Chapter one Development history of XLPE insulated cable 1
Chapter two Structure and material property of XLPE insulated cable 9
2.1 Structure of XLPE insulated cable 9
2.2 Conductor material 16
2.3 Insulation material 40
2.4 Internal and external semiconductor screen layer of XLPE insulated cable 104
2.5 Metallic screen 116
Chapter three Calculated electric parameter of XLPE insulated cable with mathematical statistics theory 123
3.1 Theoretical basis 123
3.2 Confirm breakdown distribution of cable 125
3.3 Analyses related to insulation thickness and breakdown electricfield 139
3.4 Design of 220kV XLPE cable construction 141
3.5 Analyses of tests 141
3.6 Estimate cable reliability in operation 151
3.7 Confirm operated cable reliability used in method of calculated expectation life 152
Chapter four Electrical parameter of XLPE insulated cable 154
4.1 Electrical field distribution of XLPE insulated cable 154
4.2 Conductor resistance of XLPE insulated cable 162
4.3 Inductance of XLPE insulated cable 172
4.4 Capacitance of XLPE insulated cable 176
4.5 Induced voltage of metallic screen layer （or metallic sheath） of XLPE insulated cable 179
4.6 Metallic sheath overvoltage of XLPE insulated cable 184
Chapter five Electric parameter of accessories on XLPE insulated cable 228
5.1 Electrical field distribution of accessories on XLPE insulated cable 228
5.2 Calculation and structure of stress control 229
5.3 Boundary property of accessories on XLPE insulated cable 245
5.4 Electrical calculation of terminal 266
5.5 Electrical calculation of joint 272
5.6 Shrinkage of XLPE insulated cable 277
Chapter six Confirm design parameter of XLPE insulated cable line 280
6.1 Electric power system and cable insulation grade 280
6.2 Selection of current carrying capacity of XLPE insulated cable 289
6.3 Short circuit capacity and overload capacity of XLPE insulated cable 324
Chapter seven Confirm design parameter of accessories in XLPE insulated cable line 344
7.1 Basic requirement of cable accessories 344
7.2 Selection of hardware 346
7.3 Selection of XLPE insulated cable accessories 351
Chapter eight XLPE insulated cable installation and laying 377
8.1 Environment and condition of cable laying 377
8.2 Laid method and laid requirements of cable 380
8.3 Laid method of cable 400
8.4 Fire and flame retardant of cable 423
Chapter nine XLPE insulated cable accessories installation 434
9.1 Non-complete cable accessories 435
9.2 Installed technology of wrapping accessories 437
9.3 Installed technology of heat shrinkable accessories 443
9.4 Installed technology of prefabricated accessories 463
9.5 Installation of earthing box， earthing protection box and cross-connected protection box 478
9.6 Process of cable lead seal 480
9.7 HV cable accessories installed position 487
Chapter ten Connection and earthing of metallic sheath of XLPE insulated cable 492
10.1 Function of connection and earthing of metallic sheath of XLPE insulated cable 492
10.2 Method of connection and earthing of metallic sheath 496
10.3 Equipotential line and protector connected method used in metallic sheath 503
10.4 Installation of protector and notes about the grounding of sheath 512
Chapter eleven Hand-over test and prevention test of XLPE insulated cable 521
11.1 Test of insulation resistance 521
11.2 Measurement of positive and zero sequence impedance 525
11.3 Withstand voltage teat 526
11.4 Check of cable phase 546
11.5 Step of preventive test and judgement of test result 548
Chapter twelve Online monitoring of XLPE insulated cable 555
12.1 Reason led to online monitoring of XLPE insulated cable 555
12.2 Prevention test and defects of it 558
12.3 Online monitoring of XLPE insulated cable 570
12.4 New type method of prevented test and hand- over test 601
Chapter thirteen Detection of cable fault 611
13.1 Confirm of cable fault property 611
13.2 Classification of test method 615
13.3 Measure cable fault with DC WHEATSTONE bridge 618
13.4 Low-voltage pulse method 633
13.5 Flashover method 635
13.6 Induction method 646
13.7 Acoustic measurement method 656
Chapter fourteen Operation，maintenance，technology management and security controls of XLPE power cable 665
14.1 Cable line operation 665
14.2 Maintenance of cable lines 676
14.3 Technology management of cable lines 678
14.4 Security controls of cable laying 684
14.5 Security controls when accessories installed 687
14.6 Tunnels and subaqueous cable work 688
14.7 Cable test 690
14.8 Maintenance cost of cable lines 691
14.9 Accident analysis steps 703
References 709
Author introduction 711