Mechanical state estimation for overhead transmission lines with level spans

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 908-915

  Ramachandran, Poorani ^a   Vittal, Vijay ^b   Heydt, Gerald Thomas ^b  

^a Eaton Corporation   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Clearance; Conductor sag; Mechanical state estimation; Overhead conductor; Ruling span; Tension; Transmission engineering

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; CONDITION MONITORING; CONSERVATION; CURVE FITTING; DISASTERS; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; ESTIMATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POWER TRANSMISSION; STATE ESTIMATION;

CASCADING FAILURES; CLEARANCE; COMPUTATIONAL ALGORITHMS; CONDUCTOR SAG; ELECTRIC POWERS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; LEAST SQUARES; MALICIOUS ATTACKS; MECHANICAL STATE; MECHANICAL STATE ESTIMATION; NATURAL DISASTERS; NEW TECHNIQUES; ONLINE MONITORING TECHNIQUE; OVERHEAD CONDUCTOR; OVERHEAD TRANSMISSION LINES; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; REAL TIME; RELIABLE TRANSMISSION; RULING SPAN; TENSION; TRANSMISSION ENGINEERING; TRANSMISSION LINE; TRANSMISSION-LINE EQUATIONS; VERTICAL CLEARANCE; WARNING SIGNALS;

TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

EID: 49249109124     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2008.926093     Document Type: Article

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