Research Article

Numerical Study of Heat Transfer in Trefoil Buried Cable with Fluidized Thermal Backfill and Laying Parameter Optimization

Table 1

Typical geometric and physical parameters of trefoil cables (cable quadrature = 1600 mm2).

CableRadius [mm]MaterialThermal conductivity [W/(m·K)]Electronic conductivity [S/m]

Cable core24.8copper4005.998 × 107
Insulation layer55.3XLPE0.381.0 × 10−15
Sheath layer61.7copper4005.998 × 107
Jacket layer66.8HDPE0.381.0 × 10−15