DocumentCode
812555
Title
Bird streamer flashovers on FPL transmission lines
Author
Burnham, J.T.
Author_Institution
Transmission Line Dept., Florida Power & Light Co., Juno Beach, FL, USA
Volume
10
Issue
2
fYear
1995
fDate
4/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
970
Lastpage
977
Abstract
Florida Power and Light Company (FPL) transmission lines with excessive unknown cause outages were investigated and determined to have experienced bird streamer flashovers. Findings are extended to similar lines and the frequency of bird streamer occurrences are estimated. Outage patterns associated with bird streamer flashovers are presented
Keywords
electrical faults; flashover; insulator contamination; power system protection; power transmission lines; project engineering; USA; bird streamer flashovers; outages; projects; transmission lines; Birds; Books; Conductors; Flashover; Frequency estimation; Insulation; Power transmission lines; Relays; Transmission lines; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0885-8977
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/61.400832
Filename
400832
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