Following the calculation of the mechanical forces acting on the shielded three-phase line published in [1] and [2], an algorithm describing numerical calculation of its temperature rise due to short-circuit currents is presented. Given are the equation for determining the electromagnetic sources of heating, heat transfer equation for propagation of heat in the line and another equation for a simplified calculation of the temperature rise of the line provided that the investigated temperature process is adiabatic. The methodology is illustrated with a typical example.Keywords: shielded three-phase line, three-phase short circuit, heating of three-phase line
FORMULATION OF PROBLEMFeeding lines of high-power electrical rotating machines, transformers, arc furnaces and many other devices are highly stressed mechanically and thermally, in particular at short circuit. Mechanical stresses on these conductors can significantly be reduced using wires shielded with steel jackets, see [1] and [2]. On the other hand, the presence of shielding complicates local thermal situation; it reduces the possibility of transfer of heat from the conductor and, moreover, further losses by eddy currents induced in the shielding jackets are generated, representing additional sources of heat. The paper describes a method for calculation of heating of such a shielded conductor. The paper supplements the above works, as it describes the method of calculation of temperature rise of feeding lines. The results allow carrying out such a design of the line that is safe with respect to the thermal damage of its insulation. Consider a three-phase line represented by straight conductors X, Y, Z. The conductors can be either massive or created by electrically conductive ropes that are insulated and placed in the shielding steel jackets, see Fig. 1. The conductors are supposed to carry short-circuit currents. The aim of the paper is to investigate the volumetric Joule losses in the wires and shielding jackets and formulate an algorithm for calculation of their heating. Since the fault is a short phenomenon, the process of heating will be assumed adiabatic, i.e., heat is not transferred to the neighbourhood of the conductors. This assumption leads to higher temperatures than those actually occurring in the system. As information about heating serves for evaluating heat stress of the insulation system of the feeding line, the method provides safer values.The short-circuit currents in the conductors X, Y, Z are expressed by the following formulae:where A, B, C, T A , and T D are the parameters of the shortcircuit current.
MATHEMATICAL MODELThe task can be solved with a sufficient accuracy as a weakly coupled electromagnetic-thermal problem. The electromagnetic phenomena are not tightly connected with the thermal effects and may be solved separately.
Electromagnetic field in the feeding conductorsThe field in the conductors is quasistationary. With respect to a relatively low frequency, the skin effect in these conductors may be neglected. This f...