Installation of XLPE-Insulated 400 kV Submarine AC Power Cables under the Dardanelles Strait: A 4 GW Turkish Grid Reinforcement

Roberto Benato, İbrahim Balanuye, Fatih Köksal, Nurhan Ozan and Ercüment Özdemirci
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Roberto Benato: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, 35122 Padova, Italy
İbrahim Balanuye: Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAŞ), 06520 Ankara, Turkey
Fatih Köksal: Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAŞ), 06520 Ankara, Turkey
Nurhan Ozan: Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAŞ), 06520 Ankara, Turkey
Ercüment Özdemirci: Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAŞ), 06520 Ankara, Turkey

Energies, 2018, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: This paper describes the 400 kV AC submarine link under the Dardanelles Strait composed of 12 submarine armoured single-core cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE)-insulated cables (plus a back-up power cable). The link consists of two parallel-operated double-circuit links named Lâpseki–Sütlüce I and Lâpseki–Sütlüce II. The transmissible power is 4000 MW (1000 MW per circuit) and the average length for a single-core cable is about 4.6 km: the submarine cables are part of overhead lines. This paper gives a wide account of the cable installations and, chiefly, of the cable protections on the seabed: different protection choices were extensively used (i.e., water jetting and mattressing).

Keywords: submarine single-core armoured cables; submarine cross-linked polyethylene insulated cables; cable protections (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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