Atmospheric Icing of Power Networks

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Farzaneh, Masoud (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Edition: 1.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Energy.; Atmospheric sciences.; Computer simulation.; Electric power production.; Civil engineering.; Environmental sciences.; Energy Technology.; Civil Engineering.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Math. Appl. in Environmental Science.; Simulation and Modeling.; Energy, general.

Atmospheric ice takes a wide range of fascinating forms, all beautiful in their own ways but many posing severe risk to the security of overhead networks for electric power, communications and other systems. This comprehensive book documents the fundamentals of atmospheric icing and surveys the stat...

Table of Contents:

• Modern Meteorology and Atmospheric Icing
• Statistical Analysis of Icing Event Data for Transmission Line Design Purposes
• Numerical Modelling of Icing on Power Network Equipment
• Wet Snow Accretion on Overhead Lines
• Effect of Ice and Snow on the Dynamics of~Transmission Line Conductors
• Anti-icing and De-icing Techniques for Overhead Lines
• Effects of Ice and Snow on the Electrical Performance of Power Network Insulators
• Design of Transmission Lines for Atmospheric Icing.