A method for rejuvenating a strand-blocked cable having a conductor comprised of a plurality of conductor strands with interstitial volume therebetween blocked by a PIB based mastic, the conductor being surrounded by a polymeric cable insulation. The method comprising installing injection adapters that seal the cable ends of the cable and are usable to inject fluid into the interstitial volume between the conductor strands of the cable; elastically expanding the polymeric cable insulation through the application of pressure to the interstitial volume between the conductor strands of the cable; and injecting at least one injection fluid in which the PIB based mastic is at least partially soluble into the interstitial volume between the conductor strands of the cable. To facilitate elastic deformation of the polymeric cable insulation, the cable may be heated to and maintained at a temperature of T1 above ambient during the injection.

An aluminum wire includes a strand main body, an inner layer, and an outer layer. The strand main body includes aluminum wire or an aluminum alloy wire. The inner layer includes Zn, a Zn alloy, Ni, or an Ni alloy and covers the outer circumferential surface of the strand main body. The outer layer includes Sn or an Sn alloy and covers the outer circumferential surface of the inner layer. In the aluminum wire, the pinhole ratio in the outer layer is no more than 4% and/or the thickness of the inner layer is at least 0.3 μm.

A cable type liquid leak sensor includes a first cable unit having a first detection line for detecting a leaking liquid and a first power line in parallel twisted with the first detection line for supplying a power source, a second cable unit having a second detection line for detecting a leaking liquid and a second power line in parallel twisted with the second detection line for supplying a power source, a first fixing unit formed to surround the outside of the first cable unit by a thread made of a chemical-resistant or drug-tolerant material, a second fixing unit formed to surround the outside of the second cable unit by a thread made of a chemical-resistant or drug-tolerant material, and a connection unit having both sides braided to couple the first and second fixing units so that the first and second cable units maintain a given interval.

A cable accessory for injecting fluid into a cable. The accessory has first and second ends configured to be coupled to the cable and an external cable accessory, respectively. The accessory has an injection port configured to introduce the fluid to a stranded conductor of the cable. The accessory may include a body and conductive rod. The body defines a through-channel configured to receive the conductor. The rod has a first portion that extends outwardly from the second end to be received inside the external cable accessory and to form an electrical connection therewith. The rod has a second portion configured to be coupled to the conductor and form an electrical connection therewith. The second portion (with the conductor coupled thereto) is positionable inside the through-channel with the first portion extending outward from the second end. The fluid is injectable into the conductor through injection port, which extends into the through-channel.

Provided is an aluminum-based strand capable of suppressing corrosion caused by salt water, and a twisted wire conductor, a braided wire, and a wire harness in which the aluminum-based strand is used. The aluminum-based strand includes a strand main body portion, an inner layer, and an outer layer. The strand main body portion is constituted by an aluminum wire or an aluminum alloy wire. The inner layer is constituted by Zn or a Zn alloy, or Ni or a Ni alloy, and covers an outer circumferential surface of the strand main body portion. The outer layer is constituted by Sn or a Sn alloy, and covers an outer circumferential surface of the inner layer. In the aluminum-based strand, the outer layer has a pinhole ratio of 4% or less, and/or the inner layer has a thickness of 0.3 m or more.

A gas resistant pothead system and method for electric submersible motors. A gas resistant pothead system includes a lead foil wrapped motor lead cable (MLE) extending through a pothead, a sleeve of an insulator block inside the pothead, the sleeve including gold plating and lead-foil wrapping over the gold plating, and a lead-to-gold seal formed between the gold plating of the sleeve and the lead foil wrapping over the gold plating. A method of creating a seal to gas around a power cable connection to a downhole electric submersible motor includes wrapping lead foil around a MLE extending through a pothead, continuing the lead foil wrapping around a gold-plated sleeve of an insulating block inside the pothead, mechanically reinforcing the lead foil with an encapsulant, and bonding the lead foil to the gold plating of the insulating block.

An electric current supply system (20) is designed to be at least partially submerged in an electrically conductive liquid during operation thereof, and comprises at least one electrically conductive component (21, 22, 23, 24) enveloped in liquid-tight material (40). The component (21, 22, 23, 24) comprises sacrificial material that is capable of reacting electrochemically with the liquid. Further, the component (21, 22, 23, 24) comprises at least one gas trap portion (50) at which the sacrificial material occupies a space in the liquid-tight material (40) that is thereby defined with a gas trapping shape. If, in case of damage to the system (20) in an actual submerged state thereof, the component (21, 22, 23, 24) gets exposed to the liquid, it is achieved that an electrochemical reaction occurring at the exposed area of the component (21, 22, 23, 24) and an outflow of electric current to the liquid are stopped.

Magnet wire with corona resistant enamel insulation may include a conductor, and at least one layer of polymeric enamel insulation may be formed around the conductor. The polymeric enamel insulation may include a filler dispersed in polyimide and an additive formed by reacting an amine moiety with a formaldehyde material. The filler may include between 20 percent and 80 percent by weight of silica oxide and between 20 and 80 percent by weight of titanium oxide.

An electric cable includes at least one polymer layer obtained from a polymer composition having at least one polypropylene-based thermoplastic polymer material and at least one oxygen-containing compound having a melting temperature of about 110 C. or higher.

A fluid circulation device having at least one fluid circulation tube, a first coupling sealingly coupled to a first end of the tube and a second coupling sealingly coupled to a second end of the tube in such a way as to allow the circulation of fluid between said two couplings via the tube. The device further has separate electronic elements. The tube has at least one conductor track extending along an outer surface of the tube. The track is suitable for transmitting at least one signal and arranged to engage with the abovementioned electronic elements.