Technical Description

TETHER CABLE
BWT 2 – 16kN
Buoyant Work Class Tether
Document no.: RT081
Unit content:

UNIT-P0.82 Power conductor, 0.82mm2, 3kV, 16 off

UNIT-TSQ Twisted Screened Quad, 0.35mm2 3 off
UNIT-FO Fibre Optic element 1 off

UNIT-C Coaxial Cable, RG59, 75Ω 3 off

Product: Product Code:

2 2
Gs(6+6) + 16x0.82mm + R3 + A6 - 0.35mm FEAM - 3kV-16kN 10060253
Gs(8+4) + 16x0.82mm2 + R3 + A6 - 0.35mm2 FEAM - 3kV-16kN 10060264
2 2
Gs(0+12)+16x0.82mm + R3 + A6 - 0.35mm FEAM - 3kV-16kN 10060266

Tender no.: Contract no.:

1E 04.12.02 Approved for Construction JSA LOM IJV

Issue no. Date Document status Prepared by Approved Released by
by

Revision / Status Coding:

Issued for Tender XT
Issued for DIC / IDC (Draft) XD
Issued for Company Comment (Review) XR
Approved for Construction XE
As-Built XA
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Nexans Norway AS, Postboks 130,Økern, N-0509, Norway

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1. SCOPE

This document describes the design for a buoyant work class tether cable with
16kN SWL.

NOTE: Cable handling and installation shall be performed in accordance with latest
revision of Nexans guidelines (see section 2. REFERENCES).

2. REFERENCES

Document: Document title:

NeNo-TR-01-01 Issue 5 HANDLING/INSTALLATION GUIDELINES

Recommended Practices – handling, storage and use of ROV
umbilicals and tether cables.

3. CABLE DESIGN

3.1 Element Details

Process/ Material Nom. Nom. Outer
Thickness Diameter
(mm) (mm)

UNIT-P0.82 Power conductor 0.82mm2, 16off

Conductor Cu, 0.82mm2 7x0.39 1.17
Insulation Polypropylene, colour coded 3.3

UNIT-TSQ Screened Quad, 0.35mm2, 3 off

Conductor Cu, 0.35mm2 7x0.25 0.75
Insulation Polypropylene, colour coded 1.4
Filling Filler elements + petroleum jelly
Lay-Up Stranding of elements 3.4
Screen Al/polyester laminate and drain wires 4
Sheath Polyethylene 4.7/5.7

UNIT-FO Fibre optic element, 1 off

Optical fibre! MM (50/125µm) + SM (9/125µm)
!
6MM+6SM / 8MM+4SM / 12SM
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Process/ Material Nom. Nom. Outer

Thickness Diameter
(mm) (mm)
Tube Steel tube with filling compound 0.2 2.3
Insulation Polyethylene, natural 4.7

UNIT-C Coax Conductor, RG 59, 3 off

Centre conductor Cu, 0.22mm2 7x0.20 0.6
Insulation Polyethylene 3.7
Outer conductor Braided Cu wires 0.16 4.4
Outer sheath Polyethylene 5.3

3.2 Element Lay-up

Process/ Material Nom. Nom. Outer
Thickness Diameter
(mm) (mm)

Centre UNIT-TSQ, 0.35mm2 5.7

1st layer
UNIT-C Coax Conductor, RG 59, 3 off 5.3 16.3
UNIT-TSQ Screened Quad, 0.35mm2, 2 off 4.7 16.3
UNIT-FO Fibre Optic element, 1 off 4.7 16.3
Filling Fillers and water blocking compound 1.8 16.3
Screen Semicond. insul. 0.35mm2 Cu, 3 off 1.8
Cu/polyester laminate 0.041 16.5
Wrapping Polyester tape 0.05 16.6

2nd layer
UNIT-P0.82 Power conductor, 0.82mm2, 16 off 3.3 23.2
Screen Semicond. insul. 0.22mm2 Cu, 5 off 1
Cu/polyester laminate 0.041 23.5

Inner sheath Polyethylene (LD), orange 26.3

Armouring Aramid yarns 30.5

(embedded in outer sheath)

Outer sheath TPR, yellow 45

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3.3 Characteristics

Physical Characteristics Unit Nominal ±

value

Cable outer diameter mm 45 1

Weight in air (approx) kg/km 1600
Weight in water (approx) kg/km -40
Specific gravity (approx) kg/dm3 0.99
Minimum dynamic bending diameter m 0.55
Aramid armouring breaking load kN 100
Safe working load (SWL) kN 16

Electrical / Optical Characteristics (target values) Unit Nominal ±

value

UNIT-P0.82 Power conductor, 0.82mm2

DC resistance, max Ω/km 23.6
Insulation resistance @ 500 V DC GΩ⋅km >5
HV test for 1 min: Conductor-conductor kV DC 17
HV test for 1 min: Conductor-shields kV DC 11

UNIT-TSQ Screened Quad, 0.35mm2

Loop resistance, max Ω/km 110
Insulation resistance @ 500 V DC GΩ⋅km >5
HV test for 10 sek: Conductor-conductor kV DC 4
HV test for 10 sek: Conductor-shields kV DC 2

UNIT-FO Fibre Optic element

MULTIMODE: Attenuation @ 850 nm1 dB/km <4.5
Attenuation @ 1310 nm dB/km <1.5
Bandwidth @ 850 nm1 MHz⋅km 400
Bandwidth @ 1310 nm1 MHz⋅km 600
SINGLEMODE: Attenuation @ 1310 nm dB/km <0.6
Attenuation @ 1550 nm dB/km <0.5
Dispersion @ 1310 nm1 ps/nm⋅km <5
Dispersion @ 1550 nm1 ps/nm⋅km <20

1
Not measured during manufacturing
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3.4 Cable Marking

Element Marking

UNIT-FO Natural SM fibre With two rings every 25mm :

colour: Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, White, Aqua,
#1,2,..12 Orange, Pink and Nat.
With two rings every 50mm:
Red, Green Blue
MM fibre With no rings :
colour: Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, White, Aqua,
#1,2,..12 Orange, Pink
With one ring every 50mm:
Natural, Red, Green and Blue

UNIT-P0.82 First conductor: Blue

Alternating: White, Green, Red, White, Green, Red,…
Last conductor: Orange

UNIT-C Numbering tape: #11, #12, #13

UNIT-TSQ Pair #1: Blue, Red Pair #2: Green, White

Numbering tape: #1, #2, #3

SHEATH <Batch no.> Nexans Norway High Voltage <year>, <meter>

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4. CROSS-SECTIONAL DRAWING

5. AMENDMENT LIST

Issue Date Amendments

No.

1E 04.12.02 First edition.

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