Research on Risk Assessment and Suppression Measures for Ice-Shedding on 500 kV Compact Overhead Lines

Yi Wen, Yifei Chen, Jianrong Wu, Xianyin Mao, Huan Huang and Lin Yang ()
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Yi Wen: Electric Power Research Institute of Guizhou Power Grid Co., Ltd., Guiyang 550002, China
Yifei Chen: School of Electric Power, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China
Jianrong Wu: Electric Power Research Institute of Guizhou Power Grid Co., Ltd., Guiyang 550002, China
Xianyin Mao: Electric Power Research Institute of Guizhou Power Grid Co., Ltd., Guiyang 550002, China
Huan Huang: Electric Power Research Institute of Guizhou Power Grid Co., Ltd., Guiyang 550002, China
Lin Yang: School of Electric Power, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 21, 1-14

Abstract: Overhead line ice-shedding causes line breakage and results in electrical faults occurring between transmission lines, which seriously affects the safe operation of the power grid. In this paper, a risk assessment method for ice-shedding on 500 kV compact overhead lines is proposed. Two ratios were used to assess the discharge risk and mechanical failure risk of a line. A 500 kV compact overhead line in southern China was taken as an example, the proposed risk assessment method was used to carry out a risk assessment of the ice-shedding line with an ice thickness of 15 mm, and the suppression effects of different spacer arrangement schemes on the ice-shedding line were analyzed. The results showed that the impact coefficient of the conductor reached 1.88, the maximum jump height of the lower phase conductor reached 22.596 m, and the interphase clearance of the conductor decreased sharply when the lower phase conductor of 500 kV case line underwent full-span ice-shedding synchronously. The ice-shedding line displayed both a discharge risk and a mechanical failure risk. When interphase spacers were installed at L /3 from both ends of the span for the upper-left phase and the lower phase, the upper-right phase, and the lower phase, the impact coefficient of the line became 1.76, which was lower than the recommended value of 1.8; there was no mechanical failure risk; and the maximum jump height became 10.266 m. This study verified the effectiveness of this spacer arrangement scheme.

Keywords: finite-element simulation; icing; ice-shedding; risk assessment; suppression measures; transmission line (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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