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US 12,614,649 B2Granted
Internal cooling of power cables and power umbilicals
AssigneeNexans
InventorOyvind Iversen
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Abstract
A power cable has an outer sheath, at least one conductor element arranged within the outer sheath and a filler element arranged within the outer sheath. The filler element is hollow such that a cooling fluid can be passed through the filler element. A temperature sensor is configured to measure the internal temperature of the cable.
Claims14
A power cable system comprising:
- a power cable and
- a control unit,
- the power cable comprising:
- an outer sheath;
- at least one conductor element arranged within the outer sheath;
- at least one filler element arranged within the outer sheath;
- wherein the filler element is hollow such that a cooling fluid can be passed through the filler element;
- and
- a temperature sensor, configured to measure the internal temperature of the power cable,
- wherein the control unit is configured to control the inner temperature of the power cable, by receiving data from the temperature sensor and adapting the temperature of the cooling fluid, and wherein the power cable system further comprises:
- a cooling system for regulating the temperature of the cooling fluid before entry into the cable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.