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XLPE Power Cable

Underground MV/HV insulation

Three phase conductors are each wrapped in a semiconducting screen, a thick XLPE dielectric, another screen, then a copper wire shield, water-blocking tapes, steel-tape armour and an HDPE jacket. Cross-linking the polyethylene makes it thermoset — it doesn’t soften under fault-current heating.

Key specifications

Voltage classes

11 / 33 / 132 / 400 kV

Insulation

Cross-linked polyethylene

Operating temp

90 °C cont · 250 °C short-circuit

Replaces

Oil-paper PILC

Sheet 008 · Plate 1 of 1 · 1:1 infographic

XLPE Power Cable
FIG. 008 — XLPE Power CableBlueprint Atlas · Cables

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