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power_cableparam
Compute RLC parameters of radial copper cables with single screen, based on conductor and
insulator characteristics

Syntax
power_cableparam

Description
For a set of N cables, power_cableparam computes the self- and mutual impedances, the phase-to-screen, and
screen to ground capacitances of radial cables with screen.

The power_cableparam function assumes that a cable consists of an inner copper phase conductor with an outer
screen conductor, using cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) insulator material.

The Cable and Insulator Parameters

The following figure shows a typical high-voltage cable.

The variables used in the equations are:

N : The number of cables

n : the number of strands contained in the phase conductor.

d : the diameter of one strand (m)

f: the nominal frequency of the cable application

r : the radius of the phase conductor

µr: the relative permeability of phase conductor

rint , rext: the internal and external radius of the screen conductor

GMD: Geometric mean distance between the phase conductors.

ρ: Resistivity of the screen conductor

ɛrax: Relative permittivity of the phase-screen insulator

ɛrxe: Relative permittivity of the outer screen insulator

dax,Dax : the internal and external diameter of phase-screen insulator

dxe,Dxe : the internal and external diameter of the outer screen insulator

Self-Impedance of Phase Conductor(s)

The self-impedance of the copper phase conductor is calculated as follow
( )
De
Zaa = Rϕ + Re + jk1 log /
Ω km
GM Rϕ

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The DC resistance of phase conductor is given by

1000 1000
Rϕ = ρCu = (17.8e − 9) /
Ω km
SCu nπ d ( /2) 2

The resistance of earth return is given by

Re = π
2
⋅ 10
−4
⋅ f Ω km /
The frequency factor is given by

f
k1 = 0.0529 ⋅ ( /
units  Ω km )
0.3048 ⋅ 60

The distance to equivalent earth return path is given by

G
De = 1650 ρe /(2πf ) m

ρCu = 17.8e − 9 Ω m /
The geometric mean radius of phase conductor is given by
( )
μr
GM Rϕ = r ⋅ exp −
4

Self Impedance of Screen Conductor(s)

The self-impedance of the screen conductor is calculated as follow
( )
De
Z xx = R N + Re + jk1 log /
Ω km
GM R N

The DC resistance of the screen conductor is given by

1000
RN = ρ Ω km/
S

The geometric mean radius of the screen conductor is given by

(r ext
− rint )
GM R N = rint +
2

Mutual Impedance Between the Phase and Screen Conductors

The mutual impedance between the phase conductor and its corresponding screen conductor is calculated as follow
( )
De
Zax = Re + jk1 log Ω km/
Dn

Dn corresponds to the distance between the phase conductor and the mean radius of the screen conductor.

Mutual Impedance Between the Phase Conductors

If more than one cable is modeled (N>1), the mutual impedance between the N phase conductors is calculated as
follow
( )
De
Zab = Re + jk1 log /
Ω km
GMD

In general, the Geometric Mean Distance (GMD) between the phase conductors of a given set of cables can be
calculated as follow
Gn
 n

GMD = d xy
1

where n is the total number of distances between the conductors. However the GMD value is not calculated by the
function and needs to be specified directly as an input parameter.

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Capacitance Between the Phase and Screen Conductors

The capacitance between the phase conductor and its corresponding screen conductor is calculated as follow
( )
0.00736εrax
1
Cax = μF /km
0.3048 (
log  Dax /d )
ax

The cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) insulator material is assumed in this equation.

Capacitance Between the Screen Conductor and the Ground

The same equation is used to calculate the capacitance between the screen conductor and the ground
( )
0.00736εrxe
1
C xe = μF /km
0.3048 (
log  D xe /d )
xe

Capacitance Between the Phase Conductors

The capacitive effect between the phase conductors is negligible and therefore not computed by the
power_cableparam function.

Input Arguments
[r,l,c,z] = power_cableparam(CableData) computes the impedances and capacitances of a given set of
cables with screen conductor. The conductor and insulator characteristics are given in the CableParam structure with
the following fields

Field Description

N the number of cables

f the frequency in hertz to be used to evaluate RLC parameters

rh0_e the ground resistivity (in ohm.meters)

n_ba the number of strands contained in one phase conductor

d_ba diameter of one strand (in m)

rho_ba DC resistivity of conductor in ohms*m.

mu_r_ba relative permeability of the conductor material.

D_a phase conductor outside diameter (in m)

rho_x DC resistivity of the screen conductor in ohms*m.

S_x Total section of screen conductor (in m^2)

d_x screen conductor internal diameter (in m)

D_x screen conductor external diameter (in m)

GMD_phi Geometric Mean Distance between the cables.

d_iax phase-screen insulator internal diameter (in m)

D_iax phase-screen insulator external diameter (in m)

epsilon_iax relative permittivity of the phase-screen insulator material.

d_ixe outer screen insulator internal diameter (in m)

D_ixe outer screen insulator external diameter (in m)

epsilon_ixe relative permittivity of the outer screen insulator material.

Output Arguments
The output arguments are of the form of structure variables with the following fields

Variable, Field Description

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Variable, Field Description

r.aa Self resistance of phase conductor, in Ohm/Km

r.xx Self resistance of screen conductor, in Ohm/Km

r.ab Mutual resistance between the phase conductors, in Ohm/Km

r.ax Mutual resistance between phase and screen conductors, in Ohm/Km

l.aa Self inductance of phase conductor, in Henries/Km

l.xx Self inductance of screen conductor, in Henries/Km

l.ab Mutual inductance between the phase conductors, in Henries/Km

l.ax Mutual inductance between phase and screen conductor, in Henries/Km

c.ax Capacitance between the phase conductor and its screen conductor, in Farad/Km

c.xe Capacitance between the screen conductor and the ground, in Farad/Km

z.aa Self impedance of phase conductor, in Ohm/Km

z.xx Self impedance of screen conductor, in Ohm/Km

z.ab Mutual impedance between phase conductors, in Ohm/Km

z.ax Mutual impedance between phase and corresponding screen conductors, in Ohm/Km

Building the RLC Matrices

These computed resistances, impedances, and capacitances need to be organized into 2N-by-2N matrices that can
be directly used in the Cable block. See the power_cable example for an example on how to build a block that
represents a 4-Cables with Screen block.

The RLC matrices are defined as follows (the example is given for a 3-cable configuration):
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   

r ax
r xx rab rab rab rab 
 
l ax
l xx lab lab lab lab 

   

r ab
rab raa rax rab rab 
 
l ab
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
R =   L =  
r  l 


ab
rab rax r xx rab rab

 

ab
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

r  l 
 ab
rab rab rab raa rax   ab
lab lab lab laa lax 
rab rab rab rab rax r xx lab lab lab lab lax l xx

 
cax −cax 0 0 0 0
 

−c ax
cax + c xe 0 0 0 0 

 

 0 0 cax −cax 0 0 

C =  
 0 


0 −cax cax + c xe 0 0


 0 
 0 0 0 cax −cax 
0 0 0 0 −cax cax + c xe

Dialog Box
power_cableparam command opens a user interface (UI) that is used to specify the cable parameters and to
compute the electrical R, L, C cable parameters.

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Configuration Parameters
Number of cables
Specify the number of cables. A cable consists of an inner phase conductor, an outer screen conductor, and
insulator. This parameter determines the dimension of the R,L, and C matrices as follows: 2N-by-2N, where N is
the number of cables.

Frequency
Specify the frequency in hertz to be used to evaluate RLC parameters.

Ground resistivity
Specify the ground resistivity in ohm.meters.

Geometric mean distance between cables

Specify the Geometric Mean Distance (GMD) between the cables. Set this value to zero if the Number of cables
parameter is set 1.

Comments
Use this window to type comments that you want to save with the line parameters, for example, voltage level,
conductor types, and other information.

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Phase Conductor Parameters

Number of strands
Specify the number of strands contained in the phase conductor.

Strand diameter
Specify the diameter of one strand (in mm, cm, or m).

Resistivity
Specify the DC resistivity of conductor in ohm*m.

Relative permeability
Specify the relative permeability of the conductor material.

External diameter
Specify the phase conductor outside diameter (in mm, cm, or m).

Screen Conductor Parameters

Resistivity
Specify the DC resistivity of conductor in ohm*m.

Total section
Total section of screen conductor (in mm^2, cm^2, or m^2).

The screen total section value is sometimes provided in datasheets. If you do not know this value, you can
compute it as follows:

Total section = pi*r_out^2 – pi*r_in^2

where:

r_out is the external radius of screen conductor

r_in is the internal radius of screen conductor

Internal diameter
Specify the phase conductor outside diameter (in mm, cm, or m).

External diameter
Specify the phase conductor outside diameter (in mm, cm, or m).

Phase-Screen Insulator Parameters

Relative permittivity
Specify the relative permittivity of the phase-screen material.

Internal diameter
Specify the phase conductor outside diameter (in mm, cm, or m).

External diameter
Specify the phase conductor outside diameter (in mm, cm, or m).

Outer Screen Insulator Parameters

Relative permittivity
Specify the relative permittivity of the outer-screen material.

Internal diameter
Specify the phase conductor outside diameter (in mm, cm, or m).

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External diameter
Specify the phase conductor outside diameter (in mm, cm, or m).

Buttons
Load typical data
Load the default cable parameters provided with Simscape™ Electrical™ Specialized Power Systems software.
Opens a browser window where you can select the DefaultCableParameters.mat file, which represents the
four-cable configuration used in the power_cable example.

Load user data

Opens a browser window letting you select your own cable data. Select the desired .mat file.

Save
Saves your cable data by generating a .mat file that contains the GUI information and the cable data.

Compute RLC matrices

Computes the RLC matrices for a given cable. After completion of the parameters computation, results are
displayed in a new window, entitled Display RLC Values. See Display RLC Values GUI for more details on this
window. The obtained results are of the form of 2N-by-2N RLC matrices that can be directly used in the cable
block. For an example, see the 4 Cables with screen block in the power_cable example.

Examples
See the power_cable model for an example using the power_cableparam function.

See Also
power_lineparam

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