Conductor sag comparison for 132 kV overhead transmission line improvement in Malaysia

H M Luqman,M N R Baharom,M F M Yousof,N A M Jamail,R Abd Rahman,N A Othman,Irshad Ullah

doi:10.11591/eei.v9i1.1863

Abstract

This paper presents conductor sag comparison for 132 kV overhead transmission line improvement in Malaysia. Increasing industrialization and population growth around the world demands higher electricity supply. Power generation has yet to decline but transmitting sufficient electricity to consumers is worrisome due to scarce land space occupied by rapid urbanization. Hence reconductoring method was chosen to improve existing 132 kV overhead transmission line in Malaysia. A group of selected conductors were chosen for comparison where the high temperature low sag conductor stood out the most producing up to 40% sag reduction. This paper focuses on providing conductor alternatives to improve maximum sag of lowest conductor to ground for 132 kV transmission line in Malaysia in accordance to her climate and geographical factor.

Highlights

IntroductionPower generation has been steadily increasing and improved in Malaysia [1], the means to transmit electricity has become worrisome
The importance of electricity heightened along rapid urbanization all around the world due to industrialization development and increasing human population including Malaysia
This paper presents conductor sag comparison for 132 kV overhead transmission line improvement in M alaysia

Summary

Introduction

Power generation has been steadily increasing and improved in Malaysia [1], the means to transmit electricity has become worrisome. The reason behind this cause is due to scarce land space that had been occupied by huge industrialization and population growth. This scenario limits new construction of OTL that consumes wide land space in order to provide sufficient Right-Of-Way (ROW). Studies have to be taken to evaluate other means necessary of improving existing OTL to transmit sufficient electricity to the consumers should the time arrives [2]

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