SAMPLE REPORT
Transmission Corporation Ltd.
Health Assessment of 400kV
Double Circuit xxx-yyy Line
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Sample Report
The printed data in this sample report is only for the
presentation purpose. The pictures and data used in this
report are from different Transmission Lines. This report is
made only to give you the look and feel of the actual report.
The Line Name, Tower Number etc. are deliberately masked
to maintain the confidentiality of the actual data of our
customers.
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Transmission Corporation Ltd.
Health Assessment of 400kV
Double Circuit XXX-YYY Line
Report on 500 Towers
By
Taurus Powertronics Pvt. Ltd.
Bengaluru
Tests carried out by Compiled by Checked by
Varun, Bikesh
Kamran
Amim Mamatha S P & Sanjay R Mr. Anil Deoraj
Puneeth KG
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Table of Content
Sl. No. Description Page No.
1 Line Detail 9-10
2 Scope of Work 11
3 Deliverable 12
4 List of equipment 13
5 Network Characteristic 14
6 Parameter Assessed 15
7 Observation – Structural 16
8 Test Result – Electrical 17-24
9 Analysis of the Data 25-26
10 Digital Data Naming Convention 27-29
11 Google Map 30
12 Some Photos 31-34
13 Detailed Report – One Page per tower 35-44
14 Index by category 45
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Order & Line Details
Work Order No:5100019947/1622 Dated:26th Mar 2019
Ref no: LOA-1438/1176
Work carried out from:12th March 2019 to 16th June 2019
Line details given by customers
Sl.
Description Details
No.
1 Name of the Line Andal - Jamshedpur
2 Type of the Line Double Circuit
3 kV Level 400kV
4 Line Length 182
5 Commissioned Year & Month 2012
6 Number of Tension Towers 162
7 Number of Suspension Towers 338
8 Special Towers with Detail Nil
Tension Hardware - Bolted /
9 Bolted
Crimping
10 Conductor Type & Name ACSR Moose
11 Conductor per phase – Twin / Quad Twin
12 Current Carrying Capacity
13 Existing Load 250MW
14 Insulator Type Porcelain / Glass / polymer
15 Terrine Plain and forest
16 Approachability 90% Approachable & 10% difficult
17 Nearest City / Town Jamshedpur, Andal, Durgapur, etc
18 Problems being faced Frequent Tripping
Line Tripping pattern - Particular
19 Maximum tripping during rainy season
time / season / Load etc
Last Maintenance Activity Details &
20 -
observations
21 Any other relevant information River crossing at 5 Places
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Scope of Work
Measure and assess various electrical and Structural parameters in the line and the towers
which could be detrimental to the load carrying capacity of the line.
Categorize the towers basis various data patterns.
1. Line Signature Analysis
2. Tower footing Resistance & Impedance Measurement
3. Leakage current Measurement
4. Ultrasound Scanning
5. Corona Scanning
6. Thermo vision Scanning
7. Clearance Measurement
8. Visual Inspection
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Deliverables
1. List of most critical towers /points to address
2. Digital data
Corona videos
IR images
HD photos
Ultrasound audios
3. Master data files
4. Each tower data & analysis
KMZ files
Each Tower Data mapping on Goggle map
5. Analysis of data
6. Printed report of the complete project
7. Power point presentation
8. Soft copy of the complete report
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Equipment used
Equipments
Sl. No. Test carried out Equipments used
Sl. No
Tower Footing Resistance and
1 Impedance Taurus Preziohm 54 HF CAD-TFR-01
2 Thermo vision Scanning High End IR Camera 3405726
3 Corona Detection Day time Corona camera O16N124505
Leakage Current
4 LCM 20080
Measurement
5 Ultra Sound Inspection Ultrasound PDD RA05835
6 Visual Inspection Digital Camera DS-943
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Network Characteristics Studied
1. Distance travelled:15,500Km (Line Length 161Km)
2. Towers attended: 500
3. No of HD digital Images: 22300
4. No of Corona Videos: 1820
5. No of IR Images:13020
6. Total Digital Data size:112 GB
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Parameters Assessed
Structural Electrical
Sl.
Sl. No Description Description
No
1 Damaged Chimney 1 Line Signature Analysis
2 Soil/Weed on Chimney 2 Tower Foot – Inductance Measurement
3 Rusting of Tower Legs 3 Tower Foot – Leakage Current
4 Improper Tack Welding 4 Insulator Health – Ultra Sound
5 Missing Step Bolts 5 Corona
6 Missing Tower body Nut bolts 6 Hot Spot detection - Joints
7 Missing Anticlimbing device 7 Line Clearance
8 Missing Tower Members
9 Pole Plate Missing/ Bent
10 Danger Board Missing/ Bent
11 Number Plate Missing/ Bent
12 Bird Guard Missing/tilted
13 Bad Armoring of Suspension Clamp
14 Spacer Missing/Broken
15 Damaged /Tilted Corona Ring
16 Jumper Nut bolts Missing
17 Bad Condition of Conductor
18 Damaged Insulator
19 Polluted Insulator
20 Earth Bond Missing/Disconnected
Missing / Misplaced Earth wire
21
Vibration Damper
22 OPGW Earth Bond
23 Missing OPGW Vibration Damper
26 Rail/Road Clearance
27 Other Line Clearance
28 Tree/Plantation Clearance
29 Bird Nest on Tower
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Observation – Structural
Sl. No Description No of Towers
1 Damaged Chimney
102
2 Soil/Weed on Chimney
3 Rusting of Tower Legs 16
4 Improper Tack Welding 72
5 Missing Step Bolts 625
6 Missing Tower body Nut bolts 12
7 Missing Anticlimbing device 358
8 Missing Tower Members 300
9 Pole Plate Missing/ Bent 25
10 Danger Board Missing/ Bent 20
11 Number Plate Missing/ Bent 40
12 Bird Guard Missing/tilted 76
13 Bad Armoring of Suspension Clamp 3
14 Spacer Missing/Broken 8
15 Damaged /Tilted Corona Ring 7
16 Jumper Nut bolts Missing 62
17 Bad Condition of Conductor 2
18 Damaged Insulator 25
19 Polluted Insulator 10
20 Earth Bond Missing/Disconnected 62
21 Missing / Misplaced Earth wire Vibration Damper 19
22 OPGW Earth Bond Missing/Disconnected 23
23 Missing OPGW Vibration Damper 52
24 Ground Clearance -Low
25 Building Clearance -Low
26 Rail/Road Clearance -Low 63
27 Other Line Clearance -Low
28 Tree/Plantation Clearance -Low
29 Bird Nest on Tower 40
30 Difference in legs distance – More than 10 cm 2
31 Difference in leg height level more than 5 cm 18
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Analysis of the data
The entire test data is tabulated in single excel sheet and filters applied on all columns
to assign the score and to determine the category of each tower along with other test
parameters.
We categorized the health of the towers as A, B, C based on Electrical and Structural
strength of each tower whereas the C category is a good tower and the A category need
immediate attention.
Definition of ABC strength for Electrical category
Category Score Towers
A Above 10 17
B 6 to 10 49
C Below 5 434
Electrical Strength
17
49
434
A B C
There is a possibility of line tripping if the tower is not electrically strong.
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Definition of ABC strength for Structural category
Category Score Towers
A Above 4 21
B 3 to 4 87
C Below 3 392
Structural Strength
21
87
392
A B C
There is a possibility of heavy damage or collapse of the tower if the structure is not
strong enough to withstand natural calamities.
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Master data file with all data
The data obtained from different tests is entered in a single excel file. The data is
arranged in such a manner that all information related to one tower is entered in a single
row. Due to this, sometime there are more than 100 columns for each tower. Filters are
applied on each column for easy viewing of relevant information. This file is also
submitted along with the report.
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Google Map: One sheet for each tower with all parameters has been made. All these
500 data images are mapped on each tower plotted on Google Earth.
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Some of the damaged photos
Tower No xxx Tower No xxx
Tower No xxx Tower No xxx
Tower No xxx Tower No xxx
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Tower No xxx Tower No xxx
Tower No xxx Tower No xxx
Tower No xxx Tower No xxx
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Tower No xxx Tower No xxx
Tower No xxx Tower No xxx
Tower No xxx Tower No xxx
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Ultrasound scanning Corona scanning
Thermo vision scanning Leakage current measurement
Tower footing Resistance and Clearance measurement
Impedance measurement
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Transmission corporation ltd Health Assessment of xxx-yyy 400 kV line Taurus
Tower Number 1001 Tower Type T
Electrical Rating B
TFR Readings
LCM in Amps
Z(Ω) R(Ω) L(μH)
Leg A 4.50 0.00 35.30 A 12
Leg B 5.40 0.00 42.40 B 10
Leg C - - - C 6
Leg D - - - D 9
Max Value 5.40 0.00 42.40 Total LCM 37
Indicator Temperature Count
Ultra Sound Thermo Vision Corona
-Nil- 28.7 21500
Clearance Jumper N/ B Broken Disc Earth Bond-1 Earth Bond-2 LSA Rating
- - 1 - - 3
Remark
Structural Rating C
Missing Members Missing N/B Spacer Rusted Legs Missing Step Bolts
0 15 - - M-10
Supporting plate Soil /Weed on Chimney Bird Guard Chimney copping & muffing
- Yes - -
Number Plate Danger Board Phase Plate
- - -
Corona Ring Split Pin Anticlimbing device Vibration Damper
- M-4 - -
Remark
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Transmission corporation ltd Health Assessment of xxx-yyy 400 kV line Taurus
Tower Number 1002 Tower Type T
Electrical Rating A
TFR Readings
LCM in Amps
Z(Ω) R(Ω) L(μH)
Leg A 3.50 0.00 24.50 A 9
Leg B 3.50 0.00 21.80 B 12
Leg C 4.60 0.00 36.00 C 9
Leg D 4.60 0.00 35.30 D 6
Max Value 4.60 0.00 36.00 Total LCM 36
Indicator Temperature Count
Ultra Sound Thermo Vision Corona
10-15 29.3 30000
Clearance Jumper N/ B Broken Disc Earth Bond-1 Earth Bond-2 LSA Rating
Low - 4 - - -
Remark
Structural Rating B
Missing Members Missing N/B Spacer Rusted Legs Missing Step Bolts
0 12 - - M-5
Supporting plate Soil /Weed on Chimney Bird Guard Chimney copping & muffing
- - - 1
Number Plate Danger Board Phase Plate
- - -
Corona Ring Split Pin Anticlimbing device Vibration Damper
- M-6 - -
Remark
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Transmission corporation ltd Health Assessment of xxx-yyy 400 kV line Taurus
Tower Number 1003 Tower Type T
Electrical Rating B
TFR Readings
LCM in Amps
Z(Ω) R(Ω) L(μH)
Leg A 4.30 0.60 33.70 A 15
Leg B 3.00 0.20 23.60 B 14
Leg C 3.60 0.30 28.10 C 9
Leg D 3.90 0.20 30.70 D 12
Max Value 4.30 0.60 33.70 Total LCM 50
Indicator Temperature Count
Ultra Sound Thermo Vision Corona
-Nil- 32 3000
Clearance Jumper N/ B Broken Disc Earth Bond-1 Earth Bond-2 LSA Rating
Low - 0 - - -
Remark
Structural Rating C
Missing Members Missing N/B Spacer Rusted Legs Missing Step Bolts
0 0 - No Ok
Supporting plate Soil /Weed on Chimney Bird Guard Chimney copping & muffing
- - - -
Number Plate Danger Board Phase Plate
Ok Ok Ok
Corona Ring Split Pin Anticlimbing device Vibration Damper
Ok - Ok Ok
Remark
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Index by category
Electrical Structural
Sl. No Category Tower Sl. No Category Tower
1 AA 32 1 AA 32
2 AA 33 2 AA 33
3 AB 16 3 AB 64
4 AB 248 4 AC 34
5 AC 36 5 AC 70
6 AC 365 6 AC 83
7 AC 440 7 AC 246
8 BA 64 8 AC 266
9 BB 35 9 AC 294
10 BB 40 10 AC 319
11 BB 42 11 AC 415
12 BB 43 12 AC 429
13 BB 49 13 BA 16
14 BB 122 14 BA 248
15 BC 15 15 BB 35
16 BC 17 16 BB 40
17 BC 18 17 BB 42
18 BC 30 18 BB 43
19 BC 37 19 BB 49
20 BC 39 20 BB 122
21 BC 47 21 BC 22
22 BC 50 22 BC 23
23 BC 51 23 BC 28
24 BC 53 24 BC 31
25 BC 56 25 BC 41
26 BC 60 26 BC 52
27 BC 63 27 BC 58
28 BC 66 28 BC 59
29 BC 68 29 BC 80
30 BC 73 30 BC 96
31 BC 119 31 BC 120
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