Study on transmission line icing prediction based on micro-topographic correction

Abstract

For the requirement of refinement prediction of transmission line icing thickness, this paper presents an icing thickness correction method which combines the prediction using low spatial resolution with the correction of micro-topography features. By analyzing the regional characteristics of micro-topography, the areas can be divided into three categories: plains, high-altitude mountains, and low-altitude mountains. For each type of terrain, the quantitative correction model for the icing thickness is established, which is dependent on altitude, relief amplitude, slope angle, slope aspect, water system, valley line, ridge line, and saddle point. In this paper, according to the numerical prediction on the 3 × 3 km2 grids, the icing thickness of the transmission line on the 300 × 300 m2 grids with micro-topography is obtained using the correction method in Hubei Power Grid. The results show that the correction method is efficient and convenient to improve the accuracy of icing thickness prediction of the transmission line.