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AssigneeGeneral Cabletechnologies Corporation
InventorsCody R. DAVIS, Sathish Kumar RANGANATHAN, Ryan ANDERSEN, Vijay MHETAR, William S. TEMPLE, Srinivas SIRIPURAPU, Gordon BAKER, James FREESTONE, Dennis L. DOSS
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The present invention relates to a surface modified overhead conductor with a coating that allows the conductor to operate at lower temperatures. The coating is an inorganic, non-white coating having durable heat and wet aging characteristics. The coating preferably contains a heat radiating agent with desirable properties, and an appropriate binder/suspension agent. In a preferred embodiment, the coating has L* value of less than 80, a heat emissivity of greater than or equal to 0.5, and/or a solar absorptivity coefficient of greater than 0.3.
A surface modified overhead conductor comprising a bare conductor coated with a non-white inorganic coating, wherein when tested in accordance to ANSI C119.4-2004, the operating temperature of the surface modified overhead conductor is reduced compared to the temperature of an unmodified (not containing the heat radiating agent) overhead conductor under a same current.
A method for making a surface modified overhead conductor comprising the steps of
A method for making a surface modified overhead conductor comprising the step of coating a conductor with a non-white inorganic coating, wherein when tested in accordance to ANSI C119.4-2004, the operating temperature of the surface modified overhead conductor is reduced compared to the temperature of an unmodified (not containing the heat radiating agent) overhead conductor under a same current.
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