Interface, method and system for connecting electrical elements
AssigneeSiemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
InventorJohnny Soerensen
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Abstract
Provided is an interface for connecting a cable arranged in a shell to a receiving structure, the interface including: a connector including a connection area for fixing the connector to a cable support of the receiving structure and a transmission area for receiving the cable and the shell, a lower seal, an upper seal, a chamber element configured to coat the cable between the lower seal and the upper seal. Also provided is a hang-off system and a method for connecting a cable arranged in a shell to a receiving structure.
Claims15
An interface for connecting a cable arranged in a shell to a receiving structure, the interface comprising:
- a connector having a connection area for fixing the connector to a cable support of the receiving structure and a transmission area for receiving the cable and the shell;
- a lower seal;
- an upper seal;
- a chamber element configured to coat the cable between the lower seal and the upper seal;
- wherein the chamber element is configured to form a gas chamber between an inner core of the cable and an inner surface of the chamber element for collecting gases streaming out of the cable;
- wherein the lower seal is configured to seal a space between an outer surface of the cable and the shell;
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- wherein the upper seal is configured to seal a space between a sealing area on the inner surface of the chamber element above the gas chamber and the inner core of the cable.
A method for connecting a cable arranged in a shell to a receiving structure, the method comprising the following steps:
- inserting the cable together with the shell into a cable support of the receiving structure;
- fixing a connector surrounding the cable at the cable support,
- arranging a lower seal between the shell and an outer surface of the cable;
- forming a gas chamber between an inner core of the cable and an inner surface of a chamber element for collecting gases streaming out of the cable by arranging the chamber element in an area of the cable above the lower seal;
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- arranging an upper seal between a sealing area on the inner surface of the chamber element above the gas chamber and the inner core of the cable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.