Variable-resistance conductors (VRC) for power-line de-icing

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-28

  Petrenko, Victor F ^a   Sullivan, Charles R ^a   Kozlyuk, Valeri ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti icing; Power transmission lines; Thermal de icing

Indexed keywords

ANTI-ICING; CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE; CONDUCTOR RESISTANCE; CURRENT FLOWS; DEPLOYMENT STRATEGY; DISTRIBUTION LINES; ELECTRIC ENERGIES; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; ICE MELTING POINT; ICE STORM; ICING EVENTS; LINE RESISTANCE; LOW RESISTANCE; LOW-VOLTAGE; NORMAL OPERATIONS; ODD INTEGERS; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; POWER LINES; POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTIONS; POWER TRANSMISSION LINES; POWER-LOSSES; SERIES CONNECTIONS; THERMAL DE-ICING; TRANSMISSION OPERATION;

ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; HEATING; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

ICE;

ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; HEATING; ICE STORM; ICE THICKNESS; MELTING; POWER LINE;

EID: 78649801133     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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