Live work in Eskom Transmission

Author

Marshall, C.E. ; Visser, H.H.

Author_Institution

Eskom Transmission Live Work Group, Johannesburg, South Africa

fYear

1998

fDate

26-30 April 1998

Firstpage

11

Lastpage

18

Abstract

Live line maintenance has been performed with great success by Eskom Transmission (South Africa) over the last 20 years. An aerial live line maintenance capability was established 10 years ago. Techniques, tools and procedures have been developed to maintain the South African transmission network, which is unique in many ways, to a level that meets the expectations of customers as far as quality, availability and reliability of supply is concerned. Challenges have been met with innovative tool, transportation and technique design and development.

Keywords

electricity supply industry; maintenance engineering; power overhead lines; transmission networks; Eskom Transmission; South Africa; aerial live line maintenance; availability; design; development; procedures; reliability; supply quality; techniques; tools; transmission network; Africa; Aluminum; Circuits; Conductors; Helicopters; Insulation; Maintenance; Poles and towers; Steel; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transmission & Distribution Construction, Operation & Live-Line Maintenance Proceedings, 1998. ESMO '98. 1998 IEEE 8th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4883-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TDCLLM.1998.668325

Filename

668325