Technical specification of Medium Voltage Power Cables
Schedule A
GUARANTEED TECHNICAL INFORMATION
S.NO. Description Unit Bidder's
data
1. Manufacturer and country of origin Gulf cables Jordan
2. Applicable Standards IEC 60502-2 & D03 REVISION 2013
3. Voltage grade of cable Vo/V (Vmax) kv 12/20 (24)
4. Number of cores Single/Three Three
5. Conductor details:
a. Material COPPER
b. Compacted Yes/No Yes
c. Number of wires in each conductor No. 37
d. Diameter of wire in each conductor mm 2.3
e. Area Sq. mm 150
f. Diameter of conductor in stranded and mm 14.0
compacted shape
6. Conductor screen:
Semi-conductive compound
a. Material
b. Nominal thickness mm 0.6
0.3
c. Minimum thickness mm 15.3
d. Total diameter after conductor screen mm
e. Whether extruded Yes/No Yes
f. Resistivity Ohm-m 1000
7. Insulation:
a. Material XLPE
b. Nominal thickness of insulation mm 5.50
c. Minimum thickness of insulation mm 4.85
d. Total diameter mm 26.0
8. Insulation screen:
A. Semi-conducting screen (extruded) Semi-conductive
i. Material compound
ii. Nominal thickness mm 0.6
0.3
iii. Minimum thickness mm
iv. Total diameter mm 27.0
v. Resistivity Ohm-m 500
B. Semi-conducting tape
Semi-conductive water
i. Material mm blocking tape
ii. Nominal thickness mm 0.3
iii. Minimum thickness mm 0.2
iv. Width mm 45
v. Total diameter mm 28.0
vi. Swelling Yes/No Yes
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C. Metallic screen
CUW+CUT
i. Material
ii. Electrical cross section Sq. mm 25
iii. Minimum cross section of each wire Sq. mm 0.525
iv. Number of wires Pcs 12X3
v. Total diameter mm 29.0
vi. Fault current rating for 1.0 sec kA 3.2
vii. Spiral equalizing tape
Material COPPER
Width and thickness mm 20 X 0.1
Lay length mm '5xW
9. Phase identification strips Yes/No 'Yes
10. Filler:
a. Material 'PVC Extruded
b. Extruded Yes/No 'Yes
11. Inner covering:
a. Material 'PVC
'Yes
b. Extruded Yes/No
1.8
c. Nominal thickness mm
d. Minimum thickness at any point mm 1.24
12. Armour:
'Galvanized steel tape
a. Material
b. Type 'double tape
c. Thickness of tape mm 0.5
d. Total diameter mm 72.0
'AS PER
e. Galvanizing thickness micron IEC 60502-2
13. Waterproof tape non-conductive Water
a) Tape description proof Tape
b) location Over the Armour
14. Outer sheath:
a. Material PVC/ST2
b. Nominal thickness mm 3.4
c. Minimum thickness at any point mm 2.52
d. Termite resistant Yes/No Yes
e. Rodent resistant Yes/No Yes
15. Nominal overall diameter of completed cable mm 79.0
16. Minimum weight of copper (conductor + metallic Kg/m 4.0
4.035 approx.
screen)
17. Weight of completed cable Kg/m 10.4 approx.
18. Allowable minimum radius of bend around which mm 950
cable can be laid
19. Maximum DC resistance of conductor at 20º C Ohm/km 0.124
20. Maximum DC resistance of metallic screen Ohm/km 0.759
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21. Inductance of cable for 1000m length mH 0.37
22. Capacitance of cable for 1000m length F 0.2
23. Maximum conductor temperature for continuous deg. C 90
operation
24. Maximum conductor temperature under short deg. C 250
circuit
' AS PER
25. Insulation resistance between cores / screen M.OHMS IEC 60502-2
26. Voltage drop per 1000 m cable at rated current: volts
127
When laid in air at 40 deg. C
27. Voltage drop per 1000 m cable at rated current: volts 97
When laid in ground at 30 deg. C
28. Maximum dielectric loss of three phase circuit W/km AS PER
when operating at normal voltage and frequency at IEC
60502-2
maximum conductor temperature of 90º C
29. Maximum continuous current carrying capacity per Amp 324
conductor for a single circuit when laid direct in the
ground at :
Maximum conductor temperature 90 °C
Ambient air temperature 30 °C
Ground temperature 20 °C
Depth of laying 1 m
Thermal resistivity of soil 1.5 K.m/W
30. Conductor short-circuit current permissible for a kA 21.5
period of 1 second
31. Maximum dielectric loss angle at normal voltage Tan
and frequency at a conductor temperature of :-
a. 20 º C AS PER IEC 60502-2
b. 90 º C AS PER IEC 60502-2
32. Maximum permissible pulling force at total cable in kN 20
drums
33. Cable drum details :-
m 250 +/- 5%
a. Nominal delivery length per drum
b. Maximum gross weight of full drum Kg 3000
c. Steel or wooden drums WOODEN
d. Weight of empty drum Kg 300
e. Drum dimensions:
Flange diameter mm 1900
Bore diameter mm 110-120
Width mm 1230
34. Cross section drawing and details of cable layers 'attached
and catalogues.
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Cross-Sectional Drawing
3x150sq.mmCU/SC/XLPE/SC/S.C.W.B.T/CUW+CUT/PVC/PVC/DSTA/NCWBT/PVC (Black-
AT) 12/20 (24) kV
S/N DESCRIPTION DETAILS
Reference Standard IEC 60502-2 & Ministry of electricity of IRAQ specification No. D-
03 Revision Dec 2013
01 Conductor Circular, stranded, compacted copper
02 Conductor Screen Extruded semi-conductive compound
03 Insulation Extruded Cross-linked Polyethylene XLPE
04 Insulation Screen Extruded semi-conductive compound -BONDED
05 S.C.W.B.T Semi-conductive water blocking tape
06 Metallic screen Plain annealed copper wires + copper tape open helix.
07 Filler Extruded PVC with natural colour
08 Separation sheath Extruded PVC with Black colour
09 Armour Double layer of Galvanized steel tape
10 Swelling tape Non-conductive water blocking tape
11 Outer Sheath Extruded Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC-AT), Black Colour
12 Center Filler Extruded PVC (Natural color )
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10
09 4
08
3
07
2
06
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