Section1EMCOFELECTRICALPOWEREQUIPMENTMUTUALINDUCTANCEBETWEENWIRESINHELICALLYTWISTEDPOWERCABLESBERNDW
JAEKEL,GERMANYSiemensAG,AutomationandDrives,Germany,e-mail:bernd
jaekel@siemens
comAbstract
Thearrangementoftheconductorsinamulti-corepowercableleadstoasituationwherevariousconductorloopsarebuiltup
Oneorseveralloopsareformedbythephaseandneutralconductorswiththeoperationalcurrentflowingintheseconductors
Afurtherloopisbuiltupbytheprotectiveearthconductorwhichisconnectedtotheequipotentialbondingsystematseverallocations
Theareaofthisloopisessentiallyarrangedoutsideofthepowercable
Theinductivecouplingfromthephaseconductorloopsintothatloopcausescommonmodevoltagesintheprotectiveearthsystemwithconsequentcommonmodecurrents
Itcanbedemonstratedthatthiseffecteventakesplaceinthecaseofbalancedphasecurren