Aluminium Conductors Steel Reinforced (ACSR)

ACSR conductors consist of a solid or stranded steel core surrounded by strands of aluminum (E.C. GRADE). ACSR conductors are available in a wide range of steel, containing carbon from 0.5% to 0.85 %. The higher strength ACSR conductors are used for river crossings, overhead ground wires, installations involving extra long spans etc. Against any given resistance of conductor, ACSR may be manufactured for having a wide range of tensile strength as per the requirement.

The principal advantage of these conductors are high tensile strength so that they are used for longer spans with less supports. Due to the greater diameter of ACSR conductors a much higher corona limit can be obtained causing big advantages on high as well as extra high voltage overhead lines.

Sl. No.	Cond. Area mm2	Stranding& Wire Dia in mm		Calculated sectional Area Sq.mm		Approx overall Dia mm	Weight kg/km			Calc. Electrical Resistance at 20oC Ohms/km	Approx Calc. Breaking Load(KN)
		Alum.	Steel	Alum.	ACSR	ACSR	ACSR	Alum.	Steel	Cond.	Cond.
1	10	6/1.50	1/1.50	10.60	12.37	4.50	43	29	14	2.780	3.97
2	18	6/1.95	1/1.95	18.10	21.12	5.88	73	50	23	1.618	6.74
3	20	6/2.11	1/2.11	20.98	24.48	6.33	85	58	27	1.394	70.61
4	30	6/2.59	1/2.59	31.61	36.88	7.77	128	87	41	0.929	11.12
5	50	6/3.35	1/3.35	52.88	61.70	10.05	214	145	69	0.552	18.25
6	80	6/4.09	1/4.09	78.83	91.97	12.27	319	216	103	0.371	26.91
7	100	6/4.72	7/1.57	105.00	118.50	14.15	394	288	106	0.279	32.41
8	150	30/2.59	7/2.59	158.10	194.90	18.13	726	437	289	0.187	67.34
9	200	30/3.0	7/3.00	212.10	261.50	21.00	974	586	388	0.139	89.67
10	400	42/3.50	7/1.96	404.10	425.20	26.88	1281	1116	165	0.073	88.79
11	420	54/3.18	7/3.18	428.90	484.50	28.62	1621	1186	435	0.069	130.32
12	520	54/3.53	7/3.53	528.50	597.00	31.77	2004	1461	537	0.056	161.20
13	560	42/4.13	7/2.30	562.70	591.70	31.68	1787	1553	228	0.052	120.16