scholarly journals Hidden High Voltage Safety Risks for Parallel High Voltage Transmission Lines

2018 ◽  
Vol 171 ◽  
pp. 02005
Author(s):  
M. Nassereddine ◽  
J. Rizk ◽  
M. Nagrial ◽  
A. Hellany ◽  
N. Moubayed ◽  
...  

High voltage (HV) infrastructures market is growing due to the corresponding growth in industries and population. To ensure continuous and reliable electrical power supply, existing substation and transmission lines are being upgraded to accommodate the additional load requirements. These upgrades involve up-rating the existing transmission lines or the installation of new lines. To save on easement cost and reduce the environmental impacts, transmission lines are occupied the same easement or path. This parallel option introduces the risk of induced voltage which could reach an unsafe condition and jeopardize the safety of works and people. This paper analysis and highlight the hidden risk associated with two parallel transmission lines that connected the same high voltage substation. The theoretical study which is supported by the case study shows the high risk potential tempering with the OHEW on the isolated circuit while the other one is still energized

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-139
Author(s):  
Mohamad Nassereddine ◽  
Jamal Rizk ◽  
Mahmood Nagrial ◽  
Ali Hellany

Abstract High-voltage infrastructure upgrade is expending due to the growth in populations. To save on easement cost and to reduce the environmental impact of these projects, HV transmission lines occupy the same easement as pipelines in many cases. This joint easement introduces the AC interference between transmission lines and pipelines. The induced voltage can reach a limit which will jeopardize the human safety. The cited research studies the induced voltage under the presence of the overhead earth wire (OHEW) using the shielding factor. The work in this paper studies the induced voltage using the OHEW section current along with the superposition theorem. The simulations are compared to the existing research methods. The case study along with the theoretical study discusses the advance accuracy of the proposed method over the existing shield factor used in the presence research. Furthermore, they introduce the effective length along with the effective shielding factor, which aids in computing the additional effect that the OHEW has on the induced voltage.


2020 ◽  
pp. 82-88
Author(s):  
Tatyana Anatolyevna Nesenyuk ◽  
◽  
Ekaterina Evgenyevna Poluyanova ◽  

The paper is devoted to the use of RFID-technology in electrical power engineering, in particular, for controlling the condition of high-voltage equipment of feeding transmission lines. It also describes studies on development of RFID-tag designed to indicate dielectric condition of line polymer insulator. The authors present results of tests of pilot samples of LKi-70/110-4-GP-UKhL1 polymer stick insulators with built-in RFID-indicators. The tests have been executed in accordance with the GOST R 55189-2012 requirements. As a result, the authors have made a conclusion on the possibility of using RFID-technologies for technical control of insulators on overhead transmission lines, high-voltage equipment of traction and transformer substations.


2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamad Nassereddine ◽  
Jamal Rizk ◽  
Mahmood Nagrial ◽  
Ali Hellany

Abstract High-voltage earthing system design is required to ensure safety compliance and adequate operation of the high-voltage infrastructures. The transmission lines form a solid part of the high-voltage infrastructure. The underground to overhead (UGOH) pole earth grid is one of the main challenges when it comes to transmission line earthing system design. To ensure safety compliance at low cost, counterpoise earthing is used at the UGOH pole for the underground lines. The counterpoise aids in lowering the UGOH pole earth grid resistance. This paper addresses the counterpoise analysis as currently being studied. Furthermore, it introduces the counterpoise mutual voltage between the faulted phase and the counterpoise and its impact at the UGOH pole earth potential rise. Case study is included.


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-45
Author(s):  
Oktaria Handayani ◽  
Tasdik Darmana ◽  
Christine Widyastuti

Electricity need in Indonesia continues to increase in accordance with the rate of recovery of the economy and industry and the increase in population. The transmission line transmits electricity from the power plant to the load center via the High Voltage transmission lines (SUTT) or Extra High Voltage Transmissio lines (SUTET), because the long distance causes power losses. The condition before the reconducting of Tebing Tinggi - Kuala Tanjung transmission uses ACSR conductor types and after the reconducting has been replaced by the ACCC, where ACCC has 2 times the current trying of the type of ACSR. In this study, we will examine and analyze the magnitude of the power losses and the efficiency of the distribution of the two types of ACSR and ACCC supply channels with a case study of the 150 kV transmission system Tebing Tinggi - Kuala Tanjung which has a distance of 71.5 km. From the calculation results obtained, after the reconducting process using the conductor the ACCC was able to reduce power losses and increase efficiency by 1.35%.    


Author(s):  
Jiazheng Lu ◽  
Qingjun Huang ◽  
Xinguo Mao ◽  
Yanjun Tan ◽  
Siguo Zhu ◽  
...  

Ice covering on overhead transmission lines would cause damage to transmission system and long-term power outage. Among various de-icing devices, modular multilevel converter (MMC) based DC de-icer (MMC-DDI) is recognized as a promising solution due to its excellent technical performance. Its principle feasibility has been well studied, but few literature discuss its economy or hardware optimization, thus the designed MMC-DDI for high voltage transmission lines is usually too large and too expensive for engineering applications. To fill this gap, this paper presents a quantitative analysis on the converter characteristics of MMC-DDI, and calculates the minimal converter rating and its influencing factors. It reals that, for a given de-icing requirement, the converter rating varies greatly with its AC-side voltage. Then an optimization configuration is proposed to reduce the converter rating and improve its economy. The proposed configuration is verified in a MMC-DDI for a 500kV transmission line as a case study. The result shows, in the case of outputting same de-icing characteristics, the optimized converter rating is reduced from 151 MVA to 68 MVA, and total cost of MMC-DDI is reduced by 48%. This analysis and conclusion are conductive to the optimized design of multilevel DC de-icer, then to its engineering application.


Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2606
Author(s):  
Kumail Kharal ◽  
Chang-Hwan Kim ◽  
Chulwon Park ◽  
Jae-Hyun Lee ◽  
Chang-Gi Park ◽  
...  

High voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission is being widely implemented for long-distance electrical power transmission due to its specific benefits over high voltage alternating current (HVAC) transmission. Most transmission lines pass through forests. Around the HVDC lines, an arc to a nearby tree may be produced. Thus, there should be a minimum possible clearance distance between a live conductor and a nearby tree, named the minimum vegetation clearance distance (MVCD), to avoid short-circuiting. Measurement of minimum clearance distance between the conductor and trees is a significant challenge for a transmission system. In the case of HVAC transmission, a large amount of research has been undertaken in the form of the Gallet equation for the measurement of this distance, whereas for HVDC transmission no substantial work has been done. An equivalent AC voltage value can be derived from the DC voltage value in order to use the Gallet equation. This paper presents an experimental measurement technique for determining the MVCD at 500 kV to verify the results obtained from the Gallet equation in the case of DC voltage. Performing the experiment with a 500 kV DC line is not possible in the laboratory due to safety concerns. Therefore, an experiment up to 60 kV is conducted to measure the MVCD for DC voltage. The measured results achieved from the experiment are then extrapolated to calculate the MVCD at 500 kV.


Author(s):  
Mohammad Hamed Samimi ◽  
Iman Ahmadi-Joneidi ◽  
Alireza Majzoobi ◽  
Sajjad Golshannavaz

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