New solutions for bird collision and electrocution outage problems

Proceedings of the IEEE Power Engineering Society Transmission and Distribution Conference

Volumn 1, Issue WINTER MEETING, 2001, Pages 341-354

  Harness, Richard E ^a   Carlton, Richard ^b  

^a EDM INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^b ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; OUTAGES; OVERHEAD LINES; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; RETROFITTING; STANDARDS;

BIRD COLLISION OUTAGE PROBLEM; ELECTROCUTION OUTAGE PROBLEM; OVERHEAD DISTRIBUTION CONSTRUCTION;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM PROTECTION;

EID: 0038647928     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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