The defaults for Conductor sizes and construction, Conductor shield, Insulation thickness and Insulation shield are the ones adopted for EXTRUDED DIELECTRIC CABLES.
INDEX 1
INDEX
Accuracy of CYMCAP and References...64
Additional cable installation salient aspects ...83
Ambient temperature and soil resistivity....76
Ampacity as a function of Temperature...133
Ampacity as a function of Time ...133
Analysis options...74
Append a database to another database 166 Approximate Temperature Field...145
Armour Bedding/Armour Serving ...27
Armour/Reinforcing tape...26
Assign Loads to Cables...138
Automatic Design of Backfills/Duct Banks ...149
Backup the contents of the Working directory to another directory ...166
Barring certain bonding options...87
Bonding...84
Cable components, materials and construction...17
Cable data in studies ...9
Cable design data window elements...13
Cable Installation Data ...82
Cable Installation types ...83
Cable layers...35
Cable Library ...9
Cable Library - Introduction ...9
Cable Library data and executions...89
Cable library pop-up menu ...12
Cable library window ...10
Cable library window commands...11
Cable transposition...87
Cables touching...87
Case description and illustrations...136
Change the color of the curves for the transient reports ...142
Change the connection line between the cable and its associated label...113
Change the properties of a label ...113
Concentric neutral cables...171
Concentric neutral wires...25
Conductor construction...19
Conductor data ...18
Conductor material ...19
Conductor shield data...21
Contents of CYMCAP...4
Convergence and the Selection of Reference Circuit ... 106
Copy selected items to a given data base ... 168
Create a Load Curve using existing shapes ... 52
Creating a new cable ... 29
Creating a new duct bank ... 40
Creating a new shape... 45
Creating a study... 72
Curves and Shapes ... 43
Curves libraries command buttons ... 52
Custom materials and thermal capacitances ... 36
Customizing the Isotherms ... 147
CYMCAP GUI ... 5
CYMCAP libraries and utilities - Overview . 5 CYMCAP menu for opened executions.. 158
CYMCAP Utilities... 165
CYMCAP Utilities - Introduction... 165
Defaults – Overview... 171
Defaults for Various Types of Cables ... 171
Define a new execution using an existing one as template... 101
Defining a new study and a new execution ... 91
Defining standard and/or non-standard duct banks... 95
Defining the cable installation data... 98
Defining the general installation data and setup... 97
Designate AC conductor resistance values ... 163
Designate the AC system frequency for the session ... 163
Designate the Unit System for the session ... 163
Designate the working directory for CYMCAP ... 165
Dielectric loss factors for insulating materials ... 22
Drying and Impregnation ... 20
Duct bank Library - Introduction ... 39
Duct bank/duct materials and construction87 Ductbank library management... 39
Enter a group of cables using absolute coordinates... 103
2 INDEX Enter a trefoil formation using relative
coordinates ...103
Execution speed bar and associated command buttons ...93
Expanding and collapsing the curves...50
Extruded dielectric cables...173
Filter Editor ...37
Fraction of return current for single phase cables...88
General data for the installation ...76
Generate the reports ...140
Geometrical configuration of the installation ...82
Getting Started...1
High pressure oil (gas) filled cables ...175
Importing a duct bank from the Library...96
Informing CYMCAP that a transient analysis is to be performed ...135
Installation steps – From a CD ...2
Installation steps – From a downloaded file 3 Installing CYMCAP for Windows ...2
Insulation data ...22
Insulation screen ...23
Jacket, oversheath and pipe coating material ...28
Keep all labels positions permanently ...115
Label grid editor...111
Library of studies and executions...67
Load and Heat Source Libraries Management ...49
Load Curve from field-recorded data...57
Load-Curves/Heat Source Curves and Shape Libraries...43
Low pressure oil filled cables (Type 3) ....174
Methodology and computational standards ...61
Modify the solution option from the CYMCAP menu...102
Moisture migration modeling ...77
Multiple cables per phase...82
Non isothermal earth surface modeling...76
Opening more than one executions simultaneously ...124
Other Libraries - Introduction...43
Overview of CYMCAP ...1
Overview of CYMCAP menu ...157
Particular modeling...35
Pipe material and dimensions ...88
Populating the CYMCAP libraries ...7
Preliminary considerations ...129
Rearranging the cables in the proper ducts ...100
References ...66
Reset all labels to their default positions .114 Restore from floppy disk to a directory on the hard-disk ...167
Results Reporting ... 108
Select/move/align labels ... 111
Setting the steady state analysis solution Option... 92
Setting up the protection key ... 3
Shape Library Management ... 44
Sheath... 24
Sheath Reinforcing Material ... 24
Shifting a shape ... 47
Simulation control parameters... 162
Skid wires... 25
SL-type cables ... 36
Software and hardware requirements ... 2
Solve for Ampacity Given Time and Temperature... 130
Solve for Temperature given Time and Ampacity... 131
Solve for Time given Ampacity and Temperature... 132
Specific cable installation data ... 83
Specific installation data ... 108
Specify a “fixed ampacity circuit” ... 105
Specify a heat source included in the installation ... 107
Specify the data for the transient analysis option... 137
Specify the transient analysis option ... 137
Steady state analysis... 75
Steady state thermal analysis... 90
Steady State Thermal Analysis... 61
Steady State Thermal Analysis - General 61 Steady-state results labels... 109
Steps to create a new cable ... 16
Studies and executions... 66
Studies with CYMCAP ... 8
Study case for dissimilar directly buried cables ... 101
Study library pop-up menu... 68
Submit the simulation ... 139
Submitting more than one executions simultaneously ... 127
Surrounding medium of the installation .... 77
Tabular Reports ... 118, 121 Tag specific items from the Libraries... 167
Temperature as a function of Time... 134
Temperature Field - Introduction ... 145
Temperature Field – Scopes and Limitations ... 146
The CYMCAP Menu ... 157
The Ductbank Library ... 39
The Edit menu - Execution ... 159
The File menu - Execution... 158
The Files menu ... 157
The Options menu - Execution ... 160
The Sensitivity Analysis Option of CYMCAP ... 153
INDEX 3
The View menu - Execution...159
The Windows menu...158
Three core cables...178
Trace the transients results with the mouse ...142
Transient Analysis ...129
Transient Analysis - Example and Illustrations...136
Transient Analysis - General ...129
Transient analysis – How to proceed ... 135
Transient analysis options ... 130
Useful considerations ... 35
View/hide labels... 110
Viewing the graphical ampacity reports by mouse selection ... 116
Windows Settings ... 3
Working with more than one executions simultaneously ... 127