4. Special features on HVB cables

Cable history

Milestones in power distribution cable design

History of fault finding

(from Henri HUBIN's book – "Un siècle d'histoire – Searching for cable faults" ISBN 2-9511856-1-8 Ó 2001)

EDF network faults

HV grids: 100,000 km, of which a very small proportion is underground. 400 kV, 225 kV, 90 kV and 63 kV

MV networks: 586,000 km, of which 250,000 km underground 95% at 20 kV. The remainder is divided between 10, 15 and very few 30 kV. Purchase and installation of 8,000 km of HVA underground cables per year

LV networks: 654,000 km, of which 216,000 km underground, with...

Job training

As the only network operator, EDF soon needed to develop the skills of groups of agents to carry out this specialist activity. In 1974, Mr. Henri HUBIN, at the Paris Training Center of EDF's Vocational Training Department, in Nanterre, was given the task of building a suitable training program, which would also enable him to invent new methods and materials. In close contact with all the manufacturers of laboratory vehicles,...

Summary

Figure 1 shows the types of faults and 2 the three phases of a fault search.

References

• (1) - HUBIN (H.) -  Recherche de défauts sur les câbles d'énergie BT, MT, HT  -  . Eyrolles Paris (1980).
• (2) - HUBIN (H.) -  Recherche de défauts sur les câbles d'énergie  -  . 2e Édition. Eyrolles Paris (1992).
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Standardization

Cable specifications

• Câbles sous plomb, isolés au papier imprégné - NFC 33-100 - 6-67
• Insulated or protected cables for power networks Rigid cables insulated with cross-linked polyethylene and sheathed with polyvinyl chloride. – H1 XDV-A series replaces HN 33-S-33 - NF C 33-210 - 08-95
• Câbles à isolation synthétique avec neutre périphérique, pour réseaux de distribution à basse tension annulée et non...

Manufacturers of fault-finding equipment (not exhaustive)