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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2009
Thomas Christen, Birmenstorf, CH;
Thomas Christen, Birmenstorf, CH;
ABB Research Ltd, Zurich, CH;
Abstract
A method of connecting two high voltage DC cables in a flexible cable joint. Each high voltage DC cable can include, from the inside to the outside, a central conductor, an adjacent circumferential cable inner semicon layer, an adjacent circumferential cable insulation layer, and an adjacent circumferential cable outer semicon layer. The method includes: connecting the conductors of the two cables in a cable joint; providing adjacent to the conductors a circumferential joint inner semicon layer connecting the cable inner semicon layers of the two cables; providing at least one circumferential and contiguous layer of field grading material connecting the cable outer semicon layer with the joint inner semicon layer and covering the cable insulation layer of the corresponding cable; providing a circumferential joint insulation layer around the layer of field grading material, and where appropriate around the joint inner semicon layer; and providing a circumferential joint outer semicon layer connecting the cable outer semicon layers of the two cables.