Numerical calculation of the magnetic field produced by a multi-conductor power cable (original) (raw)

Computation of magnetic flux in a helical multiple conductor with finite element method

2011

The paper presents a numerical model that calculates the magnetic flux produced by current through the wires of the multiple conductor, helically wrapped over a steel cylinder, given the wires section from which is made the conductor. Magnetic flux was determined using the finite element software package Vector Fields Opera, and the results were compared with those determined experimentally.

A Simple Innovative Method to Calculate the Magnetic Field Generated by Twisted Three-Phase Power Cables

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 2010

This paper firstly examines the consolidated analytical methodologies available in literature for the calculation of the magnetic field generated by a twisted three-phase conductor arrangement carrying balanced three-phase currents. Such literature methodologies consist of an exact analytical expression of the rms magnetic induction given in the form of complicated Besselfunction series and of an approximation of such exact expression where only the first term of the series is considered. Subsequently, a simple innovative approximated formula for the rms magnetic induction generated by twisted three-phase power cables is obtained by means of an heuristic procedure. This formula results a good approximation of the rigorous analytical one and at the same time is much more accurate than the approximated formula found in literature, as demonstrated by the case of a twisted three-phase power cable used for power distribution at the medium voltage level.

Innovative calculation methods of the magnetic field from single and double-circuit twisted three-phase cables widely used in MV and LV installations

Central European Journal of Engineering, 2011

This paper proposes a simple innovative formula for the calculation of the magnetic field generated by a single and a double circuit twisted three-phase power cable line. The formula results a good approximation of the rigorous analytical one and at the same time is much more accurate than the approximated formula found in literature, as demonstrated by some cases of a twisted three-phase power cable used for power distribution at the medium voltage level. The effectiveness of this simple innovative formula is also examined in the case of a double-circuit twisted three-phase power cable line following the’ worst case’ approach and concluding at proposing an approximate expression for the total magnetic field generated by both twisted three-phase power cables.

Impedance and Admittance Calculations of a Three-Core Power Cable by the Finite Element Method

2015

The analytical modeling of a three-core cable system is challenging because of the non-concentric configuration of the components involved. Given these limitations, a 2D finite element modeling of the cable is developed in order to obtain the values of the self, mutual and sequence impedances and admittances. To calculate the series impedance, a magnetic vector potential magnetodynamic formulation is used and for the calculation of the parallel admittance, an electric scalar potential electrostatic formulation is applied. By calculating the series impedance of the inner cables, the influence of the mutual impedances in all metallic elements involved is shown. The methodology is applied to a typical cable of 300 mm²-18/30 kV. The numerical results are compared with analytical ones and with values supplied by the manufacturer for each phase, validating the numerical modeling.

Magnetic Field Generated by Double-Circuit Twisted Three-Phase Cable Lines

Progress In Electromagnetics Research C

The evaluation of the magnetic field from double-circuit twisted three-phase power cable lines misses a sound and exhaustive theoretical and experimental treatment in the literature. This paper presents a rigorous approach to the calculation of the magnetic field from double-circuit twisted threephase cables, whereby the magnetic field generated by such cables is computed as the vector sum of the two individual fields generated by each twisted three-phase cable. This approach is validated by means of extensive measurements of the magnetic field from single-and double-circuit twisted three-phase power cables-provided by Italian utilities-identical to those installed in the field.

New techniques in FEM field calculation applied to power cable characteristics computation

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 1990

The aim of this paper is to describe an application of the finite element method to the computation of the parameters per unit length of shielded and multiphase cables using new techniques recently developed by the authors in the domain of the solution of unbounded problems and adaptive mesh refinement procedure Comparison with analytical results is given to illustrate the efficiency of the proposed techniques in terms of computation times and accuracy of results.

Analytical Calculation of the Magnetic Field Produced by Electric Power Lines

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 2005

The magnetic field produced by electric power lines is usually calculated numerically with the use of a computer. However, the analytical calculation of the magnetic field is preferable because it results in a mathematical expression for showing its dependences on the various parameters of the line arrangement. A method to derive the analytical formula of the magnetic field vector produced by any power line is developed in this paper. The specific formulas for the magnetic field produced by any single circuit line in flat, vertical, or delta arrangement, as well as for hexagonal lines considered as double circuit lines in super bundle or low reactance phase arrangements or as six-phase lines, are given. The derived formulas are valid at any point with practical importance, close to or far from the line.

3D Computation of the Power Lines Magnetic Field

Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, 2015

In this paper, a 3D quasi-static numerical algorithm for computation of the magnetic field produced by power lines is presented. These power lines can be overhead power line phase conductors and shield wires or buried cable line phase conductors. The basis of the presented algorithm is the application of Biot-Savart law and the thin-wire approximation of cylindrical conductors. The catenary form of the power line conductors is approximated by a set of straight cylindrical segments. By summing up contributions of all conductor segments, magnetic field distribution is computed. On the basis of the presented theory, a FORTRAN program PFEMF for computation of the magnetic flux density distribution was developed. For each conductor catenary, it is necessary to define only global coordinates of the beginning and ending points and also the value of the longitudinal phase conductor current. Global coordinates of beginning and ending points of each catenary segment are generated automatically in PFEMF. Numerical results obtained by program PFEMF are compared with results obtained by simple 2D model and results obtained using software package CDEGS.

Finite Element Method for calculation of magnetic field produced from a helical turn in linear and nonlinear medium

The paper presents a numerical model using finite element method to calculate the magnetic field produced by current through a helical turn, whose thickness is comparable to the winding radius. The magnetic field was determined for helical turn considering homogeneous-linear and inhomogeneous-nonlinear medium, using the finite element software package Vector Field Opera. It analyzes the numerical model, in order to optimize it, in relation to the number of finite elements spatial, the extension of domain to calculate the field, current carrying conductor length and material characteristics of medium of the magnetic field existence.