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MV Cable Sizing and Voltage Drop Guide

The document provides criteria for sizing cables including continuous current capacity, voltage drop criteria, and short circuit criteria. It lists correction factors to calculate the actual current carrying capacity of a cable. Cable selection and voltage drop calculation are also covered.

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MV Cable Sizing and Voltage Drop Guide

The document provides criteria for sizing cables including continuous current capacity, voltage drop criteria, and short circuit criteria. It lists correction factors to calculate the actual current carrying capacity of a cable. Cable selection and voltage drop calculation are also covered.

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SIZING CRITERIA

1. CONTINUOUS CURRENT CAPACITY


[Link] DROP CRITERIA
3SHORT CIRCUIT CRITERIA (BREAKER OPERATED ONLY)

Full Load
TOTAL LOAD (KW) PF VOLTAGE (KV) Current (A) CORRECTION

TEMP.
CORRECTION GROUND TEMP
FACTOR IN CORRECTION
AIR(K1) FACTOR(K2)

3.7 0.8 0.415 6.43432528916 0.96 1


CORRECTION FACTOR OF CABLE

ACTUAL
THERMAL CURRENT
RESISTANCE CABLE DISTANCE CABLE TOTAL DE CARRYING
CORRECTION CABLE DEPTH CORRECTION GROUPNG RATING CAPICY OF
FACTOR(K4) FACTOR(K5) FACTOR(K6) FACTOR(K7) FACTOR CABLE

1 1 1 1 0.96 6.1769522776
SELECTED CURRENT RATING OF NO OF RUNS
CABLE MAKE SELECED CABLE OF CABLE

3c x 2.5 sqmm,
COPPER,XLPE,F
RLS POLYCAB 27 0.2287760103
VOLTAGE DROP CALCULATION
1. RUNNING VOLTAGE DROP (Vdr)
[Link] VOLTAGE DROP (Vdst)

STARTING STARTING LENGTH NUMBER 1. RUNNING [Link]


CURRENT OF PF OF RUNNING PF OF CABLE OF CABLE VOLTAGE VOLTAGE DROP
MOTOR (Ist) MOTOR OF MOTOR (L) RUN (N) DROP (Vdr) (Vdst)

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