Design of temperature monitoring system of 35 kV km-Level Domestic Second Generation High Temperature Superconducting Power Cable in Shanghai, China

Abstract

The city of Shanghai, China plans to deploy the first domestic 35 kV km-level High-Temperature Superconducting Power Cable (HTS-PC) project for connecting two substations in the downtown region in 2021, of which the HTS-PC can transport the current with a maximum value of 2200 A. The HTS-PC needs to operate at a temperature level of the liquid nitrogen temperature zone to maintain the electrically superconducting state. The real-time temperature information of the HTS-PC is crucial for its safe operation. Therefore, this paper proposes a temperature monitoring system suitable for the 35 kV km-level domestic HTS-PC. The system is based on the optical fiber temperature measurement technology and mainly consists of the optical generation, photoelectric detection, fiber sensor, signal acquisition, signal processing, and other components. The conclusion of this paper can be consulted in the operation of the high-temperature superconducting power cable project in the future.