A conductor for electric lines includes a load-bearing core on which conductors for electric energy transportation are arranged. The load-bearing core includes a plurality of aligned aramidic fibres defining one or more ropes wrapped in one or more sheaths.

High capacity (10 GW, for example) passively cooled non-superconducting underground high voltage direct current electric power transmission lines (100) of very low loss (1% per 1,000 km, for example) and competitive cost. The transmission lines (100) include segment modules (101) linked together with compliant splice modules (102) between the segments (101), typically installed in a protective conduit (103). The segment modules (101) include relatively rigid pipe-shaped conductors (117) insulated by pipe-like solid insulating layers (131) to form segment modules (101) that resemble pipe. The segment modules (101) are linked together through radially and axially compliant splice modules (102) to form the transmission line (100). There are preferably wheels (300) deployed to ease insertion and removal of the assembled segment modules (101) and splice modules (102) into the conduit (103), to center each segment module (101) within the conduit (103), and/or to provide motive force and/or braking to allow the assembled segment modules (101) and splice modules (102) to be installed on a slope.

The invention concerns an electric power transmission cable, particularly for an overhead power line, comprising at least one central composite ring (1) formed of fibers impregnated by a matrix, of which the specific breaking strength is greater than 0.4 MPa.Math.m.sup.3/kg and at least one layer of conductive wires (3) nested within one another, made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy and windings around said ring (1), said cable having an outer diameter at ambient temperature called the initial diameter (D.sub.i) and the ratio between the thermal expansion coefficient of the conductive wires (3) and that of the central ring (1) is greater than three. According to the invention, said conductive wires (3) nested within one another are of a geometry such that the increase in the outer diameter of one length of said cable shorter than 45 m, during an increase of temperature lasting two to four minutes, from ambient temperature to a temperature between 150 and 240 C., is less than or equal to 10% of the initial diameter (Di), said cable being subject to a mechanical tension between 10% and 30% of the nominal breaking strength of the cable. The invention also concerns a conductive wire geometry enabling such a level of expansion of the diameter.

An electric conductor may be provided. The electric conductor may comprise a conductor core and a plurality of conductor strands wrapped around the conductor core. The conductor core may comprise a plurality of core strands comprising an overall number of strands. The plurality of core strands may comprise a first portion of core strands and a second portion of core strands. The first portion of core strands may comprise a first number of strands. The first portion of core strands may comprise steel. The second portion of core strands may comprise a second number of strands. The second portion of core strands may comprise a composite material. A ratio of the first number of strands to the overall number of strands and a ratio of the second number of strands to the overall number of strands may be optimized to give the conductor core a predetermined characteristic.

Method of manufacturing a power cable including three cores and three filler profiles arranged in a stranded configuration, the method including: A) in a design stage of the power cable: A0) defining a nominal outer diameter of the cores, and defining a stranding pitch P of the cores, A1) determining, in a transverse plane of the power cable, a shape of at least one of the cores, A2) determining a cross-sectional shape of the filler profiles in a transverse section of a filler profile based on the shape determined in step A1), B) in the production stage of the power cable: B1) manufacturing each of the cores with the nominal outer diameter, B2) obtaining the filler profiles with the cross-sectional shape obtained in step A2), and B3) stranding the cores and the filler profiles with the stranding pitch P in an assembly machine.

Method of manufacturing a power cable including three cores and three filler profiles arranged in a stranded configuration, the method including: A) in a design stage of the power cable: A0) defining a nominal outer diameter of the cores, and defining a stranding pitch P of the cores, A1) determining, in a transverse plane of the power cable, a shape of at least one of the cores, A2) determining a cross-sectional shape of the filler profiles in a transverse section of a filler profile based on the shape determined in step A1), B) in the production stage of the power cable: B1) manufacturing each of the cores with the nominal outer diameter, B2) obtaining the filler profiles with the cross-sectional shape obtained in step A2), and B3) stranding the cores and the filler profiles with the stranding pitch P in an assembly machine.

Provided are a high-temperature corrosion-resistant stranded conductor and a method for manufacturing the same, which relate to the field of high-temperature conductor technologies. The stranded conductor is formed by twisting a plurality of composite wire monofilaments, each including a highly conductive core wire made of copper or a copper alloy, and a high-temperature corrosion-resistant alloy cladding the core wire. The stranded conductor is capable of maintaining strength and transmitting a signal under a high-temperature atmospheric environment below 1000 C. for an extended period of time. By employing a plurality of twisted composite wire monofilaments with the above structure, the conductor achieves high strength retention, stable electrical conductivity, and superior oxidation/corrosion resistance when operating long-term under operating conditions of 600 C. to 1000 C. This solves the technical problem of conventional conductors failing in high-temperature environments.

Disclosed herein is a tree wire and a method of preparing the same. The tree wire disclosed herein has an improved ampacity compared to a conventional ACSR tree wire, as well as reduced sag compared to a conventional ACSR bare conductor and/or ACSR tree wire.

The present disclosure relates to a central tension line for an overhead power transmission cable having a damage detection function and an overhead power transmission cable comprising same, wherein it is possible to detect whether the central tension line is damaged before installing the overhead transmission cable on a pylon or before clamping for the installation of the overhead transmission cable, and after installing the overhead transmission cable on the pylon; and the central tension line has excellent tensile strength, thus having excellent sag properties preventing the wired overhead transmission cable from sagging, and has flexibility, thus improving wiring workability, while the central tension line suppresses corrosion and damage to a conductor wire disposed around the central tension line, and thus eliminates or minimizes an increase in resistance of the overhead transmission cable and the resultant reduction in transmission capacity, and enables the reduction of weight and manufacturing costs.