电力电缆故障探测技术分析与应用

本文通过对高压电力电缆故障探测技术的分析,深入探讨了电力电缆故障机理和电缆故障探测基础理论,阐述电缆故障测距、定点的原理和方法,说明电缆探测新技术在我厂的应用效果.     

电力电缆故障的测寻

随着经济的发展和科技进步，电力电缆得到广泛应用。电缆出现故障如不及时排除，将会造成很大经济损失。测试电力电缆的接地故障及断路故障，可以有许多方法，如电阻电桥法、电容电桥法、烧穿法、高压电桥法以及驻波法等。但是这些方法使用起来往往需要较长的时间和更多的设备，一旦测量精确度不高，误差就会较大。如果采用现代脉冲法，基本上可以解决电力电缆发生的常见故障，并且大大缩短故障测试时间，提高测量精确度，从而取得较好的经济效益。     

露天矿移动设备电力电缆故障监测

介绍了露天矿移动设备电力电缆故障监测方法。     

110kV交联电缆聚氯乙烯外护层故障测寻

变电站110 kV聚乙烯绝缘电力电缆外护套故障的原因主要是施工不当，探讨了故障的测寻方法。为110 kV交联电缆的维护和应用提供了经验。     

应用高压检流计法寻测电缆故障

目前国内比较先进的电力电缆故障探测仪器，能探测出绝大部分电缆故障。用高压“检流计”法能解决这类仪器不能探测出的某种疑难故障，本文介绍了一则应用实例。     

高压交联聚乙稀电力电缆头典型故障分析

本文主要分析了高压交联电力电缆中间头的故障成因以及就安装而言应注意的几个问题     

天铁35kV电缆常见故障原因分析及改进措施

针对天铁35kV交联聚乙烯电力电缆经常出现单相接地故障的现象,分析了故障产生的原因,从电缆敷设、制作等方面采取了技术改进措施,保证电缆安全运行,收到良好的效果。     

35 kV单芯电缆终端发热原因剖析

针对一起高压单芯电力电缆终端出现发热故障,影响电力电缆安全运行的问题,剖析了故障产生的原因,提出了防范措施。     

阴极保护法在电力电缆防腐蚀中的应用

纸绝缘电力电缆的服务寿命一般应为30～50年。具有腐蚀作用的环境。对电力电缆的金属铠装和护套可以造成腐蚀，从而导致电缆故障频发和寿命缩短。鞍山钢铁公司供电厂的03^#、14^#、49^#、新46^#、老46^#和51^#变电所，地处腐蚀严重地区，在1973年对电力电缆采取防腐措施以前，新敷设的直埋电缆寿命最短的只有7年。     

电缆故障的测试方法

介绍了电缆故障测试的方法及原理,此方法适用于对各种埋地电缆、架空电缆、电力电缆、市话电缆、照明电缆、通讯电缆及光缆进行测距、寻迹、埋深探测及故障定位等.     

Failure Resistance of Historic Stone Bridge Structure of Charles Bridge. II: Susceptibility to Floods

The paper is a follow-up to the first part devoted to an analogical problem investigated with a view to the degradation of the stone structure due to the effects of nonstress load, and it deals with the probability problem of the bridge structure collapse under the effect of an extreme flood wave. The paper presents the results of the numerical analysis of the response of the historic stone bridge structure of Charles Bridge of the 14th century to the flood wave effect simulated by angular rotation, subsidence, and shifting in the footing bottom of a bridge pier. Special focus is on the effect of interventions into the stone bridge structure dating back to the last major overhaul of 1967–1975, particularly, on the effect of the reinforced concrete slab (tie plate) connecting the opposite bridge breast walls increasing the rigidity of the breast walls and their structurally efficient connection to the vaults of the bridge arches. The numerical analyses performed point out the prevailing negative effects of the implemented interventions in terms of structural rigidity of the stone bridge structure exposed to the effect of a flood wave.     

Addition of Cobalt to Lead Anodes Used for Oxygen Evolution—A Literature Review

A review of the literature dealing with the effect of cobalt on lead-based anodes for oxygen evolution during electrolysis of sulfuric acid solutions verifies that the presence of cobalt at the anode–electrolyte interface, either as constituent of the anode material or as ions in the electrolyte, catalyzes the evolution of oxygen and reduces the corrosion of the anodes and the contamination by lead of metal cathodes produced during electrowinning. However, due to harmful effects of cobalt ions on the cathodic reaction in some processes, these benefits are limited to the electrowinning of copper. Efforts to develop a way of introducing cobalt at the anode–electrolyte interface without interfering with the cathodic reactions are reviewed in this paper. The use of lead–cobalt alloy anodes has had limited success due to issues arising from the low solubility of cobalt in lead, segregation during casting of the alloys, and nonuniform distribution of cobalt which affects the integrity of the anodes. This has been overcome in part lately by inclusion of cobalt into only the surface layer of a lead or lead alloy substrate, by thermal treatment of a cobalt salt to form a catalytic cobalt oxide surface species, or by electrodeposition of composite lead–cobalt oxide anodes. The last approach in particular has been actively investigated by several groups, but to our knowledge it is yet to find application in the industry. The review also critically examines the likely reaction mechanisms involved.     

New Orleans Levee System Performance during Hurricane Katrina: London Avenue and Orleans Canal South

Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history. The effects of the hurricane were particularly devastating in the city of New Orleans. Most of the damage was due to the failure of the levee system that surrounds the city to protect it from flooding. This paper presents the results of centrifuge models conducted at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers simulating the behavior of the levees at London Avenue North and South that failed during Hurricane Katrina. Those levees failed without being overtopped by the storm surge. Also included are the results of a centrifuge model of one levee section at Orleans Canal South, which did not fail during the hurricane. The key factor of the failure mechanism of the London Avenue levees was the formation of a gap between the flooded side of the levee and the sheetpile. This gap triggered a reduction of the strength at the foundation of the protected side of the levee. The results are fully consistent with field observations.     

Reliability-Based Optimal Design of Truss Structures Using Particle Swarm Optimization

In this work, the particle swarm optimization method is employed for the reliability-based optimal design of statically determinate truss structures. Particle swarm optimization is inspired by the social behavior of flocks (swarms) of birds and insects (particles). Every particle’s position represents a specific design. The algorithm searches the design space by adjusting the trajectories of the particles that comprise the swarm. These particles are attracted toward the positions of both their personal best solution and the best solution of the swarm in a stochastic manner. In typical structural optimization problems, safety is dealt with in a yes/no manner fulfilling the set of requirements imposed by codes of practice. Considering uncertainty for the problem parameters offers a measure to quantify safety. This measure provides a rational basis for the estimation of the reliability of the components and of the entire system. Incorporating the reliability into the structural optimization framework one can seek a reliability-based optimal design. For the problems examined herein, the reliability indexes of the structural elements are obtained from analytical expressions. The structure is subsequently analyzed as a series system of correlated elements and the Ditlevsen bounds are used for the calculation of its reliability index. The uncertain-random parameters considered in this work are the load, the yield-critical stress; and the cross sections of the elements. The considered design variables of the optimization problem are the cross-sectional areas of the groups, which control the size of the truss, and the heights and lengths that control the shape of the truss. The results of the optimization are presented for a 25-bar truss and a 30-bar arch and the robustness of the optimization scheme is discussed.     

Reliability-Based Design for External Stability of Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls

A two-phase approach was used to develop a reliability-based design (RBD) method for external stability of mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls. In the first phase, a parametric study was conducted using Monte Carlo simulation to identify parameters that affect the probability of external failure of MSE walls. Three modes of failure were considered: sliding, overturning, and bearing capacity. External stability was assessed by treating the reinforced soil as a rigid mass using the same procedures employed for conventional gravity-type wall systems. Results from the parametric study indicate that the mean and coefficient of variation of the backfill friction angle are significant for sliding, the mean and coefficient of variation of the friction angle of the backfill and coefficient of variation of the unit weight of the backfill are significant for overturning, and the mean and coefficient of variation of the friction angle of the foundation soil and the mean of the backfill friction angle are significant for bearing capacity. In the second phase, a series of additional simulations was conducted where the significant parameters identified in the parametric study were varied over a broad range. Results of these simulations were used to develop a set of RBD charts for external stability of MSE walls. A comparison indicates that similar reinforcement lengths are obtained using RBD and conventional methods and that the inherent probability of external failure in conventional deterministic design is ? 0.001. This probability of external failure is similar to inherent probability of failure reported by other investigators for similar geotechnical structures.     

Artificial Ground Freezing of Fully Saturated Soil: Viscoelastic Behavior

The transport and mechanical properties of saturated soil drastically change when temperatures drop below the freezing temperature of water. During artificial ground freezing, this change of properties is exploited in order to minimize deformations during construction work and for groundwater control. Whereas for the latter only the size of the frozen-soil body is relevant, which is obtained by solving the thermal problem, the design of the ground-freezing work for support purposes requires information about the mechanical behavior of frozen soil. In addition to the quantification of the improvement of mechanical properties during freezing, information about the dilation associated with the 9% volume increase of water during freezing is required in order to assess the risk of damage to surface infrastructure caused by frost heave. In this paper, a micromechanics-based model for the prediction of both the aforementioned phase-change dilation and the elastic and viscous properties of freezing saturated soil is presented. Hereby, the macroscopic material behavior is related to the behavior of the different constituents such as soil particles, water, and ice. Combined with the solution of the thermal problem, the proposed model provides the basis for predictions of the performance of support structures composed of frozen soil.     

Influence of Precipitates on Hydraulic Performance of Permeable Reactive Barrier Filters

A study was conducted to elaborate a predictive model that deals with the hydraulic conductivity reduction of permeable reactive barriers (PRBs) used for the in situ treatment of contaminated groundwater. As PRBs are composed of reactive and permeable filters through which the contaminated groundwater flows, their longevity has to be studied from both hydraulic and chemical points of view. Therefore, one-dimensional (1D) column filtration experiments were performed at a pilot scale, and an integrated model based on the solution of the advection-reaction-dispersion (ARD) mass balance equation was developed to study the space and time evolution of the hydraulic conductivity. This model uses the well-known Kozeny-Carman relation, which considers that permeability depends on the porosity and specific surface of the porous media. The ARD equation is solved by using the PHREEQC software with numerous capacities on the chemical point of view. Thanks to specific assumptions on the geometry of the precipitations, by using the floating-spheres model and the introduction of the “balanced time principle,” the evolution of the profiles of conductivity are computed and compared with those deducted from differential pressure measurements in the laboratory. Results of numerical simulations conducted with the model show that the largest porosity reductions occur on a 10-cm-thick layer at the entrance of the PRB as a result of precipitation of calcite minerals (prefilter).     

Pseudostatic Coefficient for Use in Simplified Seismic Slope Stability Evaluation

Pseudostatic slope stability procedures are commonly used in engineering practice. However, the selection of the seismic coefficient employed in the analysis is often based on precedence without due consideration of the amount of seismic displacement that constitutes satisfactory performance for each particular project and without incorporating the vastly different seismic exposure for sites around the world. In this Note, a rational basis for selecting the seismic coefficient is presented. The proposed procedure requires that the engineer establishes the project-specific allowable level of seismic displacement. The seismic response characteristics of the slope are represented by the fundamental period of the potential sliding mass, and the site-dependent seismic demand is characterized by the 5% damped elastic design spectral acceleration at the degraded period of the potential sliding mass. The level of uncertainty in the estimates of the seismic demand and displacement can be handled through the use of different percentile estimates of these values. With the proposed equations, the engineer can properly incorporate the amount of seismic displacement judged to be allowable and the seismic hazard at the site in the selection of the seismic coefficient.     

采场充填料浆流动与离析规律的试验研究

为研究采场充填料浆流动规律及充填料浆离析分层对充填体强度的影响规律,开展了充填料浆流动相似模拟试验及采场原位充填体力学强度测试试验,研究结果表明：单点下料时充填料浆流动终态坡面趋向于正态分布。流动过程中充填料浆产生离析分层现象,主要表现为充填体物料的粒径沿料浆流动方向呈先增大后减小的趋势,充填体强度沿料浆流动方向呈先减小后增大再减小的倒转“S”形趋势。采场原位充填体强度在下料口附近与标准试块强度接近,在采场中间位置附近的充填体强度最小,在距离下料点采场长度7/10左右的位置充填体强度达到最大值。研究成果能够为充填采场下料管的数量及位置设计提供依据,从而保证充填体的整体质量。     

Leaching Behavior of Lead, Chromium (III), and Zinc in Cement/Metal Oxides Systems

This paper reports the study of the leaching behavior of cement/metal oxides mixtures containing lead, chromium (III) and zinc oxides. A fractional factorial design of experiments (24?1) was carried out considering four factors, the concentration of ZnO, Cr2O3, PbO, and Fe2O3 in the formulations. Iron oxide was also included in the experimental design as it is usually the main constituent of industrial wastes from thermal processes, where lead, chromium and zinc oxides are also found. After 56 days of curing, samples were subjected to the Acid Neutralization Capacity Test and the concentrations of Cr, Zn, and Pb were determined in the leachate at different pH after filtering. The output variables for the analysis of the experimental data were the concentration of metals at initial pH (in water), at pH 9, 7, and 4, and the acid neutralization capacity of the samples at pH 9. The analysis of the results indicates that the immobilization of Zn and Pb in Portland cement is poor; these metals behave as their amphoteric hydroxides. However, the leaching of Cr (III) is in the range found in the control sample, indicating that the stabilization of Cr (III) is successful.