Abstract
The Greek islands of Crete and Rhodes are equipped with isolated transmission systems that fall under the jurisdiction of the Islands Network Operation Department of HEDNO S. A., which carries out their operation and maintenance on behalf of PPC S.A. After 2016, the Transmission Line Operation and Maintenance Subsection of the Department, started to incorporate new approaches to improve the routine work of the subsection. These approaches include Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (drone) inspections, GIS/GPS software/applications and project management/issue tracking tools such as Mantis Bug Tracker (or MantisBT. This paper provides a brief review of the maintenance practices in combination with the properties and peculiarities of the specific systems, and further investigates the MantisBT records from 2016 to 2020, in order to provide a view of the routine work of transmission line maintenance through the case studies of Crete and Rhodes. It should be noted that the majority of these issues are related to the Cretan transmission system and thus, this paper also aims to provide a screenshot of the situation before the interconnection of the isolated Cretan Transmission System to the mainland system, expected to initiate in 2021.
Highlights
Overhead Transmission Lines (OTLs) are used to connect High Voltage substations [1,2] and the term includes the conductors, supporting structures, insulators and all other equipment
The term "OTL maintenance" usually includes the various tasks performed on OTL equipment under or in proximity of High Voltage and several other works related to the towers' footings, vegetation management etc [1,2,3,4,5,6]
The 2016-2020 MantisBT records are presented and discussed in this paper along with additional information regarding various local factors, in order to provide a further insight on OTL maintenance in conducted are Type-1 issues (Crete) and Rhodes
Summary
A. After 2016, the Transmission Line Operation and Maintenance Subsection of the Department, started to incorporate new approaches to improve the routine maintenance work. After 2016, the Transmission Line Operation and Maintenance Subsection of the Department, started to incorporate new approaches to improve the routine maintenance work These include Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV/drone) inspections, GIS/GPS software applications and project management/issue tracking tools such as Mantis Bug Tracker (or MantisBT). This paper provides an insight of the maintenance practices in combination with locality issues for the specific systems, along with an investigation of the MantisBT records from 2016 to 2020, in order to provide a view of the routine maintenance work of Overhead Transmission Lines in Crete and Rhodes.
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callMore From: Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research
Disclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
