical and
mechanical characteristics and properties of the fibers.
The Dispersion Un-shifted Single Mode Optical Fiber shall meet the requirements of
Table II, unless otherwise specified in Data Schedule.
Table II
i) @ 1300 nm 0.45 dB/km Less than 3.5 ps/nm/ 1300 to 1324 Nominal value shall lie
Operating at 1300 nm km in 1285 nm to nm between the range of 9
Wavelength 1330 nm to 10 µm at 1300 nm
Operating Wavelength
with allowable + 5%
deviation from nominal
value.
ii) @1550 nm 0.25 dB/km Less than 20 ps/nm/ 1300 to 1324 Nominal Value shall lie
Operating at 1550 nm km at 1550 nm nm between the range of 10
Wavelength to 11 µm at 1550 nm
Operating Wavelength
with allowable devia-
tion of + 10%.
4.5.1 The optical fiber shall be made of germanium doped silica glass or pure silica
glass.
4.5.3 The cladding of the optical fiber shall be made of silica glass having lower
refractive index. The outside diameter of the cladded fiber shall be 125 µm
with tolerance of + 2.0 µm.
4.5.5 The nominal total fiber coating diameter shall be in the range of 245 to 400
microns.
4.5.6 There shall be no joints or splices in any optical fiber in any reel length of the
complete optical cable.
4.5.8 Optical fibers shall be free of material and manufacturing defects which
would prevent them from meeting the requirements of this Specification.
4.5.9 Each group of fiber shall be enclosed in a loose buffer tube or wrapped by a
heat resistance tape in a helical fashion to provide mechanical and
environmental protection.
4.5.10 The buffer shall be easily removed. If special tools are recommended by the
manufacturer, these shall be provided.
Table III
i) @ 1550 to 0.25 dB/km 2.0 to 6.15 ps/nm. Nominal value shall lie
1565nm km between the range of 8
Operating
1450 nm to 11 µm with allowable
Wavelength
+ 0.7µm deviation from
ii) @1565 to 1625 0.27 dB/km 4.5 to 12.4 ps/nm.
nominal value.
nm Operating km
Wavelength
4.6.1 The optical fiber shall be made of silica/doped silica glass. Index profile shall
be step index.
4.6.3 The coating material of the optic fiber shall be double layer of UV cured
acrylate. The external diameter of the colored fibers shall be 250 µm with
tolerance of + 15 µm.
4.6.5 The cladding diameter shall be 125 ± 1.0µm with a concentricity error (core
to cladding) not exceeding 0.5µm.
4.6.6 There shall be no joints or splices in any optical fiber in any reel length of the
complete optical cable.
4.6.8 Optical fibers shall be free of material and manufacturing defects which
would prevent them from meeting the requirements of this Specification.
4.6.9 Each group of fiber shall be enclosed in a loose buffer tube in a helical
fashion to provide mechanical and environmental protection.
4.6.10 The buffer shall be easily removed. If special tools are recommended by the
manufacturer, this shall be provided.
4.7.1 The individual color and group color coding scheme of optical fibers shall be
as specified in Table IV.
4.7.2 The scheme applies to optical fiber cable where fibers are physically
separated.
4.7.3 Fibers within a cable shall be grouped and each group shall contain six fibers.
4.7.4 When a number of fibers form a group, the group shall be uniquely identified
as specified in Table IV.
4.7.5 All fibers within a group shall be discernible throughout the design life of the
optical fibers and uniquely color coded as shown in Table IV.
4.7.6 When groups are defined by means of tubes, binder tapes, ribbons, threads,
etc., such means shall be discernible and uniquely color coded as shown in
Table IV.
Table IV
The composite OPGW shall have the following minimum dimensions and ratings
which are equivalent to the combined characteristics of stranded wires and metallic
or non-metallic channeled rod or pipe:
4.8.1 The composite OPGW shall not experience any optical or mechanical
degradation when subjected to maximum 40% of the OPGW ultimate tensile
strength (UTS).
4.8.2 The manufacturer shall indicate the maximum permissible temperature rise
reached during fault occurrence without any adverse effect on the fiber and
UTS of wire.
4.8.3 The minimum bending radius that can be applied without optical degradation
shall not exceed 500 mm.
Table V
4.8.5 The required rating of the composite overhead optical fiber-ground wire shall
be as specified in Data Schedule.
4.8.6 The completed OPGW shall be free from imperfections not consistent with
good manufacturing practices.
4.9.2 The The length of OPGW per reel shall be 4000 meters with a permissible
variation of + 5%, unless otherwise different lenghts are required as per
actual site requirements or as agreed between SEC and the manufacturer.
4.10 Markings
4.10.1 Each end of the composite OPGW in the reel shall have a non-corroding tag
identifying the following:
4.10.2 Composite OPGW reels shall be marked in legible and indelible letters
providing the following particulars:
4.10.3 All markings shall appear on both sides of the reel. See Figure 1 for reel
marking location.
4.10.4 Composite OPGW reel identification shall include any additional information
as required by the SEC shipping instructions.
5.0 TESTS
All test results shall be provided for review and acceptance by SEC.
The term ‘relevant standards’ referred to hereunder relates to the group of standards listed in
clause 3.0 to which the optical fiber is being supplied by the manufacturer.
All type (design) tests prescribed in the relevant IEC, EIA/TIA, ASTM or
IEEE Standards to which the material is being supplied shall be performed on
the representative unit or on the first unit of every new design or rating to be
supplied to SEC.
In lieu of the actual type (design) tests, certified test reports of type (design)
tests performed on an identical unit may be submitted to SEC for review and
approval during the bidding stage.
The cutoff wavelength of the cabled fiber, shall be less than l250 nm for
dispersion un-shifted single-mode fiber and not less than 1450nm for
non-zero dispersion-shifted single-mode fiber. Measurement shall be as
specified in the relevant standard or in accordance with EIA/TIA-455-
170.
Water ingress tests 1m (one meter) sample cable designed for water
blocking shall be performed as specified in the relevant standard or in
accordance with EIA/TIA-455-82B. No water shall leak through the
open end of l m sample. If the first sample fails, one additional l m
sample, taken from a section of cable adjacent to the first sample may
be tested for acceptance. Water leaks from second sample shall
constitute failure.
The filling and flooding compound shall not flow (drip or leak) at 65°C.
The maximum fault current shall pass through the 10 m cable sample
for at least 0.50 second fault duration while continuously monitoring
the optical attenuation of the test fibers from at least 2 minutes before to
at least 5 minutes after each current pulse. The testing ambient
temperature shall be at least 50°C.
f. Sheave Test
h. Creep Test
i. Stress-Strain Test
j. Temperature Cycling
The breaking strength of the completed OPGW shall not be less than
the specified rated breaking strength of the OPGW unless the failure
occurs in the gripping device. If the failure occurs in the grip, the test
value must not be less than 90% of the specified rated breaking
strength.
2. The minimum tensile strengths shall not be less than 95% of the
tensile strengths specified for individual tests as specified in the
relevant standard or in accordance with table l of ASTM B398M.
c. Tests for mechanical and physical properties of Central Fiber Optic unit
shall be made before assembly.
Measurement shall be made from both directions and the results shall
be averaged. Attenuation loss values exceeding those specified shall
constitute failure.
All type (design) tests prescribed in the relevant IEC, EIA/TIA, ASTM or
IEEE Standards to which the material is being supplied shall be performed on
the representative unit or on the first unit of every new design or rating to be
supplied to SEC.
In lieu of the actual type (design) tests, certified test reports of type (design)
tests performed on an identical unit shall be submitted, or the cable
manufacturer shall submit reports in the form of batch test reports furnished
by the core manufacturer, provided that the core supplied to SEC is out of the
same batch and the core manufacturer is listed in the SEC approved list. All
the required test reports shall be submitted to SEC for review and approval
during the bidding stage.
e. Chromatic Dispersion
The nominal mode field diameter (MFD) for dispersion un-shifted single-
mode fibers shall be in accordance with Table II.
g. Concentricity Error
Concentricity error - The offset between the center of the core and the
center of the cladding shall be < 1.0 micron.
Cladding Non circularity - The cladding non circularity shall be < 2%.
i. Coating Diameter
Coating Diameter - The nominal coating diameter for loose buffer shall
be 250 microns.
All fibers shall be subjected to a minimum proof stress of 0.35 GN/m² for
one second equivalent by the fiber manufacturer (100% testing).
a. Attenuation Coefficient
All the traces (hard copies) must provide at least the following
information other than the standard data provided by the OTDR:
ii. All traces shall clearly identify fiber number, binder-color (group
identifier) and fiber color.
iii. All traces shall be furnished with the fiber-ID and the drum/reel number
and physical length of the cable ordered for cross reference.
Upon receipt of the composite OPGW from the manufacturer, the purchaser shall at
his option, perform acceptance tests in order to verify that the optical characteristics
of the fiber meet the order requirements and to determine if optical fibers have been
damaged during shipment. The results of these tests and the manufacturer's certified
quality control information, which is attached to each reel, shall be compared to the
fiber requirements specified in the purchase order.
The tests shall be performed and documented by the use of Optical Time Domain
Reflectometer (OTDR). The end of the cable shall be sealed after completion of
these tests in order to prevent entry of moisture into the optical fiber. Tests shall be
performed from both ends and results shall be averaged.
5.3.2 Attenuation
Total attenuation for the entire reel length and attenuation per kilometer
should be measured on each fiber. Attenuation uniformity shall meet the
requirements of Clause 5.2.2.b of this standard.
The fiber length may be measured using the OTDR. The index factor to be
used in this measurement should be furnished by the fiber manufacturer. A
check should be made to verify received reel numbers and lengths correspond
to ordered quantities.
6.1 OPGW shall be tightly and uniformly wound onto reel(s) in layers. Reel lengths
may be "STANDARD LENGTHS" which are normally provided by a manufacturer
or "SPECIFIED LENGTHS" which are specified by the purchaser. A tolerance of
plus 2% and minus 0% shall be maintained for "SPECIFIED LENGTHS" and
"STANDARD LENGTHS".
6.2 Reels shall be either wooden non-returnable or steel returnable type which conform
to ANSI/AA 53-1981 or equal. Unless specified otherwise by the purchaser, the
manufacturer will determine the size and type reel which will withstand normal
shipping, handling, storage, and stringing operations without damage to the OPGW.
6.3 The drum and inside flanges shall be such that damage will not occur to the OPGW
during shipping, handling, storage, and stringing. This may be provided for by a
layer of suitable material which is water resistant and will not absorb moisture.
The outer layer of the OPGW shall be protected by a water resistance wrapping over
the exposed surface to prevent dirt and gritty material from coming in contact with
the OPGW during shipment and storage.
6.4 Reels shall have wooden lagging attached to the flanges unless specified otherwise
by the purchaser. Wood lagging should be similar to a Grade 3, cured and dressed,
50 x 100 mm Southern Pine lumber or equal. Lagging shall be attached to reels in
such a manner where individual lagging strips will remain in place during normal
shipment, handling, and storage.
6.5 The outer end of the OPGW shall be fastened to the inner surface of the reel flange a
minimum of 25 mm below the wood lagging.
The cable end shall be securely fastened to prevent the cable from becoming loose
during shipment. A minimum of 4 meters of the inner end of the OPGW shall be
accessible for connection to optical measuring equipment without removing wood
lagging or outer layer of protection. This length of cable shall be securely fastened
and protected during shipment.
6.6 A seal shall be applied to each end of the OPGW to prevent the entrance of moisture
into the optical fibers or the escape of filling compound during shipment and storage.
Two(2) extra seals shall be shipped with each reel and should be accessible without
removing lagging.
6.7 The manufacturer shall furnish at the time of shipment, a certified record of final
quality control measured values for each fiber on each reel. This certification shall
be attached to the outside flange of the reel in a weatherproof package or submitted
by the Vendor, separately.
6.8 Each reel shall be marked on the outside flange to indicate the direction the reel
should be rolled during shipment in order to prevent loosening of the cable on the
reel.
REFERENCE
SECTION NO. DESCRIPTION 'A' 'B' 'C'
Tube:
1.Thickness (mm) *
Channel Rod or Spacer (mm):
*
1.Diameter *
2.Number of Grooves *
3.Thermo-resistant Tape *
Filling Compound Type/
*
Material
Structural Member Material
4.5 Optical Fiber
Type of optical fiber
Optical Fiber Operational
Wavelength 1300/1550 (nm)
Optical Fiber Material
Group #3 Orange
Group #4 Grey
4.7 Composite OPGW
Minimum tension that can be applied
on composite OPGW without optical *
or mechanical degradation (kN)
Minimum bending radius of
*
Composite OPGW (mm)
Cross Sectional Area of Metallic
*
Part (mm²)
Max. Nominal Diameter of
*
Composite OPGW (mm)
Min. Rated Tensile Strength(kN) *
5.0 TESTS
Official Seal/Stamp
of the Company &
Date