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Cable Size
Report
Project name: EHV
Calculation name: Cable Size

Cable: Single core / Thermosetting (XLPE or EPR) (90 °C) / Aluminium

Installation: D2 Sheathed cables direct in the ground

✓ Complies with IEC 60364-5-52

Load: 650 A Power factor: 0.9

Supply: 3 phase 1000 V Fault level: 25 kA

Length of run: 10000 m

Cable Size Results Current-carrying Capacity: PASS

Active cable: 65 x 300 mm², 1C Current rating of circuit-derated: 16952 A
Neutral cable: 65 x 300 mm², 1C Spare current-carrying capacity of circuit: 16302 A
Earth cable (copper): 1 x 630 mm², 1C Overall derating factor: 0.8
Dictating factor for active size: Voltage drop Conductor operating temperature: 20.1 °C

Fault Loop Impedance: PASS Voltage Drop:PASS

Total loop, Zs: 1.1187 Ω Voltage drop: 24.75 V
Source, Zext: 0.2237 Ω Voltage drop: 2.47 %
Cables, Zint: 0.8949 Ω Permissible voltage drop: 2.5 %
Maximum allowed, Zdevice: - Maximum length of run: 10101.27 m
Touch voltage: 452.16 V

Short-circuit Performance: PASS Conduit Size: N/A

Three-phase short-circuit current: 13939.9 A Space occupied by cables/recommended: -
Min. active size to withstand short-circuit: 36.75 mm² Cable diameter: -
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Phase-to-earth short-circuit current: 516.1 A Cables per conduit: -

Min. earth size to withstand short-circuit: 0.9 mm²

Protective Device: Unknown

Rating: - Duration of Short-circuit: 0.1 s
Thermal setting: - Earth fault time: -
Trip current: - RCD: -

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References - Cable sizing

Standards: IEC Standard 60364-5-52

Tabulated current rating of cable: 326 A

Table name: B.52.5
Column No. 8

Conductor impedances used in voltage drop calculations

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Resistance Reactance
Phase conductor: 0.12 Ω/km Phase conductor: 0.08 Ω/km

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