Description
The inspection and control of ground systems are necessary for safety and regulatory reasons, and it includes a number of problems related to management efficiency. It is therefore a urgent need for carrying out a project that will enable the development of technology for verification and inspection of power lines through the measurement of ground resistance, which will increase the management efficiency. To achieve this general objective, it will be necessary to accomplish the following specific objectives: • To study the correlation between the values of forward and contact voltage and ground resistance; • To develop a self-adaptive and dynamic platform to design measurement systems and define sampling methodologies for towers for power lines in order to calculate the ground resistance. The technical success of this project could motivate some changes in regulation at national and European level, which would reduce the risk of accidents in energy infrastructures. The consortium formed by IBERDROLA DISTRIBUCION ELECTRICA, IBERDROLA and ATISAE has important synergies and it is optimal for the success of the project.
Summary of project results
Electrical systems, specifically the grounding systems, are characterized by highly dynamic operations in measurement and analysis tasks, and, furthermore are in constant evolution. This complexity makes it necessary to build new models that facilitate analytical work by creating adaptive systems which provide flexible and scalable capacities to the distribution companies. Therefore, there is a strong need to develop a technology for verification, inspection and prediction of power lines through the measurement of ground resistance, which will increase the management efficiency. This general objective has been achieved while developing these activities: • To study the correlation between the values of forward and contact voltage and ground resistance. • To develop a self-adaptive intelligent, distributed, and dynamic platform which allows modeling, designing measurement systems and define sampling methodologies for towers for power lines in order to calculate the ground resistance.
Summary of bilateral results