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The paper deals with a final experimental validation of three-dimensional Multiconductor Cell Analysis (MCA) developed by the Electric Energy Transmission Laboratory of the University of Padova. This final confirmation comes from the measurement campaign carried out on one of the longest (100 km) HVAC submarine three-core cables: the Sicily-Malta interconnector. The considered frequency measurements range from 0 to 40th harmonic order with both positive and zero sequence supplies. In this overall harmonic interval and with both supplies, the comparison between measurements and MCA results highlights a very good agreement (maximum differences of 10%). These differences are negligible if measurement uncertainties are considered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, an experimental validation of three-dimension multiconductor cell analysis (MCA) is presented: a measurement campaign has been performed on Capri–Torre Annunziata three-core 29.5 km long submarine cable link. All the theoretical conclusions derived by the authors in a previous paper are now experimentally confirmed and the model is, therefore, validated. Based on the example in this paper, the maximum difference between MCA results and measurements is 7% on the positive sequence resistance at power frequency. A 10% difference occurs in the evaluation of positive sequence reactance. The agreement between MCA and real measurements in zero sequence impedance is very good with differences lower than 5% in real and imaginary parts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]