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Simulation of Thermal Operation Modes of XLPE Pulse Cable
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Higher School of High Voltage Engineering, Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU), 195251, St.Petersburg, Russia
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Oleg Emelyanov,
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Volume 1, Issue 1
2025
Received: 04 August 2025
Accepted: 14 September 2025
Published: 19 October 2025
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The results of numerical simulation of temperature modes of cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) cable under transient states for International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) application are presented. The pulsed electric current load in the external circuit rapidly changes with the maximum values of 1.5 kA during tens of seconds decay with a period of 1200 s that corresponds to operation modes of the ITER fusion reactor. The core temperature achieves periodic steady-state at 20000 s, which is consistent with 4-5 cable thermal constant (~ 4500 s). The numerical results obtained reveal that the skin effect plays an insignificant role on core temperature dynamics. Multiphysics model links electric current with heat generation in cables with respect to electromagnetic effects and measured temperature dependencies of electro and thermophysical properties of the cable’s XLPE insulation.
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pulse cable
skin effect
temperature transient state
thermophysical property of cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE)
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Chesnokov, E., Feklistov, E., Greshnyakov, G., & Emelyanov, O. (2025). Simulation of Thermal Operation Modes of XLPE Pulse Cable. ICCK Transactions on Electric Power Networks and Systems, 1(1), 17–25. https://doi.org/10.62762/TEPNS.2025.127082
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TY - JOUR AU - Chesnokov, Evgenii AU - Feklistov, Efrem AU - Greshnyakov, George AU - Emelyanov, Oleg PY - 2025 DA - 2025/10/19 TI - Simulation of Thermal Operation Modes of XLPE Pulse Cable JO - ICCK Transactions on Electric Power Networks and Systems T2 - ICCK Transactions on Electric Power Networks and Systems JF - ICCK Transactions on Electric Power Networks and Systems VL - 1 IS - 1 SP - 17 EP - 25 DO - 10.62762/TEPNS.2025.127082 UR - https://www.icck.org/article/abs/TEPNS.2025.127082 KW - pulse cable KW - skin effect KW - temperature transient state KW - thermophysical property of cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) AB - The results of numerical simulation of temperature modes of cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) cable under transient states for International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) application are presented. The pulsed electric current load in the external circuit rapidly changes with the maximum values of 1.5 kA during tens of seconds decay with a period of 1200 s that corresponds to operation modes of the ITER fusion reactor. The core temperature achieves periodic steady-state at 20000 s, which is consistent with 4-5 cable thermal constant (~ 4500 s). The numerical results obtained reveal that the skin effect plays an insignificant role on core temperature dynamics. Multiphysics model links electric current with heat generation in cables with respect to electromagnetic effects and measured temperature dependencies of electro and thermophysical properties of the cable’s XLPE insulation. SN - 3070-2607 PB - Institute of Central Computation and Knowledge LA - English ER -
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@article{Chesnokov2025Simulation,
author = {Evgenii Chesnokov and Efrem Feklistov and George Greshnyakov and Oleg Emelyanov},
title = {Simulation of Thermal Operation Modes of XLPE Pulse Cable},
journal = {ICCK Transactions on Electric Power Networks and Systems},
year = {2025},
volume = {1},
number = {1},
pages = {17-25},
doi = {10.62762/TEPNS.2025.127082},
url = {https://www.icck.org/article/abs/TEPNS.2025.127082},
abstract = {The results of numerical simulation of temperature modes of cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) cable under transient states for International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) application are presented. The pulsed electric current load in the external circuit rapidly changes with the maximum values of 1.5 kA during tens of seconds decay with a period of 1200 s that corresponds to operation modes of the ITER fusion reactor. The core temperature achieves periodic steady-state at 20000 s, which is consistent with 4-5 cable thermal constant (~ 4500 s). The numerical results obtained reveal that the skin effect plays an insignificant role on core temperature dynamics. Multiphysics model links electric current with heat generation in cables with respect to electromagnetic effects and measured temperature dependencies of electro and thermophysical properties of the cable’s XLPE insulation.},
keywords = {pulse cable, skin effect, temperature transient state, thermophysical property of cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE)},
issn = {3070-2607},
publisher = {Institute of Central Computation and Knowledge}
}
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