DocumentCode
105849
Title
Preventing Bird Streamer Outages Using Alternative Tower Configurations
Author
Taklaja, P. ; Hyvonen, P. ; Kluss, J.V. ; Niitsoo, J. ; Palu, I.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Power Eng., Tallinn Univ. of Technol., Tallinn, Estonia
Volume
29
Issue
5
fYear
2014
fDate
Oct. 2014
Firstpage
2402
Lastpage
2409
Abstract
This paper presents methods for mitigating the destructive impact of bird excrement contamination on 110 kV power lines. In addition to the typical retrofitting techniques (cover-ups and perch management), focus is mainly on reconfiguration and alternative tower designs aimed at eliminating streamer outages. Advantages and disadvantages of existing designs are assessed and novel ideas are presented by the authors.
Keywords
contamination; discharges (electric); electrical maintenance; poles and towers; power transmission lines; power transmission reliability; alternative tower configurations; bird excrement contamination; bird streamer outages prevention; cover-ups; perch management; power lines; retrofitting techniques; voltage 110 kV; Birds; Conductors; Contamination; Insulators; Poles and towers; Power transmission lines; Suspensions; Contamination; environmental factors; insulators; power system faults; transmission lines;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0885-8977
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TPWRD.2014.2303084
Filename
6742643
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