Simulation calculation of electric field protection for live working on Ultra‐high voltage transmission line. Issue 16 (19th December 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhang, Bing; Dai, Ruzhang; Ma, Wanxun; Wu, Huijian; Zhi, Li; Chen, Yanran; Zhang, Yujiao
• Is Part Of: Journal of engineering. Volume 2019:Issue 16(2019)
• Page Start: 2042
• Page End: 2046
• Publication Date: 2018-12-19
• Subjects: maintenance engineering -- electric field measurement -- protective clothing -- occupational safety -- power transmission protection -- poles and towers -- safety -- path planning -- mobile robots -- power overhead lines -- power transmission lines; safety path -- actual line situation -- cup type iron tower -- hanging basket mode -- equal‐potential process -- optimal path planning -- planning path -- ultra‐high voltage live working -- simulation calculation -- electric field protection -- Ultra‐high voltage transmission line -- determined path -- equal potential working -- line maintenance experience -- high‐voltage -- strong space electrical field intensity -- ultra‐high voltage transmission lines -- real‐time safe distance measurement -- exhaustive full‐scale experiments -- safety distance calculation -- voltage 1000.0 kV; Engineering -- Periodicals; Engineering; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 620.005
• DOI: 10.1049/joe.2018.8889
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2051-3305

Abstract

Abstract : The current standards related to live working provide no determined path for equal potential working, in which only safety distance is referred, so that the works are often executed relying on the line maintenance experience. As high‐voltage and strong space electrical field intensity exist in 1000 kV ultra‐high voltage transmission lines, the real‐time safe distance measurement is difficult to be conducted and the exhaustive full‐scale experiments are difficult to accomplish due to the varied true tower models and lines. Simulation calculation is aroused for improving the efficiency of safety distance calculation and safety path planning during the process of importing and exporting the potential according to the different kind of tower and the actual line situation. Here, with the cup type iron tower and hanging basket mode, the electrical field intensity in and outside of screening clothes at different part of body while climbing tower and during equal‐potential process are calculated, and then the safety distance, the combination gap, and the optimal path planning are carried out. The simulation results demonstrate that electrical field intensity meet safety requirements using the proposed planning path, which enriches the theoretical basis for the safety operation of ultra‐high voltage live working.