Abstract
Because the allowable current loading of buried electrical transmission cables is frequently limited by the maximum permissible temperature of the cable or of the surrounding ground, there is a need for cable backfill materials that can maintain a low thermal resistivity (less than 5$0^{\circ}C$-cm/watt) even while they are subjected to high temperatures for prolonged periods. Temperatures greater than 5$0^{\circ}C$ to 6$0^{\circ}C$ may lead to breakdown of cable insulation and thermal nlnaway if the surrounding backfill material is unable to dissipate the heat as rapidly as it is generated. This paper describes the results of studies aiming at the development of backfill material to reduce the thermal resistivity. A large number of different additive materials were tested to determine their applicability as a substitute material. Tests were called out for DonUing river sand, a relatively uniffrm sand of very high thermal resistivity (5$0^{\circ}C$ -cnuwatt at 10% water content, 26$0^{\circ}C$-cm/watt when dry), and Jinsan granite screenings, and A-2(sand and gravel mixture), E-1 (rubble and granite screenings mixture), a well-graded materials with low thermal resistivity (about 35$^{\circ}C$ -cm/watt when at 10 percent water content, 10$0^{\circ}C$-cm/watt when dry). Based on this research, 3 types of backfill materials were suggested for improved materials with low thermal resistivity.
지중송전케이블의 송전용량은 케이블 또는 주변지반의 최대허용온도에 좌우되기 때문에 케이블 주위 되메움재는 운영기간동안 낮은 열저항성을 유지하여야 한다. 케이블 주위에 발생된 열은 되메움재를 통해 즉시 주위에 발산시켜 제거하여야 하며, 그렇지 않으면 통상온도 (50~6$0^{\circ}C$)에서도 열폭주에 의한 절연파괴에 이를 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 되메움재의 열저항을 낮추기 위한 여러 가지 방법에 대해 논하였으며, 다양한 첨가제를 사용하여 시험을 수행함으로써 열저항 효과를 측정하였다. 연구결과, 영광 동림천 모래의 경우 상대적으로 균등한 입도분포를 나타내는 모래로써대단히 높은 열저항치(5$0^{\circ}C$'-cm/watt at 10% 함수비, 260-cm/watt 건조 시)를 나타냈다. 또한 진산 화강암 석분 및모래싸갈(A-2), 석분쇄석 혼합재(E-1)의 경우 양호한 입도와 낮은 열저항(35$^{\circ}C$-cm/wau 10% 함수비, 10$0^{\circ}C$-cm/watt 건조시)을 보여주었으며, 이들 연구결과를 토대로 열저항이 낮은 3가지 형태의 되메움재를 제시하였다.
