POWER TRANSMISSION STRUCTURES AND LINE DESIGN - PLS SOFTWARES: PLS CADD, Google Earth and the Web

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This blog discusses topics regarding Transmission and Distribution Line Design including the support
structures using the well-known Design Software PLS CADD, PLS Tower & PLS Pole from Power Line
System, USA.
POWER TRANSMISSION
STRUCTURES AND LINE DESIGN -
PLS SOFTWARES
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
PLS CADD, Google Earth and the Web
This blog is to give information, tips and tricks on to make your Overhead Line Design
simple and presentable. It also includes topics on how to generate a profile of a
certain or proposed OHL route without even going to the site. The precision of the
profile over actual detailed survey, we can say 80%-90% depending on the location of
the route itself.
With the OHL Angle Point or Point of Inflections (AP's or PI's) as usually given,
this will be our starting points of all the workings. But if it is not yet defined, let say if
you are still on the planning stage, the best thing to do is to open your Google Earth
Program (it is a free software by Google - to download just google it anyway and you
will find the download link), and there you can define the best route of your OHL.
Now with the aid of your PLS-CADD software by Power Line Systems, you can even
refine that defined route to consider the route axis profile and the side profiles. But
HOW? with thousand of point needed this could not be done easily. But there are
some ways to do it simple and effortless.
Going back to Google Earth, there is one feature that if you're defining a path, there is
an option that you can also draw the profile with in the Google Earth itself, and this is
the information we need to extract and make it usable in the PLS CADD Software. But
in some countires like the US, where they have the USGS, topographical information
of a certain area in the US itself are readily available and can be used in the PLS
CADD, however where areas that does not have such agencies that can provide such
information, the methods which we are trying to elaborate are essential and applicable
anywhere around the world.
These techniques, I have already proven effective and practical. It is because, you
can estimate the near actual quantity and height of your structures. You can also
evaluate the type of soil as per the vegetation type where you spotted your structure.
You can also evaluate if there are difficulties along your route (i.e. wide river crossing,
valley crossing etc.). Such very useful informations are not usually seen in any of the
Project Tender Documents or Route map.
Wanna see the results.. just post your coordinates (UTM WGS 84) and we'll give you
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POWER TRANSMISSION STRUCTURES AND LINE DESIGN - PLS SOFTWARES: PLS CADD, Google Earth and the Web
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back the route profile...
>>to be continued..
Note: This blog is not intended to promote the softwares or websites mentioned.
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working in the United Arab
Emirates as a Design
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Transmission and Distribution. Has
designed several 33kV to 500kV
Transmission Lines (Structure and
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POWER TRANSMISSION STRUCTURES AND LINE DESIGN - PLS SOFTWARES: PLS CADD, Google Earth and the Web
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Wrong Survey Data
500kV S/C
Transposition Tower
500kV Compact Towers
(>80m) Used to Cross
other HV OHL
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500kV Comapct Towers
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