Looking for a Cable Sizing software
Looking for a Cable Sizing software
(OP)
Hello everyone,
I'm looking for a Cable Sizing software for MV and LV plants, which has at least the following features:
-> Must have a manageable load list as input (maybe using an excel file);
-> Support more international standards (like IEC, NEC, etc) and not only one specific (I've found lots of good programs but they support only British Stds);
-> Has to evaluate the ampacity of the cables and have a design based on voltage drop and passing through energy;
-> *Should* be a little more calculation-oriented than graphical;
-> Presence of manageable internal cable library;
-> Reports of the sizings done (stds used, cable list, materials, etc).
The only softwares I've found right now are Aveva Electrical and Ampére Electrical, which looks like they have most things I need, but I would like to evaluate more options.
Thanks for your help.
I'm looking for a Cable Sizing software for MV and LV plants, which has at least the following features:
-> Must have a manageable load list as input (maybe using an excel file);
-> Support more international standards (like IEC, NEC, etc) and not only one specific (I've found lots of good programs but they support only British Stds);
-> Has to evaluate the ampacity of the cables and have a design based on voltage drop and passing through energy;
-> *Should* be a little more calculation-oriented than graphical;
-> Presence of manageable internal cable library;
-> Reports of the sizings done (stds used, cable list, materials, etc).
The only softwares I've found right now are Aveva Electrical and Ampére Electrical, which looks like they have most things I need, but I would like to evaluate more options.
Thanks for your help.
RE: Looking for a Cable Sizing software
RE: Looking for a Cable Sizing software
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That data is tailored for aircraft. Doing everything the way it's done in aviation will probably add a lot of selection criteria not mentioned in the OP. It may not matter.
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RE: Looking for a Cable Sizing software
I have a lot of Visual Basic different programs, for instance : one for underground ductbank, one for simple buried, another for cable in air-in conduit or free and touched or not, in cable trays and other.
The cable -single or multicore-data I built it using IEC 60228, IEC 60502-1 and 2 or ASTM B8-86, UL 1581 and other and the calculation according to IEC 60287-1-1,and 2-1, or IEEE 835/1994 [and Neher and McGrath ].
The short-circuit program according to IEC 60909-0 [ or IEC 61363] or IEEE 551. Voltage drop according to IEEE 141 [3.11 Calculation of voltage drops].
For cable tray ampacity I followed J.Stolpe theory [ANSI/NEMA WC 51 ICEA P-44-440]
All these programs I did at the time as I need it so that took 10 years, approximately.
RE: Looking for a Cable Sizing software
Attached is an EXCEL program we use in RSA Metric cables.
RE: Looking for a Cable Sizing software
ADVANCED POWER CABLE AMPACITY PROGRAM
Based on
NEHER-McGRATH AND IEC 60287 & 60853 METHODS
Steady-State and Transient Analysis
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