The document discusses power transmission line planning and design. It describes how Siemens uses specialized computer programs to survey line routes, identify crossings, calculate conductor sags, spot tower locations, and produce an economical design that considers technical, financial, and environmental factors. The computer-generated line profile forms the basis for material acquisition and construction. The document also outlines Siemens' extensive experience over 100 years in designing and constructing various high and extra-high voltage transmission line projects around the world totaling over 30,000 kilometers.
The document discusses power transmission line planning and design. It describes how Siemens uses specialized computer programs to survey line routes, identify crossings, calculate conductor sags, spot tower locations, and produce an economical design that considers technical, financial, and environmental factors. The computer-generated line profile forms the basis for material acquisition and construction. The document also outlines Siemens' extensive experience over 100 years in designing and constructing various high and extra-high voltage transmission line projects around the world totaling over 30,000 kilometers.
The document discusses power transmission line planning and design. It describes how Siemens uses specialized computer programs to survey line routes, identify crossings, calculate conductor sags, spot tower locations, and produce an economical design that considers technical, financial, and environmental factors. The computer-generated line profile forms the basis for material acquisition and construction. The document also outlines Siemens' extensive experience over 100 years in designing and constructing various high and extra-high voltage transmission line projects around the world totaling over 30,000 kilometers.
After the route design stage and approval procedure, the nal line route is conrmed. Following this conrmation and approval, the longitudinal prole has to be surveyed, and all crossings over roads, rivers, railways, buildings and other overhead power lines have to be identied. The results are evaluated with a specialized computer program developed by Siemens that calculates and plots the line prole. The towers are spotted by means of the same program, which takes into account the conductor sags under different conditions, the ground clearances, objects crossed by the line, technical data of the available tower family, specic cost for towers and foundations and cost for compensation of landowners. The result is an economical design of a line that accounts for all the technical, nancial and environmental conditions. Line planning forms the basis for material acquisition and line erection. Fig. 2.5-22 shows a line prole established by computer. Siemenss activities and experience Siemens has been active in the overhead power line eld for more than 100 years. The activities comprise design and construction of rural electrication schemes, low-voltage and medium-voltage distribution lines, high-voltage lines and extrahigh-voltage installations. To give an indication of what has been carried out by Siemens, approximately 20,000 km of high-voltage lines up to 245 kV and 10,000 km of extra-high-voltage lines above 245 kV have been set up so far. Overhead power lines have been erected by Siemens in Germany and Central Europe as well as in the Middle East, Africa, the Far East and South America. Outstanding AC projects have been: The 420 kV transmission lines across the Elbe River in Germany comprising four circuits and requiring 235 m tall towers The 420 kV line across the Bosphorus (Crossing II) in Turkey (1983) with a crossing span of approximately 1,800 m (g. 2.5-23). The 500 kV Suez Crossing (1998); height of suspension tower 220 m The 420/800 kV Bosporus Crossing III in Turkey (1999) Furthermore, Siemens has constructed two HVDC interconnectors as turnkey projects that include HVDC overhead transmission lines. The two projects are the 300 kV HVDC interconnector from Thailand to Malaysia (bipole transmission line, g. 2.5-24) and the 400 kV HVDC Basslink project in Australia (monopole transmission line, g. 2.5-25ac).
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Fig. 2.5-21: Foundations for four-legged towers
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