Fiber optic installation and maintenance

Author

Deshmukh, S.V. ; Atre, H.A. ; Wangde, Santosh ; Rane, D.B.

Author_Institution

Tata Power Co., Mumbai, India

fYear

2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The paper deals with the installation and maintenance of Optical Guard Wire (OPGW) laid on Extra High Voltage (EHV) Transmission Lines of a major utility in Mumbai, India i.e. Tata Power. Since teleprotection of EHV transmission lines through reliable communication significantly improve the reliability of power supply to consumers, the optical guard wire network needs to be installed on the transmission lines. The paper also covers the practical experience of the authors and shares the best installation and maintenance practices and measures to reduce the down time of the network.

Keywords

maintenance engineering; optical cables; power transmission lines; power transmission reliability; wires (electric); EHV transmission lines; OPGW; extrahigh voltage transmission lines; fiber optic installation; optical guard wire network maintenance; power supply reliability; Conductors; Maintenance engineering; Optical fiber cables; Optical fibers; Poles and towers; Power transmission lines; Wires; Attenuation; Bonding; Chromatic Dispersion; Cladding; Cleating; Dispersion; OPGW; Radius of Curvature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transmission and Distribution Construction, Operation and Live-Line Maintenance (ESMO), 2011 IEEE PES 12th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Providence, RI

ISSN

2152-985X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0566-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TDCLLM.2011.6042233

Filename

6042233