Undersea cable, undersea cable installation structure, and method for installing undersea cable

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9722406-B2
Application number	US-201615180796-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 13, 2016
Priority date	Jan 20, 2014
Publication date	Aug 1, 2017
Grant date	Aug 1, 2017

Abstract

Ocean floating installations ( 1 ) are disposed on the ocean. The ocean floating installations ( 1 ) float on the ocean with the lower part of the ocean floating installations ( 1 ) being fixed to the seabed by mooring ropes ( 11 ). Each of the ocean floating installations ( 1 ) is connected at a connection part ( 5 a ) to a cable ( 3 ), which is a first cable. Each of the cables ( 3 ) is connected at a connection part ( 5 b ) to a cable ( 7 ), which is a second cable. In other words, the ocean floating installations ( 1 ) are connected to each other by the cables ( 3 ) and the cable ( 7 ). A connection is established with the cables ( 7 ) at the connection parts ( 5 b ) located on the seabed. In other words, the cables ( 7 ) are installed on the seabed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An undersea cable comprising:
a first cable having an impermeable layer formed by winding a tape-shaped component; and
a second cable having an impermeable layer formed of a lead sheath, wherein
each of the first cable and the second cable comprises at least a power cable and armoring portions wherein the power cable includes a conductor on which an insulating layer, a shielding layer, an impermeable layer, and an anti-corrosive layer are formed in sequence and the armoring portions are formed by disposing a plurality of wire material on the periphery side of the whole of a plurality of the power cables in the circumferential direction of the periphery of the whole power cables and providing the wire materials helically in the axial direction of the power cables; and
the second cable is placed between a pair of the first cables to be connected thereto.

2. The undersea cable according to claim 1 , wherein:
the tape-shaped component is a multilayer tape in which a metal layer is interposed by resin layers; and
the metal layer of the multilayer tape has at least either protrusion portions or recess portions that are repeatedly formed thereon.

3. The undersea cable according to claim 1 , wherein:
an external impermeable layer is provided on the periphery side of the armoring portions;
the external impermeable layer of the first cable is formed by winding a tape-shaped component;
and the external impermeable layer of the second cable is formed of a lead sheath.

4. An undersea cable installation structure that is installed undersea comprising:
a first cable having an impermeable layer formed by winding a tape-shaped component; and
a second cable having an impermeable layer formed of a lead sheath, wherein
each of the first cable and the second cable comprises at least a power cable and armoring portions wherein the power cable includes a conductor on which an insulating layer, a shielding layer, an impermeable layer, and an anti-corrosive layer are formed in sequence and the armoring portions are formed by disposing a plurality of wire material on the periphery side of the whole of a plurality of the power cables in the circumferential direction of the periphery of the whole power cables and providing the wire materials helically in the axial direction of the power cables;
the second cable is placed between a pair of the first cables to be connected thereto; and
an end of the first cable is connected to a floating installation.

5. The undersea cable installation structure according to claim 4 , wherein:
the second cable is positioned on the seabed over the full length thereof.

6. The undersea cable installation structure according to claim 4 , wherein:
the length of each of the first cables is equal to or greater than the water depth; and
the following relationship is satisfied:
[∫ P WR1 ( L ) dL+∫P WR2 ( L ) dL ]/( L R1 +L S +L R2 )<760×10 −7 /P R

wherein P WR1 (L) is a water pressure (mmHg) given to one of the first cables at a position of a length L, P WR2 (L) is a water pressure (mmHg) given to the other first cable at a position of a length L, L R1 is a full length (m) of one of the first cables, L R2 is a full length (m) of the other first cable, L S is a full length (m) of the second cable, and P R is an impermeability performance of the first cable (g·cm/cm 2 ·day·mmHg).

7. A method for installing an undersea cable including a first cable which has an impermeable layer formed by winding a tape-shaped component and a second cable having an impermeable layer formed of a lead sheath, wherein each of the first cable and the second cable comprises at least a power cable and armoring portions in which the power cable includes a conductor on which an insulating layer, a shielding layer, the impermeable layer, and an anti-corrosive layer are formed in sequence and the armoring portions are formed by disposing a plurality of wire material on the periphery side of the whole of a plurality of the power cables in the circumferential direction of the periphery of the whole power cables and providing the wire materials helically in the axial direction of the power cables, the method comprising:
connecting a pair of the first cables to floating installations that are distant from one another; and
connecting the pairs of the first cables by the second cable on the ocean.

8. A method for installing an undersea cable including a pair of first cables each of which has an impermeable layer formed by winding a tape-shaped component and a second cable which has an impermeable layer formed of a lead sheath, wherein each of the first cable and the second cable comprises at least a power cable and armoring portions in which the power cable includes a conductor on which an insulating layer, a shielding layer, the impermeable layer, and an anti-corrosive layer are formed in sequence and the armoring portions are formed by disposing a plurality of wire material on the periphery side of the whole of a plurality of the power cables in the circumferential direction of the periphery of the whole power cables and providing the wire materials helically in the axial direction of the power cables, the method comprising:
connecting one of the first cables and the second cable with each other in advance;
connecting a pair of the first cables to floating installations that are distant from one another; and
connecting the other first cable and the second cable on the ocean.

9. A method for installing an undersea cable including a pair of first cables each of which has an impermeable layer formed by winding a tape-shaped component and a pair of second cables each of which has an impermeable layer formed of a lead sheath, wherein each of the first cable and the second cable comprises at least a power cable and armoring portions in which the power cable includes a conductor on which an insulating layer, a shielding layer, the impermeable layer, and an anti-corrosive layer are formed in sequence and the armoring portions are formed by disposing a plurality of wire material on the periphery side of the whole of a plurality of the power cables in the circumferential direction of the periphery of the whole power cables and providing the wire materials helically in the axial direction of the power cables, the method comprising:
connecting each of the first cables and each of the second cable with each other in advance;
connecting a pair of the first cables to floating installations that are distant from one another; and
connecting the second cables to one another on the ocean.

Assignees

• Furukawa Electric Co Ltd

Inventors

• Manabe Hiroki
• Kagoura Toru
• Sasaki Takahiro
• Shimada Yoshihiro
• Yamaguchi Takeharu

Classifications

• H01B7/2825

  using a water impermeable sheath · CPC title

• H02G9/12 Primary

  supported on or from floats, e.g. in water · CPC title

• H01B7/204

  composed of lead · CPC title

• H02G1/10

  in or under water · CPC title

• H02G9/02

  laid directly in or on the ground, river-bed or sea-bottom; Coverings therefor, e.g. tile · CPC title