Ultrahigh-voltage power transmission

A description is given of the developing technology of UHV ac power transmission, and the activities at Project UHV to study the electrical and mechanical problem involved. The development of new design data in the problem areas of radio and audible noise, the rapidly growing knowledge of the flashover characteristics of long insulators and air gaps, new information on mechanical vibration of bundles, and other efforts are rapidly leading to the stage where effective UHV ac transmission can be designed.