Electric Power ›› 2020, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (9): 141-149.DOI: 10.11930/j.issn.1004-9649.202004035

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Influence of Deformed Corrugated Aluminum Sheath on the Electric Field of Extruded Insulation DC Cable

ZHANG Hongliang1,2, YIN Yi1,2, XIAO Jinyu3, HOU Jinming3, YAN Zhiyu4, XIE Shuhong4, HU Ming4   

  1. 1. School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;
    2. Key Laboratory of Control of Power Transmission and Conversion(SJTU), Ministry of Education, Shanghai 200240, China;
    3. Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization, Beijing 100031, China;
    4. Zhongtian Technology Submarine Cable Co., Ltd., Nantong 226010, China
  • Received:2020-04-07 Revised:2020-05-18 Published:2020-09-09
  • Supported by:
    This work is supported by National Key Research and Development Program of China (Key Technology of ±500 kV DC Cable, No.2016YFB0900701), Jiangsu Province Key Research and Development Program (Key Technology Research of Design and Manufacture of ±500 kV DC Cable, No.BE2018090), Science and Technology Project of Global Energy Interconnection Group Co., Ltd. and SGCC (Key Technologies and Development Roadmap of UHV High-capacity DC Submarine Cable, No.SGGEIG00JYJS1900009)

Abstract: In order to determine the possible damage to the cable insulation structure by deformed corrugated aluminum sheath of HVDC cable and its influence on the electrical performance during operation, thermal expansion test and radial pressure test were conducted on 500 kV DC cable to identify the concave defects on insulation surface caused by the deformation of corrugated aluminum sheath. A finite element model was established to analyze the variation of insulation field intensity distribution with temperature drop, and the field intensity distribution on the defected insulation surface caused by the deformed corrugated aluminum sheath. The finite element simulation results show that the insulation field strength of cable varies with the insulation temperature difference during the load process, and the defects on the insulation surface can further cause the field strength distortion, the extent of which is related to the applied voltage and insulation temperature difference.

Key words: DC cable, XLPE insulation, corrugated aluminum sheath, temperature drop, electric field distribution, finite element analysis