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    Fluidized Thermal Concrete Backfill?

    Does anybody know where I can get some "hard" data on fluidized thermal concrete (aka Fluidized Thermal Backfill -FTB) for installation of underground power cable? I am familiar with the concept but I need to find more detailed information such as performance data, pricing...
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    Quick short circuit calculations

    what is the rated voltage of the generator? Also, the value you have listed for transient reactance looks wrong (=0.224 maybe?). The values of reactance listed, are those the saturated values? The calculation of short circuit contribution from a generator is very involved. However, a quick...
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    Temperature correction for transformer load loss

    load losses come from 3 places: 1. resistive losses in the windings 2. eddy current losses in the windings 3. eddy current losses in the tank temperature would affect #1 in that the resistance of the windings increases as the temperature increases (copper & aluminum have a positive temperature...
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    Inrush current carrying capacity of Cable

    A very good reference if you can get your hands on one is the Okonite publication: Engineering Data for Copper and Aluminum Conductor Electrical Cables. There are lots of informative charts & tables in this book on power cables, including a chart which shows the short circuit withstand...
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    Fiber Optic Vendors

    Try this link, its the TIA suppliers Directory for fiber optics....its dated April 1999 but it should give you good contact info on a wide variety of fiber optics vendors: http://www.fols.org/pubs/dir.pdf
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    Emergency Rating of cable

    Thanks. Question came up because of the apparent disparity in requirements for fire pump protection in the NEC. The NEC requires the protective device to be sized for locked rotor current (LRA), but but the feeder only needs to be sized for 125% of motor FLA. So, if the motor does happen to...
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    Emergency Rating of cable

    anybody know how to go about calulating the emergency rating of a power cable? In other words, if you have a copper cable with a temperature rating of 75oC (or 90oC or 105oC), what is the ampacity of that cable at the emergency rated temperature of 130oC?
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    Two or three winding transformer cheaper

    Reliability is an issue, not so much because it is three winding versus two winding, but because you have one transformer versus two. If that single three winding transformer has a failure all your downstream loads are out of commission until you can repair/replace that single transformer...
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    Inductive heating

    yes, 3 phases in one duct is ok if you dont exceed the fill limits for the conduit size. check the NEC. Also there is a recommendation in the NEC for running all 3 phases in a single ferrous duct (rather than a single phase or conductor) in order to negate this inductive heating effect...
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    Inductive heating

    Well, there should be no current flowing through the conduit itself, as it is a single conductor insulated and jacketed cable. My pricipal worry is accelerated degredation of the cable insulation over time due to excessive temperature. The voltage level is about 15 kV (60 hz circuit) but the...
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    Can 50Hz be run at 60Hz?

    To make a long story short, impedance is inversely proportional to frequency. So, as your line frequency increases, the impedance the circuit decreases. Basically what this means is that, if you have equipment designed for 50 hz applications & you run 60 hz power through it, the impedance of...
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    Inductive heating

    Can anybody point me in the right direction or give a good reference to solve the following problem/question: How much heating (i.e. max temp) will occur in a piece of steel conduit (sleeve) due to the magnetic field produced by a large power conductor run inside of it? Although the NEC...
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    coordination ques: CTs & instantaneous overcurrent relays

    thank you. This was the type of response i needed. I suppose that my question is not exactly relay-related but more CT-related, esp with regards to CT saturation. The real problem is, do I need to take into account the peak asymmetrical rms value into account when determining CT saturation...
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    coordination ques: CTs & instantaneous overcurrent relays

    Quick question: when determining the setpoint for a instantaneous overcurrent relay for a feeder, what value of fault current is appropriate: Should the setting be determined based on symmetrical rms, asymmetrical, or peak short circuit (three phase bolted) fault value? Also, this value, is it...
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    Decrease of noise

    Noise in a power transformer is due primarily due to magnetostriction, the expansion & contraction of core steel under an alternating magnetic flux, which causes vibration in the transformer assembly. This vibration is transmitted to the air via the transformer tank walls, causing that familiar...

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