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on Energized Lines
Utilities confront the challenge of line uprates
byUtilities
installing
shuntthe
technology
helicopters.
confront
challengevia
of line
uprates
by installing shunt technology via helicopters.
By Mark Camus, AIR2, LLC
By
By Mark
Mark
Mark Camus,
Camus,
Camus, AIR2,
AIR2,
AIR2, LLC
LLC
LLC
By
lectric utilities must not only operate aging lines and
equipment at higher levels, but they must also adhere
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utilities
utilities
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and
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reliability
reliability
requirements.
requirements.
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utilities
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ings.began
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many utilities
have
surveyed
transmission
lines
advising
utilities
to
consider
actual
field facility
conditions
to
to consider
consider
consider
actual
actual
field
field conditions
conditions
conditions
when
when
verifying
verifying
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facility ratratratto
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when
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to identify
critical
issues
and
determine
whether
or
not
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facility
ratings.
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turn,
many
utilities
have
ings.
ings.
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turn,
turn,
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many
utilities
utilities
have
have
surveyed
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transmission
lines
lines
ings. In turn, many utilities have surveyed transmission lines
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components
can handle
high
temperatures.
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identifywhether
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whether
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reviewing
clearance
reports
and
conducting
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determine
whether
or
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hardware
components
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components
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handle
handlehigh
high
highoperating
operating
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temperatures.
temperatures.
ware
high
operating
temperatures.
analysis,
utilities
often
immediately
derate
lines
to bring
the
After
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reviewing
reviewing
clearance
clearance
reports
reports
and
and
conducting
conducting
in-depth
in-depth
After reviewing clearance reports and conducting in-depth
After
reviewing
clearance
reports
and
conducting
in-depth
line rating
into
compliance.
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replace
all
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analysis,
utilities
utilities
often
often immediately
immediately
immediately
derate
derate
lines
lines to
to
to bring
bring
bring
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the
analysis,
utilities
often
derate
lines
the
analysis, utilities
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lines to connecbring the
die compression
dead-ends
and
splices
with
two-stage
line
line
rating
rating
into
into
compliance.
compliance.
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utilities
utilities
replace
replace
all
all
singlesingleline rating into compliance. Next, utilities replace all singleline
rating the
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compliance.
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a specific maximum conductor operating temperature.
Depending on line length, utilities must replace dozens or
specific
specific
maximum
maximum
conductor
conductor
operating
operating
temperature.
temperature.
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the of
line’s
emergency
rating, which
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even
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compression
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on
line
line
length,
length,
utilities
utilities
must
must
replace
replace
dozens
dozens
or
or a
specific
maximum
conductor
operating
temperature.
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onField
line length,
utilities
or
mid-span
splices.
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work on
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line
length,
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or
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even
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hundreds
of
of
compression
compression
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and
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compression
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of they
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tight
may not dead-ends
be able to and
obtain
a clearance
even
hundreds
of
compression
dead-ends
and
compression
mid-span
mid-span
splices.
splices.
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crews
crews
not
not
only
only
will
will
have
have
to
to
work
work
on
on
splices.
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de-energize
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lines.
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require
utility
mid-span
splices.
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crews
not
only
will
have
to
work
on
tight
tight
schedule,
schedule,
but
but
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they
may
may
not
not
be
be
able
able
to
to
obtain
obtain
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a
clearance
clearance
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reserve
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able
to
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to
to
de-energize
de-energize
the
the
lines.
lines.
Circumstances
Circumstances
may
may
require
require
utility
utility
to de-energize the lines. Circumstances may requireclearance
aaa utility
date
the outage if
the
duration
of the transferred
load
exceeds
to
de-energize
the
lines.
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may
require
a
utility
to
to
fund
fund
spinning
spinning
reserve
reserve
from
from
another
another
source
source
to
to
accommoaccommoto fund spinning reserve from another source to accommo- to
the
emergency
rating
of
the alternate
transmission
line.
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fund
spinning
reserve
from
another
source
to accommodate
date
date
the
the
outage
outage
ififthe
the
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duration
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of
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helicopter.
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via helicopter.
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installing
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the
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utilities
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Before installing the shunt
technology,
technology,
utilities
utilities
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rereplaced all single-stage
splicesreand
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placed
placed
all
all
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splices
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and
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with two-stage
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dead-ends connectors.
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with
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pression
connectors.
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with
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typically
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wetlands
and
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splices.
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equipment
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than
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a way
to traverse
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helicopters,
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must
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a way
to traverse
than
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must
discover
a
way
to
traverse
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properties
to to
gain
access
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right-of-way.
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access
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in these
situations,
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line
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Utilities now have a cost effective means of increasing ampacity
and thermal limits on aging power lines while maintaining
technical, safety, reliability and regulatory requirements.
Installation of ClampStar® shunts, using helicopters and line crews,
to replace traditional splice and dead end materials, can decrease
total project time by 70% to 80%. This method also avoids
expensive environmental preservation measures and temporary
work associated with ground based methods. The utility industry
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