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Shipboard Electrical Power Systems
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Shipboard Electrical Power Systems

by Mukund R. Patel
December 2011
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
370 pages
12h 24m
English
CRC Press
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Power Cable
The term wire generally means one or more insulated conductors (solid or stranded
for exibility) in small size, whereas the cable means one or more insulated con-
ductors of large size grouped in a common insulation jacket, often with a ground
shield. Figure7.1 shows a single-conductor, 2 kV class cable, whereas Figure7.2 is a
3- conductor, 3-phase cable suitable for 5 to 15 kV applications.
7.1 CONDUCTOR GAGE
Each conductor size is measured in American wire gage (AWG), British wire gage
(BWG), or in metric gage designated by the conductor cross section area in mm
2
.
The AWG and BWG gage number are log-inverse measures of t
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