Calculation and Analysis of Specific Losses of Active Power in Overhead Power Lines due to Corona in View of Climatic Data

Abstract

. It is a very challenging task to correctly use weather data to calculate the active power loss due to corona in overhead power lines. One of the significant reasons for this was the problem of accuracy of determining weather conditions and the use of the forecast for calculating extended overhead lines. In the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), based on field tests and experimental data, recommendations were developed for accounting for losses of electric energy due to corona and interference in overhead lines, the average values of which were given in the relevant instruction for the regulation and justification of the norm of electricity consumption for its transmission over electric networks. According to this regulatory document, the specific cost of active power due to corona in overhead lines, averaged by design, was determined depending on weather conditions, which were divided into four groups. In this paper, the effect of active power losses on corona is estimated using various factors on the example of high-voltage overhead lines in the main electrical networks of the Republic of Belarus of various rated voltages. Dependences of active power losses due to corona have been constructed and modeled, taking into account different climatic and weather conditions observed in the country. The determination of metrological parameters was based on the analysis of weather data and patterns of types of weather conditions. In order to improve the accuracy of calculating the specific losses of active power due to corona, all possible weather conditions were considered, as well as their combinations. Afterwards, the data on weather conditions were processed and their types were reduced to one of the four existing types of weather. A method for determining electric power losses due to corona in overhead lines based on the average relative air density and geometric parameters of the predominant section of overhead lines has been proposed and presented. It is shown that the usage of exclusively rated voltage can cause errors in determining both the specific and actual values of active power losses for corona.