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Derating Factors for NF C 13-200

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Contents
1 Air Temperature
2 Soil Temperature
3 Soil Thermal Resistivity
4 Depth of laying for underground cables
5 Derating factor due to solar radiation
6 Grouping derating factor for cables layed in air
7 Grouping derating factor for cables layed in ground

Air Temperature

Derating factor for cables layed in air, at temperature different from 30 oC.

Ambient Temperature
oC Derating Factor
PVC PR / EPR
10 1.22 1.15
15 1.17 1.12
20 1.12 1.08
25 1.06 1.04
30 1 1
35 0.94 0.96
40 0.87 0.91
45 0.79 0.87
50 0.71 0.82
55 0.61 0.76
60 0.5 0.71
65 – 0.65
70 – 0.58
75 – 0.5
80 – 0.41
85 – –
90 – –
95 – –

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Soil Temperature

Derating factor for cables layed in ground, at temperature different from 20 oC.

Soil Temperature
oC Derating Factor
PVC PR / EPR
10 1.1 1.07
15 1.05 1.04
20 1 1
25 0.95 0.96
30 0.89 0.93
35 0.84 0.89
40 0.77 0.85
45 0.71 0.8
50 0.63 0.76
55 0.55 0.71
60 0.45 0.65
65 – 0.6
70 – 0.53
75 – 0.46
80 – 0.38

Soil Thermal Resistivity

Soil Thermal Resistivity

Soil Thermal Derating Factor
Resistivity (K·m/W) 3 Single-core 1 Multi-core
cables cable
0.5 1.25 1.2
0.7 1.14 1.1
0.85 1.06 1.05
1 1 1
1.2 0.93 0.95
1.5 0.85 0.88
2 0.75 0.79
2.5 0.68 0.72
3 0.62 0.68

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Depth of laying for underground cables

Depth (m) Coefficient

0.5 1.04
0.6 1.02
0.8 1
1 0.97
1.25 0.95
1.5 0.93
1.75 0.91
2 0.9

Derating factor due to solar radiation

Valid for cables layed in air, exposed to direct sun rayes. If exposed, derating factor is 0.85, otherwise 1.

Grouping derating factor for cables layed in air

Grouping derating factor for cables layed in ground

Single- or multi-core cables laid directly into soil:

No. of Clearance between cables

Cables touching 0.25 m 0.5 m 1m
2 0,76 0,84 0,88 0,92
3 0,64 0,74 0,79 0,85
4 0,57 0,69 0,75 0,82
5 0,52 0,65 0,71 0,8
6 0,48 0,6 0,69 0,78
7 0,44 0,58 0,68 0,76
8 0,41 0,57 0,67 0,76
9 0,39 0,55 0,66 0,76
10 0,37 0,54 0,66 0,76
11 0,36 0,53 0,66 0,76
12 0,35 0,52 0,66 0,76

Single-core cables laid in ducts in soil or concrete:

Number of Number of ducts per layer

layers: 1 2 3 4 5 6

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1 0,8 0,7 0,62 0,58 0,54 0,52

2 0,7 0,57 0,5 0,46 0,42 0,4
3 0,62 0,5 0,42 0,38 0,36 0,34
4 0,58 0,46 0,38 0,35 0,32 0,3
5 0,54 0,42 0,36 0,32 0,3 0,28
6 0,52 0,4 0,34 0,3 0,28 0,26

Single- and multi-core cables laid in ducts:

No. of Clearance between cables

Cables 0.25 m 0.5 m 1m
2 0,74 0,76 0,78
3 0,7 0,73 0,76
4 0,67 0,71 0,75
5 0,65 0,7 0,74
6 0,63 0,69 0,73

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