Author(s)

G. Cosuliclf, T. Ghiara & G. Merenda

Abstract

Mathematical models have been analyzed and studied to verify the thermal behaviour of medium voltage cables, subject to intermittent load cycles. A laboratory has been equipped for Electrical and thermal measures on cables, the goal was to identify the parameters of the model. An approach based on the analogy between the electric and thermal fields, has been chosen. Cables and environment has been divided into many elementary cells of different shapes and dimensions, every cell is represented by thermal resistances and one thermal capacity In the paper the development of a prototype software tool to select the right size of medium voltage cables is described. Software ha

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