682results about "Power cables including optical transmission elements" patented technology

An optical fiber for information transmission contains a glass tube core wrapped in a sheath of conductive material attachable to a power source such as a battery or generator to transmit power via the conductive sheath of the fiber. Methods to transmit power via an optical fiber, together with fiber optic networks are described.

In an umbilical, one or more steel rods, which provide strength and ballast, are wound helically within the umbilical along with the steel tubes and / or elongated active umbilical elements. These steel rods replace some or all of the thermoplastic filler elements that would otherwise be included within the umbilical. An umbilical according to an embodiment of the invention may include a plurality of steel tubes helically wound around a core, and at least one substantially solid steel rod helically wound around the core, the steel rod being arranged in a void between the steel tubes. Thus, the invention avoids the need to apply additional armoring layers to the outside of the umbilical for strength and ballast.

An electric cable includes a strain sensor longitudinally extending along the cable and including a strain optical fibre arranged within a bending neutral region surrounding and including a bending neutral longitudinal axis of the electric cable, and at least two longitudinal structural elements, at least one of the at least two longitudinal structural elements being a core including an electrical conductor, wherein the strain sensor is embedded in a strain-transferring filler mechanically coupling at least one of the at least two longitudinal structural elements with the strain sensor. With the disclosed cable construction, the strain experienced by the at least one of the at least two longitudinal structural elements is transferred to the strain sensor at least in a strained condition. In the preferred embodiments, the electric cable is a heavy-duty cable.

A subsea umbilical includes electrically insulated power conductors, fiber optic elements, electrical signal cables, and fillers within a common outer cover. At least one of the electrical signal cables is enclosed within a dedicated metal tube, and the umbilical is hung off on an offshore platform or the like and the metal tube containing the electrical signal cable is hung off separately from the umbilical.

A Subsea umbilical includes electrically insulated power conductors, fiber optic elements, electrical signal cables, and fillers within a common outer cover. At least one of the electrical signal cables is enclosed within a dedicated metal tube, and the umbilical is hung off on an offshore platform or the like and the metal tube containing the electrical signal cable is hung oft separately from the umbilical.

An offshore monitoring system, for an electrical power cable connected between a fixed point and a movable point, or for an electrical power cable connecting two movable points. The system comprises at least one optical fiber acting as a continuously distributed strain measurement sensor attached to or arranged in said power cable, a device arranged for sending optical signals and a device arranged for receiving optical signals to determine the time variant bending of said power cable.

To provide a low price, easy to produce, and easy to lay composite power cable, comprised of a pipe (4) able to receive a communication cable such as an optical fiber and an insulated conductor (3). A plurality of insulated conductors (3) each comprised of a conductor (1) and an insulator (2) and at least one pipe (4) are arranged in a line in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and are covered all together by a covering (7) when arranged in a straight line in the longitudinal direction. Preferably, an outer diameter of the pipe is made not more than 1.2 times the maximum value of an outer diameter of an insulated conductor arranged adjacently. More preferably, grooves are provided in the longitudinal direction of the cable in the two side surfaces in a width direction of the flat-shaped covering.

An electrical cable is provided which includes an electrical conductor, a first insulating jacket disposed adjacent the electrical conductor and having a first relative permittivity, wherein the first insulating jacket is prepared from an admixture of: a polymer selected from the group consisting of polyaryletherether ketone polymer, polyphenylene sulfide polymer, polyether ketone, maleic anhydride modified polymers, Parmax® SRP polymers, and any mixtures thereof; and, a fluoropolymer additive. A second insulating jacket disposed adjacent the first insulating jacket and having a second relative permittivity that is less than the first relative permittivity, and wherein the insulating jacket is mechanically bonded to the second insulating jacket. In another aspect of the present invention, a method is provided for manufacturing a cable that includes providing an electrical conductor, extruding a first insulating jacket over the electrical conductor, and extruding a second insulating jacket thereon.

A fiber optic security sensor cable and system for using the cable. The cable includes a optical fiber encased in a first jacket, a power cable encased in a second jacket, and an overjacket encasing both the first jacket and the second jacket where the fiber is utilized to securely transmit data and provide a response to a sensed disturbance to the sensor cable. The system provides secure data transmission and power distribution via the sensor cable where one optical sensing fiber along the path of a data fiber responds to a sensed disturbance to the sensor cable. The system's sensor cable is enabled to detect disturbances at a processing unit where the sensor cable is either physically routed adjacent to the processing unit or within the processing unit. The system can further include more than one processing unit in the form of auxiliary units such as repeaters, power amplifiers, power outlets, data routers, and any similar electronic device. The system can also include a plurality of processing units which are arranged along the data path, wherein the sensor cable is physically routed within at least one of the processing units. The system's processing units may include at least one that is a microprocessor based signal processor.

The invention relates to a skeleton type photoelectric composite cable and a manufacturing method thereof. The skeleton type photoelectric composite cable comprises a skeleton and an outer sheath wrapping the skeleton. The skeleton type photoelectric composite cable is characterized in that two sides of the skeleton are respectively provided with a skeleton groove whose radial section is a circle or a large semicircle, optical communication units are arranged in the skeleton grooves in a laying manner, and power supply conducting wires are arranged at the upper side and the lower side of the skeleton. According to the cable, optical units and electric units are integrated so that wiring space resources are greatly saved, the construction cost is reduced, the structural setting is reasonable, the size is small, the optical cable is flexible and light, the optical communication units in the optical cable are easily separated and continued, the mechanical performance, the weather resistance, and the flexibility performance are excellent, and the optical cable can be applied to indoor and outdoor applications. The manufacturing method is simple and reasonable, the quality and the process are easily controlled, the production efficiency is high, and the manufacturing cost is low.

The invention discloses a main base station of submarine observation network based on a constant-current power supply. The main base station is connected in series in a backbone network submarine cable. The main base station is connected with a shore base station and an adjacent main base station through a submarine cable terminal box. The main base station comprises an underwater power supply anda communication control module. The underwater power supply is used for converting a constant-current power supply provided by a shore base station into a power supply of the main base station and aplurality of backup power supplies, outputting a direct-current constant-voltage power supply to the communication control module, and controlling the main base station to be networked and offline. The communication control module is used for monitoring the internal state of the main base station in a master control backup manner and sending the state information and data uploaded by the externalequipment to the shore base station. The communication control module is also used for receiving an instruction of the shore base station to perform fault isolation when the internal state has a fault. The main base station of submarine observation network based on the constant-current power supply has the advantages of high power and high reliability. The problems that a constant-voltage power supply type main base station is poor in submarine cable fault resistance and poor in robustness are solved.

A transition assembly for interconnecting a hybrid trunk cable and electronic equipment includes: an enclosure having first and second ends, first and second side walls, and a cavity; a hybrid trunk cable comprising first and second sets of pluralities of power conductors and a plurality of optical fibers, wherein the first and second sets of power conductors enter the enclosure at the first end; first and second sets of pluralities of connectors mounted to at least one of the first and second side walls; and an overvoltage protection module (OVP module).

A high-power low-resistance electromechanical cable constructed of a conductor core comprising a plurality of conductors surrounded by an outer insulating jacket and with each conductor having a plurality of wires that are surrounded by an insulating jacket. The wires can be copper or other conductive wires. The insulating jacket surrounding each set of wires or each conductor can be comprised of ethylene tetrafluoroethylene, polytetrafluoroethylene, polytetrafluoroethylene tape, perfluoroalkoxyalkane, fluorinated ethylene propylene or a combination of materials. A first layer of a plurality of strength members is wrapped around the outer insulating jacket. A second layer of a plurality of strength members may be wrapped around the first layer of a plurality of strength members. The first and / or second layer of strength members can be made of single wires, synthetic fiber strands multi-wire strands, or rope. If either or both layers are made up of synthetic fiber, then the synthetic fibers may be surrounding and encapsulated by an additional insulating and protective layer.

An electro-optical-mechanical tether is presented. The tether is designed to be strong and lightweight, and to transmit both optical signals and electricity. The proposed use relates to airborne devices, in which the tether may transmit electrical power to or from the device as well as enabling communications between the device and the ground. This tether may also be ideal for other aerospace applications and for connections between ships.

An electrical cable having a holding member arranged within the cable for an optic fiber, which can be used for temperature sensing and / or communications. The holding member can replace one or more strands of the cable, be placed inside an interstice of the cable, be placed in between various layers of the cable, or placed in the jacket of the cable. At least one strength member may be adjacent to and / or attached to the holding member to provide additional protection for the optic fiber.

An electric cable includes a strain sensor longitudinally extending along the cable and including a strain optical fiber arranged within a bending neutral region surrounding and including a bending neutral longitudinal axis of the electric cable, and at least two longitudinal structural elements, at least one of the at least two longitudinal structural elements being a core including an electrical conductor, wherein the strain sensor is embedded in a strain-transferring filler mechanically coupling at least one of the at least two longitudinal structural elements with the strain sensor. With the disclosed cable construction, the strain experienced by the at least one of the at least two longitudinal structural elements is transferred to the strain sensor at least in a strained condition. In the preferred embodiments, the electric cable is a heavy-duty cable.

The invention belongs to the technical field of a cable, and relates to a photoelectric composite cable laid in a seabed. The cable comprises multiple fibers, a loose sleeve, a thermal insulation layer, a conductor layer, an insulation layer, a shielding layer, a first protective layer, an inner sheath, a first armored layer, a second protective layer, a second armored layer, a third protective layer and an outer jacket. The first armored layer is formed by spirally twisting first reinforcement elements around the inner sheath in a unidirectional mode by a first pitch; the second armored layer is formed by spirally twisting second reinforcement elements around the second protective layer in a unidirectional mode by a second pitch; the winding directions of the first pitch and the second pitch are opposite; the second pitch is 3 to 5 times the first pitch; the ratio of the first pitch to the external diameter of the inner sheath equals to (3-6):1; the materials of the first reinforcement elements are steel wires or alloy wires; and the materials of the second reinforcement elements are the steel wires or the alloy wires. The cable provided by the invention has the following advantages: the cable can transmit both optical signals and electric power, can also resist bending and torsion, and is more compact in structure, longer in life, smaller in external diameter, lower in cost and lower in transport cost.

The figure shows an electrical cable with conductors (1) of metal, surrounded by each of an inner conducting layer (2), insulation (3) and an outer conducting layer (4). A moisture barrier (11) with an electrically conducting layer surrounds the conductors. Shield strips (5) of at least partially conducting material are located in the regions between the outer conducting layer (4) and the moisture barrier (11). Electrically conducting shield wires (6) run along the shield strips and are placed through these into electrical contact with the electrically conducting layer of the moisture barrier (11). The shield strips support the moisture barrier from the inside, such that the moisture barrier can in a simple manner be made watertight when it is applied. The shield strips (5), the moisture barrier (11) and the shield wires (6) together constitute an efficient electrical shield for the cable. Penetration of an electrically conducting object into the cable results in a fault current that can be easily indicated, such that an applied cable voltage can be removed.

An offshore monitoring system, for an electrical power cable connected between a fixed point and a movable point, or for an electrical power cable connecting two movable points. The system comprises at least one optical fiber acting as a continuously distributed strain measurement sensor attached to or arranged in said power cable, a device arranged for sending optical signals and a device arranged for receiving optical signals to determine the time variant bending of said power cable.

Methods and systems for communicating data between a vehicle and a ground system are described. The system includes an integrated power and communications connector that couples to the vehicle so that power is supplied to at least selected systems on-board the vehicle. In addition, data is communicated between the vehicle on-board systems and the ground system via the integrated connector.

A method and apparatus for the using optical waveguides to detect chafing of electrical cables is disclosed. Chafing damage is preferably detected by disposing several optical waveguides about the periphery of an electrical cable such that any chafing that causes damage to the electrical cable will likely also cause damage to at least one of the optical waveguides. The disclosed apparatus and method allows multiple optical waveguides of one cable segment to be connected to multiple optical waveguides of an adjacent cable segment using only a single optical waveguide connection, while still allowing each of the optical waveguides of either cable segment to be monitored independently of each other.

An electrical cable is provided which includes an electrical conductor, a first insulating jacket disposed adjacent the electrical conductor and having a first relative permittivity, wherein the first insulating jacket is prepared from an admixture of: a polymer selected from the group consisting of polyaryletherether ketone polymer, polyphenylene sulfide polymer, polyether ketone, maleic anhydride modified polymers, Parmax® SRP polymers, and any mixtures thereof; and, a fluoropolymer additive. A second insulating jacket disposed adjacent the first insulating jacket and having a second relative permittivity that is less than the first relative permittivity, and wherein the insulating jacket is mechanically bonded to the second insulating jacket. In another aspect of the present invention, a method is provided for manufacturing a cable that includes providing an electrical conductor, extruding a first insulating jacket over the electrical conductor, and extruding a second insulating jacket thereon.

A surge protection apparatus for a power cable assembly is disclosed. The surge protection apparatus is located in-line with the power cable and may be integrated into or be a separate component from the power cable assembly and provide surge protection without the need to locate a surge protection device in a terminal. In this way, the terminal remains small and lightweight while the surge protection can be provided as needed. The apparatus may be used for power-only assemblies as well as hybrid power / fiber assemblies.

The present invention provides a power cable that comprises a cable core that has at least one power conductor. The cable core defines a longitudinal axis of the cable. A jacket surrounds the cable core and the jacket has an outer surface. A longitudinal duct is coupled to the outer surface of the jacket and extends substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cable core. The longitudinal duct is hollow to receive at least one optical fiber.

Disclosed is an optical fiber composite power cable having a loose-tube-type optical fiber impregnated therein, wherein the optical fibers are installed in a loose tube made of metal to prevent lateral pressure from being imposed on the optical fibers by the metal conductors, even when tensile force or bending force is applied to the cable.

A method and apparatus for using optical waveguides to detect chafing of electrical cables. Chafing damage is preferably detected by disposing several optical waveguides about the periphery of an electrical cable such that any chafing that causes damage to the electrical cable will likely also cause damage to at least one of the optical waveguides. The disclosed apparatus and method allows multiple optical waveguides of one cable segment to be connected to multiple optical waveguides of an adjacent cable segment using only a single optical waveguide connection, while still allowing each of the optical waveguides of either cable segment to be monitored independently of each other.

A high voltage cabtire cable 10 includes power cores 20 each of which has an inner semi-conductive layer 22, an insulation 23, and an outer semi-conductive layer 24 successively provided in this order around a copper conductor 21, and other cores 25, 30 stranded together with the power core 20, an inner sheath 11 and an outer sheath 13 successively provided in this order around peripheries of the power core 20 and the other cores 25, 30 stranded together, in which an adhesion force between the other cores 25, 30 and the inner sheath 11 is greater than an adhesion force between the power cores 20 and the inner sheath 11.

The invention discloses a high-voltage low-loss optical fiber composite submarine cable with a huge section and a preparation method thereof. The submarine cable comprises cable cores, an optical unit and a filling strip. The submarine cable also comprises a wrapping band, a lining layer, an armor layer and a coat layer which are coated in sequence. Each cable core is composed of a water-blocking conductor, a conductor shielding layer, an insulation layer, an insulation shielding layer, a water-blocking buffer layer, a lead sleeve and an outer sheath which are arranged from the inside to the outside in sequence. The cable cores are twisted to form a central hole. The optical unit is placed in the central hole. According to the cable and the method, an advanced production device is employed, so the production efficiency and finished product quality of the submarine cable are improved. The prepared submarine cable has the following advantages that the optical unit is placed into the central hole formed after the cable cores are twisted to form the cable, so the optical unit is not stressed at all in production and layout processes; the filling strip is made of a semiconductor material, so equipotential is formed between the lead sleeves and the armor layers, thermal resistance losses in a transportation process are effectively reduced, and the global energy crisis is mitigated; and the current capacity consistency of the whole cable is realized based on structure design of the armor layers.

A cable reduces loop inductance by changing the cross-sectional shape of the conductive elements of power supply and return conductors to something other than the traditional circular cross sectional shape, e.g., to a thin generally rectangular shape. The power supply and return conductors are also controlled in placement along the length of the cable, so that mutual inductance is maximized within a given power supply circuit, and minimized between the given power supply circuit and other power supply circuits within the cable. The return power supply conductor may optionally be sized for multiple power supply circuits, which may further reduce loop inductance and reduce crosstalk noise between different power supply circuits within a common cable. The power supply and return conductors may be part of a hybrid cable used to power and communicate with plural remote radio units proximate a top of a tower.