Energy Conservation Equations – Heat Transfer Mechanism In Power Cable Systems – Conduction – Convection – I Radiation – I Energy Balance Equations – Heat Transfer Equations – Underground Directly Buried Cables – Analytical Versus Numerical Methods Of Solving Heat – Thermal Network Analogs – Thermal Resistance – Thermal Capacitance Io – Construction Of A Ladder Network Of A Cable – I Representation Of Capacitances Of The Dielectric – Reduction Of A Ladder Network To A Twoloop – Rating Equationssteadystate Conditions – Buried Cables – I Steadystate Rating Equation Without Moisture – Steadystate Rating Equation With Moisture Migration – Cables In Air – Rating Equationstransient Conditions – Response To A Step Function – I Preliminaries – Temperature Rise In The Internal Parts Of The Cable – Second Part Of The Thermal Circuitinfluence Of – The Soil – Cables In Air – Transfer Equations – Circuit – Migration – Groups Of Equally Or Unequally Loaded Cables – Total Temperature Rise – S Transient Temperature Rise Under Variable Loading – Conductor Resistance Variations During Transients – Cyclic Rating Factor – List Of Symbols – Evaluation Of Parameters – General Data – Cable Parameters – Installation Conditions – Conductor Ac Resistance .