Handbook of Electrical Engineering

CABLES, WIRES AND CABLE INSTALLATION PRACTICES 185 Tin is also used as a coating for copper armour wires or armour braiding wher ...

186 HANDBOOK OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Table 9.3. Electrical and physical properties of galvanised steel wire Property Mild stee ...

CABLES, WIRES AND CABLE INSTALLATION PRACTICES 187 9.2 ELECTRICALLY NON-CONDUCTING MATERIALS USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CABLES ...

188 HANDBOOK OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 9.2.1.3 Polymer A polymeric compound contains several different molecules e.g., carbon, h ...

CABLES, WIRES AND CABLE INSTALLATION PRACTICES 189 High melting temperature. High tensile strength and resistance to mechanical ...

190 HANDBOOK OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Table 9.5. Electrical and physical properties of thermoplastic and thermoset resins as in ...

CABLES, WIRES AND CABLE INSTALLATION PRACTICES 191 9.3 Composition of Power and Control Cables The composition of a power cable ...

192 HANDBOOK OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING line). BS5468 is similar to BS5467 but only applies to XLPE insulated cables in the same ...

CABLES, WIRES AND CABLE INSTALLATION PRACTICES 193 Table 9.8. International standards that are commonly applied to cables Conduc ...

194 HANDBOOK OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING The outside diameter (dc) of the core is given by:- dc=( 1 + 2 n)d Wheredis the diameter ...

CABLES, WIRES AND CABLE INSTALLATION PRACTICES 195 Table 9.10. Equivalence between metric and American cable sizes Actual CSA (m ...

196 HANDBOOK OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Table 9.10. (continued) Actual CSA (mm^2 ) Nominal CSA (mm^2 ) Circular mils American wir ...

CABLES, WIRES AND CABLE INSTALLATION PRACTICES 197 the compound PTFE can be used. These compounds would tend to be used for spec ...

198 HANDBOOK OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 9.3.8 Armouring Most cables used in oil industry plants are installed for at least part o ...

CABLES, WIRES AND CABLE INSTALLATION PRACTICES 199 Determining the continuous current for a feeder to a switchboard or to its in ...

200 HANDBOOK OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING also the IEE Wiring Regulations in its sixteenth form. Such tables cover a wide range of ...

CABLES, WIRES AND CABLE INSTALLATION PRACTICES 201 Table 9.12. Land based installations. 600/1000 V. Cu/PVC/PVC/AWA/PVC single c ...

202 HANDBOOK OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Table 9.14. Land based installations. 600/1000V. Cu/PVC/PVC/SWA/PVC 3 and 4 cores Nominal ...

CABLES, WIRES AND CABLE INSTALLATION PRACTICES 203 Table 9.16. Land based Installations. 600/1000 V. Cu/XLPE/PVC/AWA/PVC single ...

204 HANDBOOK OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Table 9.18. Land based Installations. 3800/6600 V. 6350/11,000 V. 8700/15,000 V. Cu/XLPE/ ...