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    The document discusses different types of electrical cables. It describes the main components of a cable including the conductor, insulation, sheath and armor. It explains that copper and aluminum are commonly used as conductors, with copper being more conductive but also heavier. The document also categorizes cables based on their voltage grades as low voltage, medium voltage, high voltage, or extra high voltage. Finally, it provides a table showing standard cable sizes based on their metric size and maximum current carrying capacity.

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    The document discusses different types of electrical cables. It describes the main components of a cable including the conductor, insulation, sheath and armor. It explains that copper and aluminum are commonly used as conductors, with copper being more conductive but also heavier. The document also categorizes cables based on their voltage grades as low voltage, medium voltage, high voltage, or extra high voltage. Finally, it provides a table showing standard cable sizes based on their metric size and maximum current carrying capacity.

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    LAB MANUAL POWER DISTRIBUTION AND UTILIZATION

    Lab # 01
    Study of different types of cables

    OBJECTIVE:
    To study different types of cable and their sizes and selection of cable for a
    load given .

    THEORY:

    A cable is two or more wires running side by side and bonded, twisted, or braided


    together to form a single assembly. In electrical engineering cables are used to carry electric
    currents. Electrical cable is an assembly consisting of one or more conductors with their own
    insulations and optional screens, individual covering(s), assembly protection and protective
    covering(s). Electrical cables may be made more flexible by stranding the wires. In this
    process, smaller individual wires are twisted or braided together to produce larger wires
    that are more flexible than solid wires of similar size. Following are the main parts of cable

     Insulation:
    Insulation separates conductors, electrically and physically, within a cable.

     conductor:
    Usually stranded copper (Cu) or aluminium (Al) are used to concduct current.
    Copper is denser and heavier, but more conductive than aluminium. Electrically equivalent
    aluminium conductors have a cross-sectional area approximately 1.6 times larger than
    copper, but are half the weight 

     Conductor Sheath :
    A conductive sheath / shield, typically of copper tape or sometimes lead alloy, is
    used as a shield to keep electromagnetic radiation in, and also provide a path for fault and
    leakage currents (sheaths are earthed at one cable end). Lead sheaths are heavier and
    potentially more difficult to terminate than copper tape, but generally provide better earth
    fault capacity.
     Filler :
    The interstices of the insulated conductor bundle is sometimes filled, usually with
    a soft polymer material.
     Bedding / Inner Sheath :
    Typically a thermoplastic (eg. PVC) or thermosetting (eg. CSP) compound, the
    inner sheath is there to keep the bundle together and to provide a bedding for the cable
    armour.
    LAB MANUAL POWER DISTRIBUTION AND UTILIZATION

     Armour :
    For mechanical protection of the conductor bundle. Steel wire armour or braid is typically
    used. Tinning or galvanising is used for rust prevention. Phosphor bronze or tinned copper
    braid is also used when steel armour is not allowed.

     SWA - Steel wire armour, used in multi-core cables (magnetic),


     AWA - Aluminium wire armour, used in single-core cables (non-magnetic).
    When an electric current passes through a cable it produces a magnetic field (the
    higher the voltage the bigger the field). The magnetic field will induce an electric
    current in steel armour (eddy currents), which can cause overheating in AC systems.
    The non-magnetic aluminium armour prevents this from happening .
     Outer Sheath
    Applied over the armour for overall mechanical, weather, chemical and
    electrical protection. Typically a thermoplastic (eg. PVC) or thermosetting(eg. CSP)
    compound, and often the same material as the bedding. Outer sheath is normally colour
    coded to differentiate between LV, HV and instrumentation cables. Manufacturer’s
    markings and length markings are also printed on the outer sheath.
    Types of cables with respect to voltages :

     Low voltage power and control cables pertain to electrical cables that
    typically have a voltage grade of 0.6/1 kV or below.
     Low voltage instrumentation cables pertain to cables for use in instrument
    applications and typically have a voltage grade of 450/750 V or below.
     Medium / High voltage cables pertain to cables used for electric power
    transmission at madium and high voltage (usually from 1 to 33 kV are medium
    voltage cables and those over 50 kV are high voltage cables).
     Extra High Voltage cables pertain to cables for use in instrument applications and
    typically have a voltage grade up to 550k V or below.

    Types of cables with respect to phase:

    Sr No. Standard Matric size Max current R (ohm) per


    imperial/diameter (A) km
    in inches
    1 3/0.029 1.5 10 19.71
    2 3/0.036 1.5 13 15.8
    3 7/0.029 2.5 15 11.8

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