Patent ID: 6525265
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: H01R,H02G,Y02E,Y10S

Abstract:
A high voltage power cable termination, comprising:a current lead; a power cable having an inner first tube, and an outer conductor being arranged around the first tube and having electrically conducting properties that improve at low temperatures, and configured to be cooled to low temperatures by a cryogenic fluid flowing through said inner first tube; a joint that electrically connects one end of said current lead to said conductor near one end of said inner first tube; and a second tube communicating with said inner first tube near said joint for conveying said cryogenic fluid to said inner first tube, wherein said inner first tube and said second tube being arranged so that, in use, none of said cryogenic fluid conveyed by said inner first tube and said second tube contacts at least one of said outer conductor and said current lead at said joint.