POWER SYSTEM ENGINEERING

ONLINE SEMINAR SERIES

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UNDERGROUND POWER CABLE

SYSTEM PRINCIPLES
2-Day Professional Development Online Seminar
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Date | Time : 20-21 August 2020 | 8am-4pm (AEST)

Venue : ( Live Streamed via ZOOM )

By Earle C. (Rusty) Bascom, III B.S, M.E, MBA

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 INTRODUCTION
Utility engineers, architect-engineering personnel, developers and industrials are often faced with considering
an underground cable option as a portion of an otherwise overhead line, to connect nearby substations, as
entry to an already congested substation, or in urban setting where underground transmission or distribution
is the only alternative.

The attendees of this seminar will gain an overall understanding of the major underground cable system
types including extruded and self-contained, their characteristics and details about elements of design,
manufacturing, testing, installation and operation of underground transmission and distribution cables.

COURSE OUTLINE

11. Testing, Standards & Specifications

1. Introductions, Summary of Course Goals
◊ Prequalification Tests
◊ Factory Acceptance Tests
2. Cable System Types
· Routine
· Sample
3. Transmission vs. Distribution
◊ Commissioning Tests
◊ Fault Location Tests
4. Cable System Planning, Selection and
◊ Standards and Specifications
Characteristics
12. Operation & Maintenance
5. Cable Project Types

6. Cable System Components

◊ Cable Construction
◊ Terminations
◊ Splices/Joints
◊ Other Accessories

7. General Design Considerations

◊ Underground vs. Overhead
◊ Power Transfer Requirements and
Rating Criteria
◊ Cable System Type
◊ Route Selection & Rights-of-Way

8. Summary of Major Design Calculations

◊ Ampacity, pulling tensions, electrical characteristics,
induced voltages and currents, magnetic fields

9. Manufacturing Considerations
◊ Extruded Dielectric (XLPE, EPR)
◊ Laminate Cables (Self-Contained)

10. Installation and Civil Design Considerations

◊ Open Trench
◊ Trenchless Technology
◊ Transitions to Other Equipment
◊ Submarine
SEMINAR LEADER’S PROFILE
Earle C. (Rusty) Bascom, III

Principal Engineer with Electrical Consulting Engineers, P.C. Mr. Bascom has
over 29 year ’ s of experience focusing underground transmission and
distribution cables in the areas of analysis, design, research and education.
His expertise has been applied to the construction of new underground cable
circuits as well as advancing the continued successful operation of existing
underground systems. He co-authored the underground cable system section
of the last four editions of the McGraw-Hill Standard Handbook for Electrical
Engineers, and reviewed the 1992 edition and was the principal author for
Chapter 11, Ampacity, in the 2006 edition of the EPRI Underground Transmission Systems Reference Book.

He is active in the IEEE ’ s Power & Energy Society, Standards Association, and is the 2018-2019 chair of the
insulated Conductors Committee, he is U.S. alternate representative to CIGRE Study Committee B1, and is
the U.S. representative to CIGRÉ Group s B1.35, B1.50, B1.56 and B1.72. Mr. Bascom holds an A.S. degree in
Engineering Science from Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, New York, a B.S. and M.E. degrees in
Electric Power Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, and an M.B.A. degree
from the State University of New York in Albany. Mr. Bascom is a licensed professional engineer in the U.S.,
has authored over 60 technical papers and publications and holds one patent.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This seminar will be of interest to those wanting to gain a fundamental understanding about underground
cable systems, components and applications, including alternatives to building power transmission and
distribution circuits overhead. While analytical topics are
discussed, this is primarily an informational course.

Attendees of this course should be generally familiar with

power systems; a background in electrical, mechanical or
civil engineering will be helpful in understanding some
concepts.

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 UNDERGROUND POWER CABLES SYSTEM PRINCIPLES (2-Day Live Online Seminar ) | 20-21 August 2020 (8am-4pm, AEST)

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