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
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;
Journal_Title :
Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPWRD.2014.2303084
