TRANSMISSION TOWER

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 Power in UAE..?
Production capacity 18.74 GW. (lack in peak seasonal times)

Lack of natural gas

Gulf Cooperation Council UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia & Oman

GCC began region-wide power grid demand

UAE has no spare power capacity

Phase 3 of GCC grid to southern system of UAE

In Dec2009 $20 billion contract to Korean Electric Power 4 nuclear reactors

1st reactor may 2017 each reactor 1400 MW

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 Electric power transmission..?
The bulk transfer of electrical energy, from generating power
plants to substations
Power is usually transmitted through overhead power lines
Underground power transmission has a significantly higher cost
and greater operational limitations - urban & sensitive areas

Overhead Power lines..?

An electric power transmission line suspended by
towers
It is the lowest-cost method of transmission for large
quantities of electric energy (most of insulation by air)
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 Transmission tower..?
Tall structure usually a Steel lattice tower, used
to support an overhead power line
Electricity pylon UK & parts of Europe
Ironman Australia
Hydro tower in parts of Canada

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TOWER GEOMENTRY

EXTENSIONS

BRACINGS

ANATOMY

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Tower Anatomy
Peak - supports G.W
Cage - b/w peak & tower
body
Cross Arm - Support
Conductor/G.W
Boom supports power
conductors (horizontal)
Tower body main portion,
connects cage/boom to
foundation/(leg/body
)extensions
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 Bracings
Provided for interconnecting the legs
To afford desired slenderness ratio for economical tower
design
Framing angle b/w bracings & main leg members shall not
be < 15 degree
Patterns are
a) Single web system
b) Double web or warren system
c) Pratt system
d) Portal system
e) Diamond Bracing system
f) Multiple Bracing System

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1.Struts are designed 1.Tension diagonal 1.Shear carried by
in compression & give eff.support to diagonal member(t)
Diagonals in tension compression one @ 2.Large deflection
2.NARROW BASE pt of connections under heavy loads
3.66Kv single circuit 2.Used in both large 3.Unequal shears at
and small towers top of four stubs for
design

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1.1half of Horizontal 1. Similar to waran 1.Increse in strenght
member in T & system reducing member
another C 2.Horizontal member sizes
2.Advantageous to carry no primary 2.Increase in No.of
use it in BOTTOM loads designed as bolts, fabrication &
panel redundant supports erection cost,
3.Extensions & 3.Overal reduction in
Heavy river crossing Wt & cost of steel

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 Body Extension
Tower Extension Leg Extension

Body Extension

Used to Increase the height of tower to obtain the reqd min Ground clearance & over
road crossings, river crossings, ground obstacles
Body extensions upto 7.5m height in steps 2.5m can be used & thus form a part of
standard tower
Extensions having greater heights (25m) the suitability is checked by reducing span
length and angle of deviation. Practice in tower industry is also to specify negative body
extension (portion of tower body is truncated)

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 Leg Extension
Tower Leg extensions are required when the tower was spotted in the undulated
surface / Hilly terrain.
While spotting the tower locations in hilly areas requires more benching or revetment
or both are involved , but suitable hill side (leg extensions) can be used to minimize
benching or revetment or both.
Two types of Leg extension :
i) Universal leg extension
ii) Individual leg extension

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 Types of Tower
1) Type of Insulator 5) No. of Circuits
Suspension Single Circuit
Tension/Dead end Double Circuit
Transposition Multi-Circuit
2) Type of Support 6) Deviation Angle.
Self Supporting Ranges from 0 to 90 deg.
Guyed
3) Shape at the base
Square
Rectangle
4) kV Rating.
Ranges from 33 to 1200
kV
HVDC

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Vertical Configuration Horizontal Configuration
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Suspension Tower Tension Tower
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Guy Towers

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Conductor Configuration

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66 kv 132 kv 220 kv 400 kv
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66 kv 132 kv 220 kv 400 kv
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 Tower Nomenclature
Sr.
Nomenclature Deviation Remark
No.

1 A/DA/S/SLC/T0/TDL/QA/SA/V 0-20 Suspension Tower

Used Small angle tower.

2 B/DB/AT/DLB/TD2/QB/X 0-300
Used as a Section Tower

Used as Medium Angle

3 C/DC/BAT/DLC/TD3/QC/CZ 30-60 Tower
Used as a Transposition

60- Used as a large angle Tower

4 D/DD/BAT/DE/TD6/TDT/QD/DE 900/Dead Used as a Dead End
End Tower

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 Height of Tower Structure
Height of tower is determine by-

H h1 h2 h3 h4

h1=Minimum permissible ground clearance

h2=Maximum sag
h3=Vertical spacing between conductors
h4=Vertical clearance between earth wire
and top conductor

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 ELECTRICAL CLEARANCES
Sr.
Type of Clearance 132 kV 220 kV 400 kV 765 kV
No
1 Ground Clearance 6.1 m 7.0 m 8.84 m 15.5 m
2 Live Metal Clearance in mm Swing
132 / 400 /
220 765
Suspension insulator 15 15 1530 1980 3050 4400 (25)
30 30 1370 1830 1860 1300 (55)

45 - 1220 1675 -

60 1070 - -
Tension Insulator 0 0 1530 2130 3050
Jumper 10 20 1530 2130 3050 4400
20 40 1070 1675 1860 1300
30 - 1070 - - -
3 Mid Span Clearance (m) 6.1 8.5 9.0 12.4
4 Shielding Angle (Deg) 30 30 20 20
5 Phase to Phase Clearance Vertical 3.9 m 4.9 m
Horizontal 6.8 m 8.4 m

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Right of Way :
Sr.
Type of Clearance 132 kV 220 kV 400 kV 765 kV
No
1 ROW width 27 m 35 m 52 m 85 m

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DESIGN PARAMETERS
Transmission Voltage
Number Of Circuits
Climatic Conditions
Environmental and Ecological Consideration
Conductor
Earth Wire
Insulators
Span

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Economic Voltage of Transmission of Power

L KVA
E 5.5 E = Transmission voltage (KV) (L-L).
L = Distance of transmission line in KM
1.6 150 KVA=Power to be transferred

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Aluminum is used
it has about half the weight of copper for the
Conductor
same resistance, as well as being cheaper
Types:
AAC : All Aluminium conductors.
AAAC : All Aluminium Alloy conductors
ACSR : Aluminium conductors, Steel-Reinforced
ACAR : Aluminium conductor, Alloy-Reinforced

Bundle conductors are used to reduce corona

loses & audible noise
It consists of several conductors cables
connected by non-conducting spacers
It is used to increase the amount of current
that may be carried in line
As a disadvantage, the bundle conductors
have higher wind loading
Spacers must resist the forces due to wind,
and magnetic forces during a short-circuit
spacers

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 Earth Wire
Earth wire provided above the phase conductor across the line and
grounded at every tower.
It shield the line conductor from direct strokes

Reduces voltage stress across the insulating strings during lightning strokes

Galvanized steel earth wires are used

Aerial marker balls (>600mm dia) (Red, Orange, White)

Shield angle

25-30 up to 220 KV

20 for 400 KV and above

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 Insulators
Insulator are required to support the line
conductor and provide clearance from
ground and structure.

Insulator material-

High grade Electrical Porcelain

Toughened Glass

Fiber Glass
Type of Insulator-
Disc Type

Strut Type

Long Rod Insulator

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single string
Insulator Strings
Disc insulator are joint by their ball
pins and socket in their caps to form
string.
No of insulator disc is decided by
system voltage, switching and lighting
over voltage amplitude and pollution
Double string
level.
Insulator string can be used either
suspension or tension.
Two suspension string in parallel
used at railways, road and river
crossing as statutory requirement.
Swing of suspension string due to
wind has to be taken into consider.

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 Design Span lengths

1.Basic Span
Most economic span
Line is designed over level ground
The requisite ground clearance is obtained
at maximum specified temperature

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2.Ruling Span
Assumed design span that will produce,
between dead ends
It is used to calculate the horizontal
component of tension (which is applied to all
spans b/w anchor pts)
Tower spotting on the profile is done by
means of sag template, (which is based on
ruling span)
Ruling span = ( L1^3 + L2^3 +.+L6^3 / L1 + L2 + + L6)
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3.Average Span
Mean span length between dead ends
It is assumed that the conductor is
freely suspended such that each
individual span reacts to change in
tension as a single average span
Average span = (L1+ L2+...+L6) /6
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4.Wind Span
Half the sum of the two spans,
adjacent to support
It is assumed that the conductor is
freely suspended such that each
individual span reacts to change in
tension as a single average span
Wind span = 0.5(L1 + L2)
Weight span = a1 + a2
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5.Weight Span
Horizontal distance between the
lowest point of conductor, on the two
spans adjacent to the tower
The lowest point is defined as point
at which the tangent to sag curve
It is used in design of cross-arms
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 Determination of Base
Width
The base width(at the concrete level) is the distance between the centre of
gravity at one corner leg and the centre of gravity of the adjacent corner
leg.
A particular base width which gives the minimum total cost of the tower and
foundations.
Ryle
Formula

The ratio of base width to total tower height for most towers is generally
about one-fifth to one-tenth.

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 Determination of Weight of
tower
Rough approximation
From knowledge of the positions of conductors & ground wire above ground level
& overturning moments
Ryle gives empirical formula in term of its height & maximum overturning moment
at base

Approximate values

132 kv 1.7 metric tones

220 kv 2.5 metric tones
400 kv 7.7 metric tones
765 kv 14 metric tones

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 LOADINGS
Loads are applied in all three directions namely Transverse ( FX ),
Vertical ( FY) and Longitudinal (FZ) direction.
Transverse loads consists of
Wind on Conductor
Wind on Insulator
Component of Wire Tension in Transverse Direction
(Deviation Load)
Wind on Tower Body

Vertical Load consists of

Weight of Wire
Weight of Insulator
Weight of Line man & Tools
Self Weight of Tower

Longitudinal Load Consist of

Component of Unbalanced pull of the wire in the
longitudinal direction.

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Loads on Tower
Normal Condition

Broken Wire Condition

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Loads are calculated as per the guide lines furnished in
specification/standard.
Standards for Calculation of Loads
IS 802 1977
IS 802 1995
DIN VDE 0210
ASCE Manual
IEC 826
The loads are calculated for following Conditions.
Reliability / Working condition
Security / Broken wire condition
Safety / Erection & maintenance Condition

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 ANALYSIS & DESIGN

Analysis is carried out by finite element software

STAAD
Required FOS is provided in input file to find out ultimate
force
The critical compression and tension in each member
group is found out
Members and Connections are designed for these forces.
Iterations are carried out for the optimum usage of tower.

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 Data's for foundation design

FOUNDATION
It costs 10-30 % of overall cost of
tower
It is the last step in designing process
but precedes the construction
Overload factors assumed in designs
are 2.2 under Normal condition & 1.65
under broken-wire conditions

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 0.5 to 2m dia
Uplift loads are Non-cohesive soil
Shaft depth 3 to 15m
resisted by undistrube For non-cohesive soils
Skin friction between
material such as uncemented
ground & shaft resists
Develop uplift load of sand or gravel
uplift
2 to 3times that of an Provide pad footing
Used in usa,
iidentical footing without undercut
acceptance for wide
without undercut Usually followed in
use in India
INDIA at present

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 Adopted in firm Hybrid design Augered footing with
cohesive soils Large uplift force are more than one bulb is
Undercut on the pads to be resisted used to increase the
Experience shows that SBC is low uplift capacity
this type of footing 35m long under
develop resistance to reamed to 2.5 times
uplift 2 to 3 times that dia of shaft
given footing without Clayey black cotton
undercut soils & medium dense
sandy soils

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 In usa ,canada Suitable in areas with
Steel corroded, rock out crop
periodic excavation & Based on uplift, the
maintanence anchor be single bar
Medium dry sand, clay or group of bars
or sandy caly soils (no welded to tower leg
special precautions Vertical bars below
necessary) stub angle form cage
The steel is treated for footing
with one coat of Grouted to a depth of
bituminous paint & about 50 times dia
top coat of asphalt into the rock
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Special circumstances
River crossing towers
& towers on
embankments
The raft at bottom
makes the foundation
substantially rigid to
minimize differential
settlement
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 Pyramid chimney type foundation
Raft foundation
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 Stub-setting
Important steps in tower
erection
The stubs are set with the help
of stub setting templates
Excavated pits are lean
concreted to correct level
Stubs are placed on lean
concrete pad
Alignment is carried by four
plumb bobs hung from centre of
the horizontal bracing
If any pit over excavated by
mistake, the extra depth should
be filled by concreting
After the stub is set, the heel
distance of four faces of the
tower and two diagonals should
be checked
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