RESEARCH ARTICLE
Emergency Restoration of High Voltage Transmission Lines
Karthi. K Vadivel*
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2017Volume: 11
Issue: Suppl-2, M6
First Page: 778
Last Page: 785
Publisher ID: TOCIEJ-11-778
DOI: 10.2174/1874149501711010778
Article History:
Received Date: 01/3/2017Revision Received Date: 28/4/2017
Acceptance Date: 10/06/2017
Electronic publication date: 15/10/2017
Collection year: 2017
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Background:
Blackouts on high voltage (HV) transmission lines occur due to harsh weather and non-climatic reasons such as human errors and mechanical failures. While it is impossible to prevent all such situations, utility officials and contractors can be equipped to meet such emergencies.
Objective:
This paper discusses: (1) the economic impact of climatic events in the USA and economic justification for having Emergency Restoration (ER) plans and, (2) emergency restoration procedures for downed transmission lines in Oman. Key aspects of emergency restoration procedures are discussed.