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Cable Premium Nexans Potencia Media Tensión Aluminio XLPE-TR/PE 18/30kV N=16mm2 (-2OL)
Cable Premium Nexans Potencia Media Tensión Aluminio XLPE-TR/PE 18/30kV N=16mm2 (-2OL)
Premium Nexans Medium Voltage Aluminum Power Cable meets all the requirements of the IEC 60502-2 Standard.
Read more240 mm2
Nexans ref.
- Total number of wires: 37
- Conductor cross-section: 240 mm²
- Conductor diameter: 18.25 mm
- Nominal outer diameter: 43.21 mm
- Approximate weight: 1766.5 kg/km
- Minimum outer sheath thickness: 1.72 mm
- Max. DC resistance of the conductor at 20°C: 0.124 Ohm/km
- Max. Electrical Resistance AC 60Hz 90°C: 0.163 Ohm/km
- Nominal capacitance: 228.2 pF/m
- Perm current rating in air 30°C: 502 A
- Permissible current rating buried/duct 20°C - Trefoil formation: 367 A
- Phase reactance 60 Hz - flat formation: 0.155 Ohm/km
- Phase reactance 60 Hz - trefoil formation: 0.137 Ohm/km
- Maximum Pull Tension of Conductor: 12 kN
- Minimum repeated bending diameter: 519 mm
300 mm2
Nexans ref.
- Total number of wires: 61
- Conductor cross-section: 300 mm²
- Conductor diameter: 20.58 mm
- Nominal outer diameter: 45.54 mm
- Approximate weight: 2006.7 kg/km
- Minimum outer sheath thickness: 1.72 mm
- Max. DC resistance of the conductor at 20°C: 0.099 Ohm/km
- Max. Electrical Resistance AC 60Hz 90°C: 0.131 Ohm/km
- Nominal capacitance: 249.1 pF/m
- Perm current rating in air 30°C: 577 A
- Permissible current rating buried/duct 20°C - Trefoil formation: 414 A
- Phase reactance 60 Hz - flat formation: 0.149 Ohm/km
- Phase reactance 60 Hz - trefoil formation: 0.132 Ohm/km
- Maximum Pull Tension of Conductor: 15 kN
- Minimum repeated bending diameter: 547 mm
400 mm2
Nexans ref.
- Total number of wires: 61
- Conductor cross-section: 400 mm²
- Conductor diameter: 23.57 mm
- Nominal outer diameter: 48.39 mm
- Approximate weight: 2330.5 kg/km
- Minimum outer sheath thickness: 1.8 mm
- Max. DC resistance of the conductor at 20°C: 0.077 Ohm/km
- Max. Electrical Resistance AC 60Hz 90°C: 0.102 Ohm/km
- Nominal capacitance: 273.1 pF/m
- Perm current rating in air 30°C: 673 A
- Permissible current rating buried/duct 20°C - Trefoil formation: 470 A
- Phase reactance 60 Hz - flat formation: 0.144 Ohm/km
- Phase reactance 60 Hz - trefoil formation: 0.127 Ohm/km
- Maximum Pull Tension of Conductor: 20 kN
- Minimum repeated bending diameter: 581 mm
630 mm2
Nexans ref.
- Total number of wires: 61
- Conductor cross-section: 630 mm²
- Conductor diameter: 29.98 mm
- Nominal outer diameter: 55.42 mm
- Approximate weight: 3262.3 kg/km
- Minimum outer sheath thickness: 1.96 mm
- Max. DC resistance of the conductor at 20°C: 0.046 Ohm/km
- Max. Electrical Resistance AC 60Hz 90°C: 0.063 Ohm/km
- Nominal capacitance: 332.7 pF/m
- Perm current rating in air 30°C: 889 A
- Permissible current rating buried/duct 20°C - Trefoil formation: 596 A
- Phase reactance 60 Hz - flat formation: 0.136 Ohm/km
- Phase reactance 60 Hz - trefoil formation: 0.118 Ohm/km
- Maximum Pull Tension of Conductor: 32 kN
- Minimum repeated bending diameter: 666 mm
Description
Description
Standards
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InternationalIEC 60228 Class 2 ; IEC 60502-2
Premium Nexans Medium Voltage Aluminum Power Cable meets all the requirements of the IEC 60502-2 Standard. It has a 1350 aluminum conductor, concentric stranded with humidity blocking, cross-linked polyethylene insulation (XLPE-TR), concentric neutral in copper wires, water blocking tapes before and after the neutral wires, polyethylene jacket, resistant to heat, solar rays, abrasion and humidity. Compounds free of hazardous substances (RoHS).
Application and Features
Power supply of 18/30(36) kV Medium Voltage circuits, mainly the connection between the feeder transformer and the electrical distribution network. Cables suitable for installation in outdoors exposed to sunlight, underground ducts, directly buried, in dry or wet locations.
Main features:
- Directly buried installation, according to IEC 60502-2 standard.
- Sunlight resistance, according to ICEA S-93-639 standard.
- Cable designed to be permanently submerged in water according to the condition AD8, according to the test procedure of the NBR 14039 standard.
Construction
1. Conductor: Compacted Aluminum, class B with moisture blocking.
2. Internal semi-conductor: Extruded compound.
3. Insulation: Cross-linked polyethylene XLPE-TR (Tree retardant).
4. External semi-conductor: Peelable extruded compound.
These last three components extruded in CV (continuous vulcanization) of triple extrusion in the dry curing process.
5. Concentric Neutral: Made up of copper wires N=16mm2, with water blocking tapes before and after the wires.
6. Outer jacket: LDPE compound resistant to heat, abrasion and humidity, resistant to solar rays (SR), black color.
Applicable Standards
IEC 60228, IEC 60502-2.
Certificate
RETIE N° 06418
Operating Temperature
90°C.
Operating Voltage
18/30(36) kV.
Identification
Natural insulation color and black external jacket. Sequential length meter by meter with return to zero.
Unit Packaging
500 m or 1000 m reels. Other packaging units available upon request.
Optional Features available upon request:
External jacket HDPE, external jacket Halogen-free compound, low smoke emission and flame retardant. Application of additives protection against rodents and termites. Design for installation condition type AD7.
For more information, contact our sales representative.
Ampacity and Reactance Conditions
- Ampacities of Three Single-Insulated Aluminum Conductors in Air Based on Conductor Temperatures of 90° C and Ambient Air Temperature of 30°C, trefoil configuration. According to IEC 60502-2, Table B.3.
- Ampacities of Three Single-Insulated Aluminum Conductors Buried direct in the ground, Based on Ambient Earth Temperature of 20°C, Depth of layin of 0.8 m, Thermal resistivity of soil 1.5 K.m/W, Conductor Temperatures of 90°C, screens bonded at both ends According to IEC 60502-2, Table B.3.
- Inductive Reactance to 90°C, 60Hz, 3 conductors spaced 1 diameter. Trifoil and flat configuration.
NOTE:
- The data reported here are nominal and are subject to tolerances according to standards and normal manufacturing practices.
- Other configurations not specified in this catalog may be available under special request and minimum manufacturing quantitie.
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