Development and evaluation of environmentally sustainable technologies for animal exclusion at transmission stations

Author

Patrick, P.H. ; Poulton, J.S.

Author_Institution

Ontario Hydro, Toronto, Ont., Canada

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

18-22 Jul 1999

Firstpage

298

Abstract

At Ontario Hydro the high cost of animal-caused outages has been a concern for a long time. The objectives of this study are: to evaluate the effectiveness of existing animal exclusion methods currently being used at Ontario Hydro and elsewhere; and to develop and assess any new technologies. The criteria for evaluating various animal control technologies include effectiveness, cost, sustainability, maintenance requirements and operational requirements. The information presented here focuses on the development and evaluation of an acoustical system, a nonelectric fence and an electric fence

Keywords

acoustic devices; electric fences; power transmission faults; power transmission protection; safety; substations; Ontario Hydro; acoustical system; animal exclusion; animal-caused outages; cost; effectiveness; electric fence; maintenance; nonelectric fence; operational requirements; sustainability; transmission substations; Animals; Birds; Collaboration; Costs; Data analysis; Frequency; Oil insulation; Petroleum; Protection; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Engineering Society Summer Meeting, 1999. IEEE

Conference_Location

Edmonton, Alta.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5569-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESS.1999.784363

Filename

784363