Assessment and repair of transmission line conductors will be the topic of an Info Session presented by Preformed Line Products. Robert Whapham will discuss assessing conductor damage, restoration of ...

The power grid is a complicated beast, regardless of where you live. Power plants have to send energy to all of their clients at a constant frequency and voltage (regardless of the demand at any one ...

Southwire has been developing the C 7 Overhead Conductor for the past seven years, creating a transmission conductor with nearly double the capacity and less sag than the same diameter ACSR. The new ...

A helicopter crew installs bird flight diverter flags. Around the world, the availability of electricity has become part of the standard of living. The transport of electricity from power plants to ...

Thermal sag is often responsible for causing grid outages on electrical transmission and distribution (T&D) lines. It happens when the current running through an electrical conductor cable exceeds the ...

Replacing the conductors on existing transmission lines can rapidly increase transmission capacity and “unlock” renewable energy at lower cost than building transmission in new rights-of-way, found a ...

An on-line monitoring system of temperature of conductors and fittings based on GSM SMS and Zigbee is produced in this project, by which the temperature of conductors and fittings can be monitored in ...