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Jicable'03
6th International Conference on Insulated Power Cables

PARIS-VERSAILLES, FRANCE
22-26 JUNE, 2003
 
Topics
The following topics will be discussed :
1. LV and MV Cables and Accessories
  • LV and MV cables and accessories (insulated underground and overhead networks)
  • New materials
  • Developments in manufacturing processes and techniques
  • Laying methods, experience in service and quality assurance, comparative performances of cables buried with and without mechanical protection
  • Operating conditions, thermomechanical behaviour, damage level
  • Use of telecommunication cables in conjunction with LV and MV cable circuits
  • Standardization
2. HV and EHV Cables
  • HV and EHV (< 400 kV) cables and accessories
  • New developments : cables and accessories of 400 kV and above
  • Forced cooling
  • New materials
  • Developments in manufacturing processes and techniques
  • Laying methods, technical specifications, quality assurance, feedback
  • Operating conditions and experience in service
  • Technical and economical optimization (high stresses, taking into account reliability, availability, temperature in normal, overload and short-circuit conditions, etc.
  • Use of telecommunications cables in conjunction in HV and EHV links
  • Standardization
3. Submarine Cables
  • AC cables
  • Cables for offshore wind power plants
  • DC cables
  • Laying methods
  • Operating conditions, feedback
4. Cables for the Future
  • Gas-insulated cables (SF6 and other gases)
    Technologies under development
    Long-distance transmission
    Laying and civil engineering
    Repair methods
  • Superconducting links
    Prospects for new High Temperature Superconductors (HTSC)
    Low-temperature properties of insulants
    Technico-economical evaluation
    Matters related to the insertion of superconducting links in standard networks
  • Novel underground energy transmission systems
5. Industrial and Special Cables
  • Technologies and installation (eg. land, underwater, aerial and space cables cables for wind power plants, for nuclear power plants, etc.)
  • Cables with improved fire behaviour
  • New materials
  • Developing manufacturing techniques
6. Cables and the Environment
  • Impact of cables on the environment
  • Impact of the environment on cable systems (tropical, etc.)
  • Specific technologies
  • Evaluation of lifecycle
  • End-of-life treatment methods
  • Developments in cable regulations
  • Coexistence of cables and nearby systems (eg. telecommunications)
7. Design
  • Electrical, thermal and thermo-mechanical design
  • Permanent and temporary conditions
  • Transmission capacity
  • Grounding, protection
  • Cable modelling
  • Associated computer codes, validation
  • Voltage and current system coordination
  • Cable insertion problems in networks
8. Testing Methods
  • Definitions
  • Selection criteria
  • Validity
  • Development tests, evaluation and type tests, acceptance and after laying tests
9. Ageing, Diagnosis, Maintenance
  • Methods for assessing the properties and characteristics of materials and possible impact on the performances of cables and accessories
  • Ageing laws : methods, experiments, validity
  • Monitoring
  • Diagnosis of network materials and tests for fault location
  • Methods of examination
  • Expert systems
10. New Materials, Water Treeing and Space Charge
Modified Last : 12/03/2022