R. Roncolatto, N. Romanelli, O. Horikawa, A. Hirakawa, S.M. Amancio, M. Silverio
{"title":"Automatic elevator system for maintenance services","authors":"R. Roncolatto, N. Romanelli, O. Horikawa, A. Hirakawa, S.M. Amancio, M. Silverio","doi":"10.1109/TDCLLM.2006.340754","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TDCLLM.2006.340754","url":null,"abstract":"This work presents an electrically assisted automatic elevator system for maintenance of street lights. The system was installed in a public illumination maintenance truck. It consists of a telescopic column, a base structure, and a platform. The whole operation is monitored and controlled by a PLC. The system aims at reducing efforts in maintenance tasks as well as improving the work conditions for the electricians.","PeriodicalId":193517,"journal":{"name":"ESMO 2006 - 2006 IEEE 11th International Conference on Transmission & Distribution Construction, Operation and Live-Line Maintenance","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125096383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reliability Centered Maintenance Study on Voltage Regulators","authors":"D. W. Holladay, B. Dallman, C. Grigg","doi":"10.1109/TDCLLM.2006.340728","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TDCLLM.2006.340728","url":null,"abstract":"This reliability centered maintenance (RCM) study was performed on voltage regulators at an electric utility by utilizing reliability analyses and predictive modeling to improve their maintenance program. The study determined reliability of voltage regulators and developed regression equations based on operating variables by analyzing the number and types of failures occurring on various classifications of voltage regulators under normal operations. The study produced practical findings and specific recommendations for creating new preventative and predictive maintenance procedures on single-phase voltage regulators.","PeriodicalId":193517,"journal":{"name":"ESMO 2006 - 2006 IEEE 11th International Conference on Transmission & Distribution Construction, Operation and Live-Line Maintenance","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127711741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"INSULATED BUS PIPE (IBP) FOR POWER UTILITY APPLICATIONS","authors":"R. Worth, Moni Islam, C. Smith","doi":"10.1109/TDCLLM.2006.340727","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TDCLLM.2006.340727","url":null,"abstract":"In voluntary compliance of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, power utility substations feeding critical loads must be upgraded to include measures to secure against terrorist attacks. Outdoor, air insulated electrical substations use exposed bus bars and cables to connect from transformers and bus ties to switchgear equipment. A length of chain thrown over an air insulated sub-station fence could create a catastrophic failure that could destroy the entire substation. Replacing the exposed bus bars and cables with a product called insulated bus pipe (IBP) would prevent such failures. The IBP is a commercially available, touch safe means of transmitting high current and voltage of up to 8000 amps at 240 kV per single-phase section. This paper will discuss IBP construction, present use in industry and in commercial passenger ships, and recommendations for power utility applications.","PeriodicalId":193517,"journal":{"name":"ESMO 2006 - 2006 IEEE 11th International Conference on Transmission & Distribution Construction, Operation and Live-Line Maintenance","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129104185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Ausen, B. Fitzgerald, E. Gust, D. Lawry, J. P. Lazar, R.L. Oye
{"title":"Dynamic Thermal Rating System Relieves Transmission Constraint","authors":"J. Ausen, B. Fitzgerald, E. Gust, D. Lawry, J. P. Lazar, R.L. Oye","doi":"10.1109/TDCLLM.2006.340738","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TDCLLM.2006.340738","url":null,"abstract":"Dynamic thermal line rating can optimize transmission operation by capturing previously unutilized line capacity while simultaneously improving system reliability. This paper introduces a new system for dynamically determining the thermal rating of an overhead line. The paper focuses on a case study by describing how the system was used to relieve a transmission line constraint for a wind farm in the mid-western United States. A description of the particular constraint is presented followed by a discussion of the installation of the dynamic rating system and the integration of the dynamic rating data into operations. Results from the first summer of operation of the system are also presented","PeriodicalId":193517,"journal":{"name":"ESMO 2006 - 2006 IEEE 11th International Conference on Transmission & Distribution Construction, Operation and Live-Line Maintenance","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126102712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Engineered Wood Structures for The Electric Utility & Telecommunication Industry","authors":"R. Reisdorff","doi":"10.1109/TDCLLM.2006.340736","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TDCLLM.2006.340736","url":null,"abstract":"Due to the decrease in supply and the volatility of the price of steel, many electric utilities have increased their use of wood products, such as proven glued laminated structures. Laminates are available in almost any required cross section and length and are of sufficient strength to completely interchange with solid sawn. Laminated timbers and poles rely on \"second growth\" material, which has a more stable price and supply. The Telecommunication industry has found laminated wood poles to be an excellent product to fill their needs for quick lead-time and aesthetic applications.","PeriodicalId":193517,"journal":{"name":"ESMO 2006 - 2006 IEEE 11th International Conference on Transmission & Distribution Construction, Operation and Live-Line Maintenance","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123401292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Protective Grounding Methods and Requirements on Distribution Line Wood Pole Construction","authors":"K. Wallace, L. Garrett, S. Patel","doi":"10.1109/TDCLLM.2006.340734","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TDCLLM.2006.340734","url":null,"abstract":"Establishing an \"equipotential zone\" for workers located on or near electrical circuits is often misunderstood. The misperceptions of \"equipotential zones\" have led many companies and governmental agencies to require the use of pole bands for grounding overhead distribution when a worker is located on a wooden pole. Staged fault tests were performed to compare simple worksite grounding with and without pole bands. This paper will present the test methods and the results of the testing.","PeriodicalId":193517,"journal":{"name":"ESMO 2006 - 2006 IEEE 11th International Conference on Transmission & Distribution Construction, Operation and Live-Line Maintenance","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123283887","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ground Resistance Measurement with Fall-of-Potential Method Using Capacitive Test Probes","authors":"C. Korasli","doi":"10.1109/TDCLLM.2006.340749","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TDCLLM.2006.340749","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a novel technique for measuring ground resistance of a grounding system with the fall-of-potential method using capacitive probes. Application of capacitive probes in place of rod probes is quite convenient for ground resistance measurements of grounding systems in urbanized districts where it is difficult to apply the rod probes. Experimental data are presented and results are compared to those of rod probes, and possible sources of errors are explained. It has been shown that the capacitive probes can successfully be used in place of rod probes in fields suffering from hard ground surface structure","PeriodicalId":193517,"journal":{"name":"ESMO 2006 - 2006 IEEE 11th International Conference on Transmission & Distribution Construction, Operation and Live-Line Maintenance","volume":"s3-46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130213692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Personal Filters for Live-line Workers to Mitigate the Biologic Impact of the Low Frequency Magnetic Field","authors":"A. Dincă, G. Florea, S. Gal","doi":"10.1109/TDCLLM.2006.340732","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TDCLLM.2006.340732","url":null,"abstract":"Except the physiological effects the magnetic field of industrial frequency produces biological effects as well, at values much lower, as resulting from some laboratory analyses combined with epidemiological studies. An alternative survey was initiated by the Russian scientists who discovered the subtle field accompanying the electromagnetic fields as being responsible for the biological negative effects. The Ancu Dinca filters, based on organic macromolecules derived from plants, neutralize the negative effects of the magnetic fields by reducing the subtle fields.","PeriodicalId":193517,"journal":{"name":"ESMO 2006 - 2006 IEEE 11th International Conference on Transmission & Distribution Construction, Operation and Live-Line Maintenance","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122326257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Our Infrastructure is Aging and Maintenance Costs are Rising -- Extending the Life Expectancy of Transmission Lines Through the Use of Data, Inspection and Planning","authors":"J.L. Johnson","doi":"10.1109/TDCLLM.2006.340748","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TDCLLM.2006.340748","url":null,"abstract":"To meet the growing need of expanded 69 kV maintenance projects and new transmission construction, one utility has brought engineering and transmission personnel together to create a team whose goal is to provide a consistent approach for defining projects, creating job orders and scheduling work without increasing staff or spending.","PeriodicalId":193517,"journal":{"name":"ESMO 2006 - 2006 IEEE 11th International Conference on Transmission & Distribution Construction, Operation and Live-Line Maintenance","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114181065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Predicting Future Asset Condition Based on Current Health Index and Maintenance Level","authors":"T. Hjartarson, S. Otal","doi":"10.1109/TDCLLM.2006.340747","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TDCLLM.2006.340747","url":null,"abstract":"With restructuring of the electricity sector into profit oriented business models, an increasing number of electric utilities are adopting health indices to measure and monitor the condition of their assets. The health indices represent a novel way for capturing and quantifying the results of operating observations, field inspections and in-situ and laboratory testing into an objective and quantitative picture, providing the overall health of the assets. Asset health indices become a powerful tool in managing assets and identifying investment needs and prioritizing investments into capital and maintenance programs. When appropriately developed, health indices provide an accurate indication of the probability of asset failures and associated risks. Having established the asset health index under current conditions, health index values in future can be predicted by taking into account the impact of environmental and operating conditions along with the preventative maintenance practices. This paper describes the techniques to account for impact of preventative maintenance on health indices and for predicting future asset condition based on the current health index and maintenance practices. The techniques can be used for evaluating future risks associated with an asset or in selecting optimal maintenance levels that would provide the right balance between risk and investment costs.","PeriodicalId":193517,"journal":{"name":"ESMO 2006 - 2006 IEEE 11th International Conference on Transmission & Distribution Construction, Operation and Live-Line Maintenance","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127536079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}