Thermal behaviour of medium-voltage underground cables under high-load operating conditions

•Numerical, experimental and simulated model of MV underground cables is presented.•A comparison of the IEC standard and UNE standard (simplified IEC) is performed.•The simplified standard is less accurate than the IEC (with dry zone formation).•UNE 211435 has a minor error when depth is less than o...

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