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Southwire TechnicalSupport T&DUpdates RevisingACSRCapacityAssumptions

RevisingACSRCapacityAssumptions

Mining

ChangingdesignparameterstoacheivemorecapacitycoulddamageACSR
conductors

Industrial

Conductortemperaturedictatestransmissionlinecapacity.Inthequestfor
increasinggridthroughput,it'stemptingtochangethelimitingassumptionsin
theconductortemperatureratingcalculations.Thisshouldbedonewithcaution
asthiscanincreasetheriskofoverheatingtheconductor.

Transmission
Substation

"Excessiveconductoroperatingtemperaturescandamagethezincgalvanized
(GA)coatingonconductorcoresusedinACSR,"saysMarkLancaster,manager
ofoverheadtransmissionengineeringforSouthwire'sEnergyDivision.Thiscan
leadtoconductorfailure,ultimatelycancellingoutanybenefitsgainedfrom
increasingthecapacity.

Distribution
Renewables
IEEErevisitingconductortemperaturestandards
OEM
SCRTechnologies
Canada
AmricaLatina

ACSRisnotahightemperatureconductor:itisratedfor75Ccontinuousoperationand100Cemergencyoperationforatotalof1,500
hoursovertheconductorlife.Theseratingsspecifytheconductorsurfacetemperature.However,thereismuchdiscussionintheindustry
astohowhottheconductorcoregetscomparedtotheconductorsurface.Currently,thereisnoagreedontemperaturedifference.
WorkisbeingdonebytheTowers,PolesandConductors(TP&C)subcommitteeoftheIEEEtoaddressthisissue.OneTP&Cworking
groupisrevisingtheIEEE1283,GuideforDeterminingtheEffectsofHighTemperatureOperationonConductors,Connectors,and
Accessorieswhichaddressestheeffectsofhigherconductoroperatingtemperatures.Thisguideshouldbeconsideredbyanyone
consideringoperatingconductorsattemperatureshigherthanthoserecommendedbytheconductormanufacturers.
AnotherTP&Cworkinggroupiscurrentlyrevisingarelatedstandard,IEEE738,theStandardforCalculatingtheCurrentTemperatureof
BareOverheadConductors.Whilethebasiccalculationmethodisn'tlikelytochange,butthereissignificantdiscussionaboutunderlying
assumptionslikewindvelocityandACresistancevalues.
Startingplaceforcalculationassumptions
Whetheryouareconsideringoperatingconductorsatelevatedtemperatures,orchangingratingparameterstoincreaselineratings,
Lancasterrecommends,"CIGREtheInternationalCouncilOnLargeElectricSystemsisagoodsourceforunderstandinginitial
assumptionswhencalculatingconductortemperature."CIGRETechnicalBulletinTB299coverstheselectionofweatherparameters,and
TB345coversthecalculationofACresistance.TojoinCIGREandgetaccesstotheirtechnicalbulletins,goto:
www.cigre.org/gb/organization/Membership.asp.
Asanalternativetorunningexistinglinesatriskytemperatures,LancastersuggestsreconductoringwithACSS,specificallySouthwire
HS285orotherhightemperaturelowsagconductor.FormoreinformationonACSRcapacityassumptionorreconductoringoptions,
contacttheSouthwireEnergyDivision.

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