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    CYMCAP power cable ampacity software 

    Eaton's CYMCAP power cable ampacity software offers a comprehensive set of powerful tools to assist cable engineers with projects requiring reliable cable thermal ampacity calculations. CYMCAP builds on 30 years of development as the worldwide reference in cable thermal rating calculations.
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Increase accuracy
Ensure accurate cable modeling based on construction details
​Improve project design
Use what-if scenarios to maximize system efficiency and cost savings
Optimize power transfer
Identify optimal installation parameters and mitigate the risk of cable thermal damage

Highlighted features: 

  • Full compliance with North American practice and IEC standards IEC 60287, IEC 60228 and IEC 60853
  • User-defined standard settings to adjust results based on a user-defined methodology as per strictly IEC, CIGRE or CYMCAP guidance
  • Cyclic loading simulations as per IEC-60853 or Neher-McGrath
  • Robust optimization algorithm that maximizes the power transfer for equally and unequally loaded circuits
  • Full detailed report (available in Excel) displaying intermediate calculations and specific equations for each cable in the installation
  • Independent libraries for cables, duct banks, load curves, heat sources and installations
  • All types of sheath bonding arrangements for flat and triangular formations with explicit modeling of minor section lengths, unequal cable spacing, transposition and more
  • Detailed losses calculations including effects produced by induced currents in metallic layers, eddy currents, insulation dielectric losses, magnetic losses, length of the lay, mutual interaction between circuits (optional), etc.
  • Electrical frequency can be assigned per circuit in the same thermal section—AC/DC cables supported within the same installation
  • Soil moisture migration (drying out) can be considered in underground installations
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Improve system reliability with accurate cable modeling calculations

Eaton's CYMCAP power cable ampacity software offers a detailed graphical representation of various power cables, including single-core, three-core, belted, pipe-type, submarine, sheathed, retrofitted and armored cables. The extended cable modeling capabilities include the following features: 

  • Support for multiple custom non-metallic layers 
  • Consideration of special cable construction layers as a jacket around each core, double armor, corrugated sheath, armor metallic tapes, flat armor wires and more 
  • A dedicated cable library with real examples provided by cable manufacturers 
  • Calculation of electric field strength for HVDC cables, which is commonly a key factor affecting ampacity
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Confidently upgrade and design power cable installations

The power cable ampacity software supports different installation conditions, including direct burial, thermal backfill, underground ducts and duct banks. Users can emulate various soil conditions based on depth with environment templates. The software's installation capabilities include:

  • Modeling of groups of cables in air as per IEC 60287, cables in riser poles and non-isothermal earth surface of shallow cables
  • Consideration of mutual heating effects produced by multiple heat sources and heat sinks and magnetic losses produced in metallic magnetic ducts
  • Estimation of soil temperature around cables and hot sources with customizable isothermal curves
  • Accurate modeling of metallic and non-metallic ducts filled with air, water, or solid materials and multiple cables per phase with sheath mutual inductances

Get accurate transient and emergency calculations

Gain a deeper understanding of the thermal behavior of circuits exposed to specific demand profiles and advanced transient thermal analysis for multiple circuits in different modes and loading conditions. 

  • Import loading conditions from Excel files for circuits and heat sources and associate each circuit with a specific load profile
  • Define temperature constraints for multiple cable components simultaneously, such as conductor, sheath, armor and/or exterior

Obtain a meaningful graphical representation of the cable's behavior for a selected variable of interest:  

  • Temperature of main cable components as a function of the time given a user-defined demand
  • Ampacity given described emergency times and required maximum temperature
  • Estimated time to reach maximum temperatures in emergency conditions
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