Effect of spruce forest on electric fields caused by 400 kV transmission lines

Author

Suojanen, M. ; Vehmaskoski, J. ; Kuusiluoma, S. ; Trygg, P. ; Korpinen, L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Power Eng., Tampere Univ. of Technol., Finland

Volume

3

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1401

Abstract

In a previous study on electric fields near 400 kV transmission lines it was noticed that the differences in calculations and measurements were caused by vegetation dampening the field. This caused the need for further investigation and dampening measurements. The measurement results of electric fields near spruce trees of different sizes show that spruce trees dampen electric fields. Thus spruce forest and trees might be a possibility to reduce electric fields from transmission lines. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of spruces and spruce forest on electric fields of 400 kV transmission lines

Keywords

damping; electric field measurement; forestry; power overhead lines; 400 kV; dampening measurements; electric field dampening; electric field measurement; electric fields; overhead power lines; spruce forest effect; spruce trees; transmission lines; vegetation; Electric variables measurement; Guidelines; Length measurement; Poles and towers; Power engineering and energy; Power measurement; Power transmission lines; Transmission line measurements; Transmission lines; Vegetation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power System Technology, 2000. Proceedings. PowerCon 2000. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Perth, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6338-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPST.2000.898174

Filename

898174