Verification tests and insulation design method of cold dielectric superconducting cable

A High‐Temperature Superconducting (HTS) cable has a bulk power transmission capacity as a candidate for the replacement of aged cables and/or for the increase of the power transmission capacity, and its diameter is preferred to be smaller than the inner diameter of the duct for the existing cables. To reduce the diameter of HTS cable, the cold dielectric (CD)‐type electrical insulation in which a cable core is immersed into liquid nitrogen (LN₂) should be adopted, and the thickness of its electrical insulation layer has to be optimized. Since a partial discharge (PD) in the electrical insulation layer of the CD‐type HTS cable is considered as a major cause for the aging of the insulation layer, PD‐free design must be adopted for the CD‐type HTS cable. This paper describes a design method for the electrical insulation layer of the CD‐type HTS cable adopting the PD‐free design under AC stress, based on the experimental results such as a PD inception stress (PDIE), an impulse breakdown stress, and PD extinction characteristics under AC stress superimposed with an impulse stress. Moreover, the proposed design method was applied to a 500‐m HTS cable and was verified by a field test. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 164(2): 25–36, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.20512     

高温超导电缆及其低温绝缘研究现状

概述了世界上高温超导电缆的研究历史和现状,介绍了高温超导电缆本体的基本结构及绝缘要求,分析了高温超导电缆主绝缘的结构及存在的问题。针对高温超导电缆中使用的液氮和几种低温固体绝缘材料,分别介绍了其在低温环境下介电性能的相关研究进展。总结发现：液氮的击穿场强受到气泡和电极材料的影响;液氮下绝缘材料的直流击穿场强高于交流击穿场强;聚酰亚胺在液氮下的交直流击穿场强高于聚丙烯层压纸;低温会抑制环氧树脂中电树枝的生长。     

Development of Y‐branch joint for 275‐kV XLPE and fluid‐filled cable

When a new UHV substation is built in an urban region, generally, an existing underground transmission line will be diverted and drawn into the new substation. Compared with the latter construction method, enormous cost reduction of switching facilities and cable construction is expected when applying a Y‐branch joint (YJ) which is able to serve as a three‐way joint. The YJ has already been applied for 154‐kV‐class circuit, but it has not been investigated for 275‐kV‐class circuit. Since both XLPE and oil‐filled cable are presently used in 275‐kV‐class underground cable line, a universal design YJ for both cables has been investigated. The YJ was applied in a compact design which was based on our sophisticated electrical stress control technology for 500‐kV prefabricated‐type joint. Furthermore, the design was based on its prefabricated assembling technology. The YJ was verified as to its electrical and mechanical performance as 275‐kV cable joint by completion of its assembling test and a long‐term electrical test. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 164(2): 18–24, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.20514     

An over‐current withstanding design of superconducting power cables

In a design of HTS power cables, the over‐current withstanding design is very important. In a conventional case, when one of the 2‐circuit power cables failed, the other cable should transport the previous total power continuously. If we adopt this idea also in case of superconducting power cables, the rating current should be decided carefully. In this paper, the authors show a fundamental idea for a short‐time withstanding over‐current design of HTS power cables. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 141(2): 34–40, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.10051     

浅析高温超导电缆在城市电网的应用前景

高温超导电缆具有不同于常规电缆的优越特性,已在国内外研制成功并在工程中实验和应用。介绍了高温超导体特性和高温超导电缆,简要分析了国内外高温超导电缆的研究进展、应用现状和项目实例,对高温超导电缆在城市电网的应用前景作了初步探讨。     

Thermal degradation characteristics of oil‐filled cable joint with extremely degraded tan δ oil

Much of oil‐filled (OF) cable has been used for a long time as 66‐ to 500‐kV extrahigh‐voltage cable. Sometimes we can see extremely degraded tan δ oil (several tens of percent of tan δ, for example) in joint boxes, etc. The values of tan δ calculated by a simple combination model of paper/oil show that the oil‐impregnated paper with such a high tan δ oil likewise has an extremely high tan δ, which must result in thermal breakdown. However, such an event has not taken place up to the present in actually operated transmission lines. This fact suggests that some mechanism for the suppression of tan δ has acted in the paper insulation impregnated with degraded tan δ oil. Therefore, we investigated in detail the tan δ characteristics of paper impregnated with extremely high tan δ oil. In addition, based on the investigation results, we developed a method for simulation of heat generation by dielectric loss in an OF cable joint (which has degraded tan δ oil). © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 178(1): 1–10, 2012; Published online in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.21184     

The application of novel polypropylene to the insulation of electric power cable (3)

Having a higher melting temperature than polyethylene, polypropylene has been expected to be an insulation material for power cables. But isotactic polypropylene (i‐PP) used generally is unsuitable as cable insulation because it shows poor flexibility, low breakdown strength due to growing spherulites, and so on. But stereoregular syndiotactic polypropylene (s‐PP) newly developed with metallocene catalyst shows quite different properties than i‐PP. In our previous paper, we investigated the basic properties of s‐PP and the initial properties as a cable which was manufactured using s‐PP insulation. It was revealed that s‐PP had superior thermal and electrical properties to cross‐linked polyethylene and the s‐PP insulation table showed satisfactory initial properties. However, in order to apply to an actual cable, the properties must be maintainable over 30 years after construction. In this paper, we estimated the long‐term remaining properties for s‐PP insulation table. A series of experiments on long‐term properties gave the following results: (1) s‐PP cable shows longer life over 30 years; (2) the breakdown strength of s‐PP cable after a long‐term experiment equal to 30 years is slightly lower than the initial breakdown strength, but it is sufficient as a remaining property. Furthermore, water‐tree resistivity of s‐PP was investigated and it was revealed that s‐PP significantly suppressed the water tree propagation compared with XLPE. These results suggested that s‐PP cable would serve as a next‐generation cable. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 155(3): 1–8, 2006; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience. wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.20114     

Design study of a high‐temperature superconducting transformer

Many research and development projects on high‐temperature superconducting apparatus such as a transformer, fault current limiter, and cable are being actively pursued in the power field as a result of performance improvement of Bi silver sheath high‐temperature superconducting (HTS) wire. HTS transformers are considered to be among the most promising applications in view of efficiency improvement, the interface with cryogenic cable and normal temperature devices, incombustibility, overload capability, the function as a reactor, and the possibility of use as a fault current limiter. The necessary technical development items of an HTS transformer in order to achieve performance superior to conventional devices are examined. For this purpose, three‐phase 66‐kV 100‐MVA transformers were designed for the comparison of an HTS transformer and a conventional one with oil cooling. The desirable development items are an HTS wire current density of about 40 A/mm², an allowable winding strain of about 0.5%, a percent impedance of 7.5%, an air gap flux density of about 0.3 T, and AC losses of about 0.3 W/km‐A. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 142(1): 25–31, 2003; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.10087     

高温超导电力电缆的发展

通过与常规电缆的比较,概述了高温超导电力电缆的应用优势,并介绍了高温超导电力电缆的发展过程,尤其是阶段的最新进展,最后展望了其发展方向。     

Quantitative evaluation of perpendicular‐field losses in stacked high‐Tc superconducting tapes

The influence of stacks of Bi‐2223 multifilamentary tape‐shaped wires without twisting on AC losses observed in an external magnetic field perpendicular to their wide faces is investigated. The perpendicular‐field losses decrease with increasing number of tapes in the range of small field amplitudes. At larger amplitudes, on the other hand, the AC losses have little dependence on the stack number. This can be attributed to the effect of magnetic interaction between wires. By taking into account effective demagnetization factors on the basis of theoretical consideration, the perpendicular‐field losses are plotted on a master curve for the maximum magnetic field applied to the wires. Furthermore, the perpendicular‐field losses measured as a function of the field amplitude are well reproduced by the numerical evaluation of AC losses for a slab with infinitely wide surfaces. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 141(3): 50–57, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.10050     

75m三相交流高温超导电缆的研制

成功研制的75m长10.5kV/1.5kA三相交流高温超导电缆是目前世界上少数几组并入实际电网试验运行的三相交流高温超导电缆之一。超导电缆芯采用均流方法设计，在自主开发的专用绕线机上绕制；低温杜瓦管采用柔性波纹管和真空绝热结构；电缆的绝缘设计和加工实现了与常规电缆电绝缘工艺的兼容；低温制冷系统采用减压降温方式；在线监测系统采用光－电转换技术实现高电压隔离。该超导电缆的交流载流能力大于3500A，自2004年12月起，已累计在配电网中运行达7000h。     

Development of NbTi superconducting strands and cables for the field winding of a 200‐MW‐class high‐energy‐density superconducting generator

The NbTi superconducting strands and cables for the field winding of the 200‐MW‐class high‐energy‐density‐type superconducting generator are developed. They are composed of Cu/Cu‐10wt%Ni/Nb‐46.5wt%Ti superconducting strands and the 10‐kA (at 5 T)‐class 9‐strand compacted cables. The diameter of strands is 1.33 mm, and the 9‐strand compacted cables are 2.4 mm thick and 6.0 mm wide. In order to produce high‐current‐density NbTi strands, we made strands under controlled aging heat treatments, the total and final strains, and the strains between heat treatments, by using large‐scale extruder. Moreover, in order to produce high‐stability and low‐AC‐loss NbTi strands and cables, the matrix ratio of strands and the cross sections of strands are optimized. The current density of NbTi filaments for the four‐time‐aging manufactured 1.33‐mm‐diameter strands was J_C=3150 A/mm² at 5 T, 1150 A/mm² at 8 T. The critical current of the 9‐strand compacted cable is 10.7 kA at 5 T. The AC losses of the final compacted cables are less than 100 kW/m³ at 5 T, 5 T/s, that is, decreased to less than half of the target of the AC loss value (< at 5 T, 5 T/s). Compared with the strand (Cu ratio 1.77), the minimum quench energy (MQE) of the strand (Cu ratio>2) increased about 40% at the operation mode current of the superconducting generator. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 156(3): 24– 31, 2006; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.20266     

Development of new conductors of the cable‐in‐conduit type for HTS coils with high performance

A new type of cable‐in‐conduit conductor composed of HTS tapes was proposed as a winding for high‐performance HTS coils with high current capacities and low AC losses. In the fabrication of the conductor, the twist of stacked tapes around their axes was made before inserting them inside conduits. The twist angle should be changed continuously along the axis to reduce face‐on oriented magnetic fields applied to the tape in the winding conductor during coil operation. In order to confirm the high current capacity of this type conductor, two single‐layered solenoidal coils wound with sample conductors composed of five stacked Bi‐2223 tapes with bias angles of 20 and 0° were fabricated and tested in liquid nitrogen. A copper magnet system was used in this experiment to generate the spread magnetic field with a spread angle of 20° from the coil axis to the radial direction, which simulates the profile of magnetic fields near the edge windings of practical coils. A large improvement on critical‐current degradation affected by spread magnetic fields was successfully observed for the test coil wound with the 20° bias conductor. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 153(4): 12–19, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.20218     

高温超导电缆自动重合闸方案研究

高温超导电缆与传统电力电缆不同,外部短路故障产生的过电流可能导致高温超导电缆由于短时失超而被切除。鉴于高温超导电缆输送容量大,为了提高其供电可靠性和整个电网并列运行的稳定性,有必要增设自动重合闸装置。论证了采用高温超导电缆自动重合闸的重要性,阐述了高温超导电缆自动重合闸的设计原则,提出了一种基于超导电缆温升的自适应式重合闸配置方案,通过仿真计算,验证了所提方案的有效性。     

10.5kV/1.5kA高温超导电缆绝缘设计及加工

正在研制的75m长10.5kV 1.5kA三相交流高温超导电缆将于2004年底挂网试运行。本文分析75m高温超导电缆的电场分布特点,介绍了该电缆的总体绝缘设计与加工及试验情况。在由超导电缆本体、中间连接及终端模型组成的同实际电缆外体结构一致的电缆集成体模型上,完成了终端及电缆中间连接的绝缘预加工并进行了耐压试验;15kV工频电压下电缆本体绝缘局部放电试验;以及电缆本体及模型电缆集成体绝缘通过了35kV工频耐压试验。     

110kV/3kA高温超导电缆输电网络接入运行特性仿真计算与分析

随着城市电力需求的不断增长以及提高电网运行安全和对环境保护的要求,传统输电网络已不能完全满足城市供电的需求,高温超导(HTS)电缆的发展为解决这些矛盾提供了可能,可以应用在那些受制于地形和安全因素而不能建造架空线路的地区,以满足负荷需要。基于高温超导材料的临界特性,利用Matlab搭建了高温超导电缆失超后的暂态模型,基于PSCAD/EMTDC建立了一个110k V/3k A的冷绝缘高温超导电缆的仿真模型,并将超导电缆模型接入一个110k V的三端环网式电力网络,模拟了外部短路故障对超导电缆线路的影响,并对高温超导电缆和普通线路的功率分布进行了比较。结果表明,高温超导电缆具有更大的短路容量,更有利于电网电压稳定和调节。     

高温超导电缆交直流伏安特性测试与分析

为了研究高温超导电缆在直流和交流载流情况下伏安特性的变化规律,提出基于第二代YBCO高温超导体的冷绝缘超导电缆交直流伏安特性测试方法,搭建了伏安特性测试实验系统,通过对一根0.2m长,110k V/1.5k A高温超导电缆样缆的交直流伏安特性进行测试,获得了超导电缆在直流、30Hz、100Hz和工频载流下伏安特性变化规律。结果表明,超导电缆的直流伏安特性曲线呈现E-J指数关系,且失超变化清楚,而交流下当超导电缆通流值低于直流临界值时,交流伏安特性曲线变化平缓,之后随通流能力增加后该曲线呈逐渐上升趋势,超导电缆没有出现明确的失超变化点。研究结果对于开展超导电缆运行稳定性研究提供了较大的参考价值。     

高温超导输电电缆的发展现状

高温超导(HTS)电缆具有低损耗、大容量、无污染等优点,是智能电网基础技术之一,已在电力系统中已受到越来越多的关注.笔者介绍了HTS电缆的结构、特点及性能优势,阐述了HTS电缆在国内外的研发概况,指出了HTS电缆的未来重点应用领域.在此基础上,指出了HTS电缆在智能电网中应用尚需解决的技术性、经济性及工程适用性等方面的...     

A switch‐mode boost DC–DC converter for IR‐drop compensation of charging cable

A switch‐mode boost DC–DC converter has been developed to compensate for the IR‐drop because of the finite resistance of a charging cable. The boost ratio of the DC–DC converter is adaptively controlled by an IR‐drop sensing circuit to provide the required voltage level to a battery charger regardless of the cable resistance. Implemented in a 0.18 µm BCDMOS process, the IR‐drop compensating switch‐mode boost DC–DC converter occupies 6.2 mm² active area and shows the 93.2% peak efficiency. The proposed IR‐drop compensating boost converter can be applied to compensate for the IR‐drop of any type of charging cables. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Practical Application of ±250‐kV DC‐XLPE Cable for Hokkaido–Honshu HVDC Link

The long‐term dc properties of DC‐XLPE insulation materials, which have been developed for dc use, were investigated. It was found that the lifetime of DC‐XLPE under dc voltage application is extended by the addition of nano‐sized filler. The time dependence of the space charge distribution at 50 kV/mm was observed for 7 days. Almost no accumulation of space charge in DC‐XLPE was found. The 250‐kV DC‐XLPE cables and accessories were manufactured and subjected to a type test and PQ test for use in the Hokkaido–Honshu dc link facility owned by the Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. These tests were performed under conditions that included a polarity reversal test for line commutated converter (LCC) systems as recommended in CIGRE TB 219. The test temperature was 90 °C. The type test and PQ test were successfully completed. The DC‐XLPE cable and accessories were installed in summer 2012 for the Hokkaido–Honshu dc link. After the installation of the dc extruded cable system, a dc high‐voltage test at 362.5 kV (=1.45 PU) for 15 min was successfully completed in accordance with CIGRE TB 219. This dc extruded cable system was put into operation in December 2012 as the world's highest‐voltage extruded dc cable in service and the world's first dc extruded cable for a LCC system including polarity reversal operation.