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Capacitance of 3-Core Cable

The capacitance of a 3-core cable system is more significant than overhead lines because the conductors are closer together and separated by a dielectric with a higher permittivity than air. This results in core-core capacitances between conductor pairs and conductor-earth capacitances to the sheathed cable. The core-core capacitances can be modeled as a delta connection while the conductor-earth capacitances form a star connection with the sheath at the center. The delta capacitances can be converted to an equivalent star connection of 3 times the core-core capacitance value, reducing the cable capacitance model to 3 equivalent star-connected capacitors per phase.

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Capacitance of 3-Core Cable

The capacitance of a 3-core cable system is more significant than overhead lines because the conductors are closer together and separated by a dielectric with a higher permittivity than air. This results in core-core capacitances between conductor pairs and conductor-earth capacitances to the sheathed cable. The core-core capacitances can be modeled as a delta connection while the conductor-earth capacitances form a star connection with the sheath at the center. The delta capacitances can be converted to an equivalent star connection of 3 times the core-core capacitance value, reducing the cable capacitance model to 3 equivalent star-connected capacitors per phase.

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Capacitance of 3-core Cable

The capacitance of a cable system is much more important than that of


overhead line because in cables
(i) Conductors are nearer to each other and to the earthed sheath
(ii) They are separated bya dielectric of permittivity much greater than that of
air.
Fig. shows a system of capacitances in a 3-core belted cable used for 3-phase
system. Since potential difference exists between pairs of conductors and
between each conductor and the sheath, electrostatic fields are set up in the
cable as shown in Fig (i). These electrostatic fields give rise to core-core
capacitances Cc and conductor-earth capacitances Ce as shown in Fig.(ii). The
three Cc are delta connected whereas the three Ce are star connected, the sheath
forming the star point

They lay of a belted cable makes it reasonable to assume equality of each Cc and
each Ce. The three delta connected capacitances Cc (i)can be converted into
equivalent star connected capacitances as shown in Fig. It can be easily
*shown that equivalent star capacitance Ceqis equal to three times the delta
capacitance Cc i.e. Ceq= 3Cc. The system of capacitances shown in Fig.(iii)
reduces to the equivalent circuit shown in Fig. Therefore, the whole cable is
equivalent to three star-connected capacitors each of capacitance See Fig.
If Vphis the phase voltage, then charging current IC is given by ;

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