DocumentCode
1388540
Title
A Wildfire Model for the Estimation of the Temperature Rise of an Overhead Line Conductor
Author
Koufakis, Emmanuel Ioannis ; Tsarabaris, Panagiotis Theodoros ; Katsanis, John Stylianos ; Karagiannopoulos, Constantinos G. ; Bourkas, Perikles Damianos
Author_Institution
Public Power Corp. S.A, Mournies Crete, Greece
Volume
25
Issue
2
fYear
2010
fDate
4/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1077
Lastpage
1082
Abstract
Fires in open land covered with grass, brush, or timber are often called wildfires. During a wildfire, the overhead conductors of a passing through distribution line suffer a thermal stress that deteriorates their mechanical properties. This paper presents a fire model that allows the estimation of the temperature rise of the conductors if we know some characteristics of the fire. The knowledge of the temperature rise is necessary for the study of the effects on the overhead line conductors.
Keywords
overhead line conductors; power distribution lines; distribution line; mechanical properties; overhead line conductor; temperature rise estimation; thermal stress; wildfire model; Conductor thermal stressing; distribution line; fire model; overhead line conductors;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0885-8977
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TPWRD.2009.2035128
Filename
5392971
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