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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Front. Energy Res.</journal-id>
<journal-title>Frontiers in Energy Research</journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2296-598X</issn>
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<article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1178059</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3389/fenrg.2023.1178059</article-id>
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<subject>Energy Research</subject>
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<subject>Original Research</subject>
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<article-title>Overload capacity analysis of extra high voltage AC XLPE submarine cable</article-title>
<alt-title alt-title-type="left-running-head">Zhang et al.</alt-title>
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<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2023.1178059">10.3389/fenrg.2023.1178059</ext-link>
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<surname>Zhang</surname>
<given-names>Hao</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Ma</surname>
<given-names>Guoqing</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Li</surname>
<given-names>Pengfei</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Huang</surname>
<given-names>Youcong</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<name>
<surname>He</surname>
<given-names>Tongtong</given-names>
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<sup>3</sup>
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<xref ref-type="corresp" rid="c001">&#x2a;</xref>
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<surname>Zheng</surname>
<given-names>Yuesheng</given-names>
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<sup>3</sup>
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<aff id="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
<institution>State Grid Shandong Electric Power Research Institute</institution>, <addr-line>Jinan</addr-line>, <country>China</country>
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<aff id="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
<institution>State Grid Fujian Electric Power Research Institute</institution>, <addr-line>Fuzhou</addr-line>, <country>China</country>
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<aff id="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
<institution>College of Electrical Engineering and Automation</institution>, <institution>Fuzhou University</institution>, <addr-line>Fuzhou</addr-line>, <country>China</country>
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<p>
<bold>Edited by:</bold> <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/2066137/overview">Hengxin He</ext-link>, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China</p>
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<p>
<bold>Reviewed by:</bold> <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/2246953/overview">She Chen</ext-link>, Hunan University, China</p>
<p>
<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/1239934/overview">Nitin Agarwala</ext-link>, National Maritime Foundation, India</p>
<p>
<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/580286/overview">Yiyi Zhang</ext-link>, Guangxi University, China</p>
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<corresp id="c001">&#x2a;Correspondence: Tongtong He, <email>hett@fzu.edu.cn</email>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>26</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2023</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="collection">
<year>2023</year>
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<volume>11</volume>
<elocation-id>1178059</elocation-id>
<history>
<date date-type="received">
<day>02</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2023</year>
</date>
<date date-type="accepted">
<day>16</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2023</year>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright &#xa9; 2023 Zhang, Ma, Li, Huang, He and Zheng.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2023</copyright-year>
<copyright-holder>Zhang, Ma, Li, Huang, He and Zheng</copyright-holder>
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<p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.</p>
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<abstract>
<p>When submarine cable line fails or other lines need load transfer, it often suffers from emergency ampacity that exceeds the steady-state ampacity. The layout environment of the submarine cable is always complex and changeable, and the overload capacity of the submarine cable in different layout environments is also different. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the overload capacity of the submarine cable. In this paper, a coupled multi-physical field model by finite element method is established for AC 500&#xa0;kV XLPE extra high voltage submarine cable in landing section, which is the ampacity bottleneck section of the whole line. The overload capacity of submarine cable in two typical layout environments which are direct buried and within pipeline is analyzed. The results show that the overload capacity of submarine cable in the direct buried environment is much higher than that in the pipeline environment. The allowable emergency time in the direct buried environment is 2&#x2013;3 times that of the pipeline environment under the same condition. In the two typical layout environments, when the emergency current are 2500 A and 3500 A, the ratio of the emergency time allowed to run in the direct buried environment to that in the pipeline environment is about 5 times under the same initial capacity. The proposed model can provide a reference for dynamic capacity control of the extra high voltage submarine cable.</p>
</abstract>
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<kwd>landing section</kwd>
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<title>1 Introduction</title>
<p>For extra high voltage (EHV) submarine cable transmission project is a key component of island power supply, offshore wind power new energy grid connection and other cross-sea interconnection projects. How to ensure the economic and rational operation of EHV submarine cable line is the key problem to be solved urgently for the stable operation of offshore electrical engineering (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B19">Lv et al., 2014</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13">Liang et al., 2019</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6">Guo et al., 2020</xref>).</p>
<p>Conductor temperature and ampacity are the two most important operating parameters of submarine cable. The maximum allowable operating temperature of EHV submarine cable conductor is 90&#xb0;C (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">Bian et al., 2019</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8">Hu et al., 2019</xref>). The cable core temperature determines the ampacity of the submarine cable, and the ampacity in the case of the cable core temperature reaches 90&#xb0;C is called the steady-state ampacity of the submarine cable. In practice, submarine cables rarely operate under a constant load for a long time, but respond dynamically according to the actual load changes (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B11">Lei et al., 2012</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">Duraisamy et al., 2018</xref>). Therefore, during the operation of the submarine cable line, it is not only necessary to accurately calculate the steady-state ampacity of the submarine cable, but also to conduct analysis on the emergency ampacity (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B15">Lin et al., 2021</xref>).</p>
<p>At present, the main methods to calculate the ampacity of submarine cables are the thermal circuit method (TCM) based on IEC 60287 standard and the multi-physical field coupling simulation method based on finite element method (FEM) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8">Hu et al., 2019</xref>). References (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B18">Lu et al., 2020</xref>) and (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B24">Zhang et al., 2020</xref>) analyzed the ampacity of a 220&#xa0;kV three-core cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) submarine cable in different layout environments by establishing the finite element simulation model. Reference (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8">Hu et al., 2019</xref>) used a three-dimensional multi-physical field coupling simulation model to analyze the improvement of the ampacity of a 500&#xa0;kV XLPE submarine cable by different cooling methods. The transient thermal circuit model of 500&#xa0;kV oil-filled submarine cable is constructed to analyze the overload capacity of submarine cable in different layout environments in (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3">Chen et al., 2021</xref>).</p>
<p>When the submarine cable line fails or other lines need to transfer load, it often needs to suffer from the emergency load current that exceeding the steady-state ampacity of the submarine cable. Therefore, it is of great significance to calculate and analyze the overload capacity of submarine cables in engineering (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B15">Lin et al., 2021</xref>). Previous studies mainly focus on the calculation and analysis of the steady-state ampacity of submarine cables, but lack of research on the overload capacity.</p>
<p>The submarine cable landing section is the ampacity bottleneck section of the whole line. In this paper, the overload capacity of 500&#xa0;kV AC XLPE EHV submarine cable landing section in the typical layout environment is studied (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">Duraisamy et al., 2018</xref>). Firstly, the electromagnetic-thermal-fluid field coupling simulation model by FEM for the EHV submarine cable is established. Then the steady-state temperature of the EHV submarine cable in different layout environments and operating ampacities is studied, and the overload capacity of submarine cable is further calculated and analyzed. Finally, the maximum allowable emergency time of different emergency ampacity imposed on the submarine cable is determined.</p>
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<title>2 Finite element simulation model</title>
<p>In this paper, a 500&#xa0;kV AC XLPE submarine cable model already in operation in China is taken as the main research object. The submarine cable structure is shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F1">Figure 1</xref>, and the specific material parameters are given in <xref ref-type="table" rid="T1">Table 1</xref>. The main structure of the 500&#xa0;kV AC XLPE submarine cable contains copper conductor, conductor shield, insulation layer, shielding layer, metal sheath and outer sheath (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17">Liu et al., 2020</xref>).</p>
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<p>Material parameters of the submarine cable.</p>
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<td align="center">Water-blocking copper conductor</td>
<td align="center">51.5</td>
<td align="center">385</td>
<td align="center">400</td>
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<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">Semi-conductive tape</td>
<td align="center">51.98</td>
<td align="center">0.23</td>
<td align="center">2000</td>
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<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">Extruded inner screen</td>
<td align="center">55.98</td>
<td align="center">0.5</td>
<td align="center">2,700</td>
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<td align="center">4</td>
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<td align="center">117.98</td>
<td align="center">0.35</td>
<td align="center">2,300</td>
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<td align="center">5</td>
<td align="center">Extruded outer screen</td>
<td align="center">120.98</td>
<td align="center">0.5</td>
<td align="center">2,700</td>
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<td align="center">6</td>
<td align="center">Water-blocking covering</td>
<td align="center">124.98</td>
<td align="center">0.23</td>
<td align="center">2000</td>
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<td align="center">7</td>
<td align="center">Lead bushing</td>
<td align="center">133.98</td>
<td align="center">35.3</td>
<td align="center">128</td>
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<tr>
<td align="center">8</td>
<td align="center">Inner shealth</td>
<td align="center">141.98</td>
<td align="center">0.2857</td>
<td align="center">1900</td>
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<tr>
<td align="center">9</td>
<td align="center">Optical unit layer</td>
<td align="center">153.98</td>
<td align="center">0.2857</td>
<td align="center">1900</td>
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<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="center">Inner covering</td>
<td align="center">154.98</td>
<td align="center">0.2857</td>
<td align="center">1900</td>
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<tr>
<td align="center">11</td>
<td align="center">Armored copper wire</td>
<td align="center">161.98</td>
<td align="center">385</td>
<td align="center">400</td>
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<tr>
<td align="center">12</td>
<td align="center">PP line</td>
<td align="center">166.78</td>
<td align="center">0.167</td>
<td align="center">1850</td>
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<tr>
<td align="center">13</td>
<td align="center">Asphalt</td>
<td align="center">166.88</td>
<td align="center">0.22</td>
<td align="center">1850</td>
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<tr>
<td align="center">14</td>
<td align="center">PP line &#x2b; Markers</td>
<td align="center">171.68</td>
<td align="center">0.167</td>
<td align="center">1850</td>
</tr>
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<p>The boundary conditions of the submarine cable for heat transfer can be classified into three types. The lower boundary of the model is far away from the cable, and the influence of cable heating on the temperature of the lower boundary can be ignored. In the finite element model of the landing section, the lower boundary temperature is taken as 281.15&#xa0;K. Its expression can be written as (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B12">Liang et al., 2007</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4">Duan et al., 2014</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">Hao et al., 2017</xref>).<disp-formula id="e4">
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<p>The air convection heat transfer coefficient <italic>h</italic> is generally in the range of 5&#x2013;25&#xa0;W&#x2027;m<sup>&#x2212;2</sup>&#x2027;K<sup>&#x2212;1</sup>, and 8&#xa0;W&#x2027;m<sup>&#x2212;2</sup>&#x2027;K<sup>&#x2212;1</sup> is taken in the model (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17">Liu et al., 2020</xref>). The external boundary temperature <italic>T</italic>
<sub>f</sub> is taken as 26&#xb0;C, and the soil thermal conductivity of the landing section <italic>k</italic> of 0.8&#xa0;W&#x2027;m<sup>&#x2212;2</sup>&#x2027;K<sup>&#x2212;1</sup> is taken in the model (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3">Chen et al., 2021</xref>).</p>
<p>There are two main layout methods of submarine cable in the landing section: direct burial in soil and pipeline laying. According to the cable design standard for power engineering GB 50217-2018, the burying depth of the electrical cable should be deeper than 0.7&#xa0;m (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">Cable design standard for power, 2018</xref>). Therefore, in the model, the burying depth of the submarine cable in the landing section is set as 2&#xa0;m for these two layout methods. Since the cable spacing in the landing section should not be too long, the horizontal spacing and longitudinal spacing of the cables are both taken as 0.4&#xa0;m. In order to simulate the layout environment of landing section, the soil area should be as large as possible to avoid the influence of boundary conditions on the simulation results. The lower boundary of the model is 20&#xa0;m away from the lower submarine cable, and the left and right boundaries of the model are 15&#xa0;m away from the submarine cable. The environmental parameters of the landing section of the submarine cable are shown in <xref ref-type="table" rid="T2">Table 2</xref> (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B21">Qiu, 2013</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B23">Zhang et al., 2016</xref>).</p>
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<label>TABLE 2</label>
<caption>
<p>Landing environment parameters.</p>
</caption>
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<thead valign="top">
<tr>
<th align="center">Name</th>
<th align="center">Value</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr>
<td align="center">Soil thermal conductivity (W&#x2027;m<sup>-1</sup>&#x2027;K<sup>&#x2212;1</sup>)</td>
<td align="center">0.8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">Ground surface temperature (&#xb0;C)</td>
<td align="center">26</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">Air convection heat transfer coefficient (W&#x2027;m<sup>-2</sup>&#x2027;K<sup>&#x2212;1</sup>)</td>
<td align="center">8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">Pipeline thermal conductivity (W&#x2027;m<sup>-1</sup>&#x2027;K<sup>&#x2212;1</sup>)</td>
<td align="center">0.167</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">I. D. of pipeline(mm)</td>
<td align="center">125</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">O. D. of pipeline (mm)</td>
<td align="center">140</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">Soil boundary temperature (&#xb0;C)</td>
<td align="center">8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">Environment temperature (&#xb0;C)</td>
<td align="center">26</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<p>It should be noted that the narrow space between the surface of the submarine cable and the inner surface of the pipeline is air, in which the heat transfer mode also includes thermal convection and thermal radiation. However, due to the limited volume of fluid in the narrow space of the pipeline environment, the heat transfer mode of the pipeline is assumed to be closer to heat conduction in this model. The material of the pipeline is PVC.</p>
<p>The topological structure of submarine cable in two different layout environments is shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F2">Figure 2</xref>. In the two layout environments, the geometric model of the landing section of the submarine cable is regular. Therefore, the adaptive triangular grid with strong adaptability and fast division is selected.</p>
<fig id="F2" position="float">
<label>FIGURE 2</label>
<caption>
<p>Simulation topological structure of landing section of the submarine cable: <bold>(A)</bold> Direct buried environment, <bold>(B)</bold> Pipeline environment.</p>
</caption>
<graphic xlink:href="fenrg-11-1178059-g002.tif"/>
</fig>
<p>The grid division result of the submarine cable is shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F3">Figure 3</xref>. More accurate solution always can be achieved with smaller meshes, but it will slow down the calculation speed. The part of the submarine cable has a relatively small structure size and a large temperature gradient, so the grid division is fine. The area of the soil part is large and the overall change of the temperature gradient is small, so the grid division is coarse.</p>
<fig id="F3" position="float">
<label>FIGURE 3</label>
<caption>
<p>Local grid quality map of landing section of the submarine cable: <bold>(A)</bold> Direct buried environment, <bold>(B)</bold> Pipeline environment.</p>
</caption>
<graphic xlink:href="fenrg-11-1178059-g003.tif"/>
</fig>
</sec>
<sec sec-type="results|discussion" id="s3">
<title>3 Results and discussion</title>
<sec id="s3-1">
<title>3.1 Calculation of the steady-state ampacity</title>
<p>In the two layout environments, when the working temperature of the cable core at the landing section of the submarine cable reaches 90&#xb0;C, the temperature distribution of the submarine cable and the surrounding soil is shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F4">Figure 4</xref>. It can be seen that the temperature of the mesophase submarine cable conductor is the highest, followed by the left and right phases, and the temperature change is more obvious in the area near the submarine cable. In the direct buried environment, the cable core temperature of phase A and phase C is 3.86&#xb0;C lower than that of phase B. In the pipeline environment, the temperature of phase A and phase C cable core is 5.4&#xb0;C lower than that of phase B cable core. Therefore, in the subsequent study, the temperature of the phase B submarine cable core is selected as the research object.</p>
<fig id="F4" position="float">
<label>FIGURE 4</label>
<caption>
<p>Temperature distribution of landing section of the submarine cable: <bold>(A)</bold> Direct buried environment, <bold>(B)</bold> Pipeline environment.</p>
</caption>
<graphic xlink:href="fenrg-11-1178059-g004.tif"/>
</fig>
<p>The validity of the FEM model is estimated by the TCM. The equivalent thermal circuit model of submarine cable is shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F5">Figure 5</xref> (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B16">Liu, 2020</xref>). <italic>&#x3b8;</italic>
<sub>c</sub> is the working temperature of the cable core; <italic>&#x3b8;</italic>
<sub>0</sub> is the environment temperature, which is taken as 26&#xb0;C in the model; <italic>T</italic>
<sub>0</sub>, <italic>T</italic>
<sub>1</sub>, <italic>T</italic>
<sub>2</sub>, <italic>T</italic>
<sub>3</sub>, and <italic>T</italic>
<sub>4</sub> respectively represent the thermal resistance of the inner shield, insulation layer, inner lining layer, outer coating layer and outer medium layer of the submarine cable per unit length. <italic>&#x3bb;</italic>
<sub>1</sub> is the ratio of metal sheath loss to conductor loss, <italic>&#x3bb;</italic>
<sub>2</sub> is the ratio of armor loss to conductor loss, <italic>W</italic>
<sub>c</sub> is the conductor loss per unit length of cable, and <italic>W</italic>
<sub>d</sub> is the dielectric loss per unit length of cable.</p>
<fig id="F5" position="float">
<label>FIGURE 5</label>
<caption>
<p>Schematic diagram of equivalent thermal circuit model of the submarine cable.</p>
</caption>
<graphic xlink:href="fenrg-11-1178059-g005.tif"/>
</fig>
<p>The formula for calculating the steady-state ampacity of the submarine cable can be written as (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">IEC 60287-1-1, 1994</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10">IEC 60287-1-2, 1994</xref>).<disp-formula id="e7">
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</disp-formula>where <italic>I</italic> is the ampacity the submarine cable, <italic>n</italic> is the number of submarine cable cores, taking 1 in this paper, <italic>R</italic> is the resistance of the copper conductor of the submarine cable core, &#x394;<italic>&#x3b8;</italic>
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<p>The steady-state ampacity of the bottleneck section of the submarine cable in different layout environments is calculated by the FEM and TCM, and the results are shown in <xref ref-type="table" rid="T3">Table 3</xref>. It can be seen that when the submarine cable in the landing section is laid in the pipeline environment, the steady-state ampacity is about 100 A lower than that of the direct buried environment. The ampacity of submarine cable in landing section is 1276 A calculated by the FEM and 1,399.5 A calculated by the TCM, with a relative error of 8.82%. The ampacity of submarine cable in landing section is 1170 A calculated by the FEM and 1,219.2 A by the TCM, with a relative error of 4.04%. The results of the two models are in good agreement, indicating that the calculation result of FEM model has a good accuracy. It can be seen that the ampacity calculated by the TCM is always lower than that calculated by the FEM. This is mainly because that in the calculation of TCM, we have considered the dielectric loss caused by the heating of the wire core, the loss caused by the metal sheath and armor part. However, in the calculation of FEM, we only considered the heating of the cable core.</p>
<table-wrap id="T3" position="float">
<label>TABLE 3</label>
<caption>
<p>Comparison of the calculation results of steady state ampacity.</p>
</caption>
<table>
<thead valign="top">
<tr>
<th align="center">Layout environment</th>
<th align="center">Ampacity calculated by FEM (A)</th>
<th align="center">Ampacity calculated by TCM (A)</th>
<th align="center">Relative error (%)</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr>
<td align="center">Direct buried environment</td>
<td align="center">1,276</td>
<td align="center">1,399.5</td>
<td align="center">8.82</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">Pipeline environment</td>
<td align="center">1,170</td>
<td align="center">1,219.2</td>
<td align="center">4.04</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</table-wrap>
</sec>
<sec id="s3-2">
<title>3.2 Calculation of the emergency ampacity</title>
<p>During normal operation, the submarine cable is not always in a steady-state ampacity. When the temperature of the cable core does not reach the upper limit value, the ampacity that exceeding the steady-state ampacity of submarine cable can be applied for a short time (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B22">Wang et al., 2013</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B26">Zhuang et al., 2014</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B14">Lin et al., 2018</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B20">Niu et al., 2018</xref>). Based on this, combined with the actual operation situation of the submarine cable, the maximum overload operation time is analyzed by using the established finite element multi-physical field coupling simulation model of the submarine cable under different initial ampacity and different emergency ampacity.</p>
<p>When the initial ampacity of the submarine cable is 1000 A, 1050 A and 1100 A respectively, the temperature of the submarine cable core is shown in <xref ref-type="table" rid="T4">Table 4</xref>. It can be seen that when the initial ampacity is the same, the temperature of the submarine cable core in direct buried environment is about 5&#xb0;C lower than that of the pipeline environment.</p>
<table-wrap id="T4" position="float">
<label>TABLE 4</label>
<caption>
<p>Steady-state temperature of the cable core under different initial ampacities</p>
</caption>
<table>
<thead valign="top">
<tr>
<th align="center">Initial ampacity (A)</th>
<th align="center">1,000</th>
<th align="center">1,050</th>
<th align="center">1,100</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr>
<td align="center">Direct buried environment(K)</td>
<td align="center">342.56</td>
<td align="center">346.47</td>
<td align="center">350.57</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">Pipeline environment (K)</td>
<td align="center">347.91</td>
<td align="center">352.88</td>
<td align="center">355.83</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</table-wrap>
<p>When the landing section of the submarine cable is in the direct buried environment, and the initial ampacities are 1000 A, 1050 A and 1100 A respectively, the temperature change of the cable core under different emergency ampacities is shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F6">Figure 6</xref>. It can be seen that when the emergency ampacity is the same, the emergency time decreases with the initial ampacity. With the increase of the emergency ampacity, the allowed emergency time for the cable core to reach the limited temperature (363.15&#xa0;K) decreases gradually under the three different initial ampacities.</p>
<fig id="F6" position="float">
<label>FIGURE 6</label>
<caption>
<p>Emergency time for different initial ampacities in direct buried environment: <bold>(A)</bold> 1000&#x00a0;A, <bold>(B)</bold> 1050&#x00a0;A, <bold>(C)</bold> 1100&#x00a0;A.</p>
</caption>
<graphic xlink:href="fenrg-11-1178059-g006.tif"/>
</fig>
<p>When the landing section of the submarine cable is in the pipeline environment, and the initial ampacities are 1000 A, 1050 A and 1100 A respectively, the temperature change of the cable core under different emergency ampacities is shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F7">Figure 7</xref>. It can be seen that when the emergency ampacity is the same, the emergency time decreases with the initial ampacity. With the increase of the emergency ampacity, the allowed emergency time for the cable core to reach the limited temperature (363.15&#xa0;K) decreases gradually under the three different initial ampacities.</p>
<fig id="F7" position="float">
<label>FIGURE 7</label>
<caption>
<p>Emergency time for different initial ampacities in pipeline environment: <bold>(A)</bold> 1000&#xa0;A, <bold>(B)</bold> 1050&#xa0;A, <bold>(C)</bold> 1100&#xa0;A.</p>
</caption>
<graphic xlink:href="fenrg-11-1178059-g007.tif"/>
</fig>
<p>For the two different layout environments, the calculated emergency time is shown in <xref ref-type="table" rid="T5">Table 5</xref>. When the initial ampacities are 1000 A and 1050 A, the emergency time in the case of direct buried environment is about 2 times that of pipeline environment. When the initial ampacity is 1100 A, the emergency time in the case of direct buried environment is about 3 times that of pipeline environment. When the initial ampacity is 1000 A, the temperature of the submarine cable core reaches the maximum allowable temperature after 366, 156, and 86&#xa0;min respectively at the emergency ampacities of 2500 A, 3000 A and 3500 A in the direct buried environment. The cable core temperature reaches the maximum allowable working temperature after 190, 95, and 57&#xa0;min at the emergency ampacities of 2500 A, 3000 A, and 3500 A in the pipeline environment.</p>
<table-wrap id="T5" position="float">
<label>TABLE 5</label>
<caption>
<p>Comparison of the emergency time for the submarine cable in direct buried environment and pipeline environment.</p>
</caption>
<table>
<thead valign="top">
<tr>
<th align="center">Emergency ampacity (A)</th>
<th align="center">2,500</th>
<th align="center">3,000</th>
<th align="center">3,500</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr>
<td align="center">Emergency time for 1000 A initial ampacity (direct buried environment) (min)</td>
<td align="center">366</td>
<td align="center">156</td>
<td align="center">86</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">Emergency time for 1000 A initial ampacity (pipeline environment) (min)</td>
<td align="center">190</td>
<td align="center">95</td>
<td align="center">57</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">Emergency time for 1050 A initial ampacity (direct buried environment) (min)</td>
<td align="center">238</td>
<td align="center">110</td>
<td align="center">63</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">Emergency time for 1050 A initial ampacity (pipeline environment) (min)</td>
<td align="center">103</td>
<td align="center">54</td>
<td align="center">33</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">Emergency time for 1100 A initial ampacity (direct buried environment) (min)</td>
<td align="center">143</td>
<td align="center">71</td>
<td align="center">42</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">Emergency time for 1100 A initial ampacity (pipeline environment) (min)</td>
<td align="center">36</td>
<td align="center">21</td>
<td align="center">15</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</table-wrap>
<p>When the initial ampacity is 1050 A, the working temperatures of the submarine cable core are 346.47 K and 352.88&#xa0;K respectively in the direct buried environment and the pipeline environment when reaches the thermal equilibrium steady state. When the emergency ampacities of 2500 A, 3000 A and 3500 A are applied, the submarine cable core temperature rises from 346.47 to 363.15&#xa0;K in 238, 110, and 63&#xa0;min in the direct buried environment; while in the pipeline environment, the submarine core temperature reaches the maximum allowable temperature after 103, 54, and 33&#xa0;min.</p>
<p>When the initial ampacity is 1100 A, the working temperatures of the submarine cable core are 350.57 and 355.88&#xa0;K respectively in the direct buried environment and the pipeline environment when reaches the thermal equilibrium steady state. When the emergency ampacities of 2500 A, 3000 A and 3500 A are applied, the submarine cable core temperature rises to 363.15&#xa0;K in 143, 71, and 42&#xa0;min in the direct buried environment; while in the pipeline environment, the submarine core temperature reaches the maximum allowable temperature after 36, 21, and 15&#xa0;min.</p>
<p>Before applying the emergency ampacity, the submarine core temperature in the direct buried environment is lower than that of the pipeline environment, and hence there is more margin for the submarine core temperature to rise to the maximum allowable temperature. On the other hand, in the landing section of submarine cable, when the environmental factors are the same, the heat dissipation in the pipeline environment is worse than that of the direct buried environment due to the poor thermal conductivity of air in the pipeline. Therefore, when the same emergency ampacity is applied, the submarine core temperature in the pipeline environment will reach the limit value faster.</p>
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<p>A multi-physical field coupling simulation model by FEM for the landing section of 500&#xa0;kV AC XLPE EHV submarine cable is established, which is also verified by the TCM. The overload capacity in two typical layout environments is analyzed. The results show that.<list list-type="simple">
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<p>(1) When the submarine cable is in direct buried environment, the temperature of B1 phase cable core is the highest, which is 3.86&#xb0;C higher than that of phase A and phase C cable core. When the submarine cable is in pipeline environment, the temperature of B2 phase cable core is the highest, which is 5.4&#xb0;C higher than that of phase A and phase C cable core.</p>
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<p>(2) When the emergency ampacity is the same, the emergency time decreases with the initial ampacity increased. When the submarine cable is in direct buried environment, the allowed emergency time with the initial ampacity of 1000 A is about 2 times of that with the initial ampacity of 1100 A. When the submarine cable is in pipeline environment, the allowed emergency time with the initial ampacity of 1000 A is about 4 times of that with the initial ampacity of 1100 A.</p>
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<p>(3) When the initial ampacity is the same, the emergency time decreases with the emergency ampacity increased. When the emergency ampacity is 2500 A, the allowed emergency time is the longest. When the emergency ampacity is 3500 A, the allowed emergency time is the shortest. The allowed emergency time with the emergency ampacity of 2500 A is about 4 times that with the emergency ampacity of 3500 A.</p>
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<p>(4) When the initial ampacity and emergency ampacity are the same, the maximum allowable emergency time in direct buried environment is about 2&#x2013;3 times of that in pipeline environment.</p>
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<p>The results show that the 500&#xa0;kV AC XLPE submarine cable has a certain overload capacity and can withstand a certain emergency ampacity in a short period. The proposed model can provide a reference for dynamic capacity control of the extra high voltage submarine cable.</p>
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