Ice melting circuit arrangement for a high-voltage transmission network

• US 4,135,221 A
• Filed: 12/16/1976
• Issued: 01/16/1979
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Lvovsky Politekhnichesky Institut
• Original Assignee: Lvovsky Politekhnichesky Institut
• Inventors: Korenev, Vsevolod T., Genrikh, Georgy A., Dostman, Lev S., Nikonets, Leonid A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Salce, Patrick R.
• Application Number:
  US05/751,525
• Time in Patent Office: 761 Days
• Field of Search: 361/107 , 361/1, 361/62, 307/147, 219/209
• US Class Current: 361/1
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 7/16 Devices for removing snow or ice from lines or cables

Abstract

A high-voltage network includes at least one overhead power transmission line provided with an insulated conductor,which line connects busbars of transmitting and receiving substations. A source for melting the ice is connected, in the course of ice melting, to at least one disconnected phase of the power transmission line. The insulated conductor is joined during ice melting to at least one disconnected phase of the overhead power transmission line from its opposite ends.

Claims

1. A high-voltage network comprising:

a transmitting substation;

a receiving substation;

an overhead power transmission line connecting busbars of the transmitting and receiving substations;

a source for melting ice on said overhead power transmission line joined, during ice melting, to at least one disconnected phase of said overhead power transmission line; and

an insulated conductor joined, during ice melting, to at least one disconnected phase of said overhead power transmission line from its opposite ends.

2. A high-voltage network as claimed in claim 1, wherein said overhead power transmission line with said insulated conductor connects said busbars of said transmitting and receiving substations;

said source for melting the ice having one output connected, during ice melting, to one end of said insulated conductor and another output of said source for melting the ice and the other end of said insulated conductor being connected from the opposite ends of said overhead power transmission line to at least one disconnected phase of said overhead power transmission line.

3. A high-voltage network as claimed in claim 1, wherein said overhead power transmission line with said insulated conductor connects said busbars of the transmitting and receiving substations;

said source for melting the ice, having one output which is connected during ice melting to one end of said insulated conductor and another output of said source for melting the ice being grounded, said output of said source for melting the ice being connected to one end of said insulated conductor and the other end of said insulated conductor being connected from the opposite ends of said overhead power transmission line to at least one disconnected phase of said overhead power transmission line, said insulated conductor being grounded between said transmitting and receiving substations.

4. A high-voltage network as claimed in claim 2, comprising a three-phase transformer as said source for melting the ice, one output of which is connected to one end of said insulated conductor and another output of said three-phase transformer is grounded, said insulated conductor being grounded between said transmitting and receiving substations.

5. A high-voltage network as claimed in claim 2, wherein at least one other phase of said overhead power transmission line is connected in parallel with said insulated conductor during ice melting.

6. A high-voltage network as claimed in claim 2, comprising a three-phase transformer as said source for melting the ice, one output of which is connected to one end of said insulated conductor;

a neutral wire of said three-phase transformer connected to a grounding circuit, the insulated conductor being grounded between said transmitting and receiving substations.

7. A high-voltage network as claimed in claim 2, comprising a three-phase transformer as said source for melting the ice and having three operating outputs, said outputs of said three-phase transformer being connected at one end to different phases of said overhead power transmission line, these phases being grounded at the other end.

14. A high-voltage network as claimed in claim 1, comprising a three-phase transformer as said source for melting the ice;

an additional overhead power transmission line leading from said busbars of said receiving substation of said main overhead power transmission line;

an insulated conductor of said additional overhead power transmission line, a disconnected phase of said additional overhead power transmission line being connected at one end to a disconnected phase of said main overhead power transmission line and at another end, at said receiving substation, to an end of said insulated conductor of said additional power transmission line, said other end of said insulated conductor of said additional power transmission line being connected to two phases of said main overhead power transmission line shorted out to each other at said receiving substation of said main overhead power transmission line.

15. A high-voltage network as claimed in claim 1, comprising an additional overhead power transmission line leading from said busbars of said receiving substation;

an insulated conductor of said additional overhead power transmission line, an insulated conductor of the main overhead power transmission line connected, during ice melting, to at least one disconnected phase via said additional overhead power transmission line and the insulated conductor thereof.

8. A high-voltage network comprising:

a transmitting substation;

a receiving substation;

a main overhead power transmission line connecting busbars of said transmitting and receiving substations;

a source for melting ice which forms on said overhead power transmission line joined, during ice melting, to at least one disconnected phase of said main overhead power transmission line;

an insulated conductor connected, during ice melting, to at least one disconnected phase of said main overhead power transmission line from its opposite ends;

an additional overhead power transmission line leading from busbars of said receiving substation; and

an insulated conductor of said additional overhead power transmission line, one end of which is grounded and an other end of said insulated conductor is joined, during ice melting, to at least one disconnected phase of said additional overhead power transmission line.

9. A high-voltage network as claimed in claim 8, wherein said additional overhead power transmission line leads from said busbars of said receiving substation of said main overhead power transmission line;

an insulated conductor of said additional overhead power transmission line one end of which is grounded and another end of which is connected to at least one disconnected phase of said main overhead power transmission line, one end of said source for melting the ice being grounded.

10. A high-voltage network as claimed in claim 8, comprising a three-phase transformer as said source for melting the ice, two outputs of which are joined, during ice melting, to an end of said insulated conductor of said main overhead power transmission line and a third output of said three-phase transformer being grounded, said additional overhead power transmission line leading from said busbars of said receiving substation, said insulated conductor of said additional overhead power transmission line having one end grounded and another end of connected, during ice melting, to at least one disconnected phase of said main overhead power transmission line.

11. A high-voltage network as claimed in claim 8, comprising a three-phase transformer two outputs of which are connected, during ice melting, to two phases of said main overhead power transmission line coupled to the ends of said insulated conductor of said main overhead power transmission line with a neutral wire grounded;

an additional overhead power transmission line leading from said busbars of said receiving substation;

an insulated conductor of said additional overhead power transmission line one end of which is grounded and another end of which is connected, during ice melting, to at least one disconnected phase of said main overhead power transmission line.

12. A high-voltage network as claimed in claim 8, comprising a three-phase transformer as said source for melting the ice, two outputs of which are connected, during ice melting, to two phases of said main overhead power transmission line, to which said ends of said insulated conductor of said main overhead power transmission line are connected, said additional overhead power transmission line leading from said busbars of said receiving substation;

an insulated conductor of said additional overhead power transmission line, one end of which is grounded and another end of said insulated conductor is connected, during ice melting, to at least one disconnected phase of said main overhead power transmission line, a third output of said three-phase transformer being connected to the grounding circuit.

13. A high-voltage network comprising:

a transmitting substation;

receiving substations;

a main overhead power transmission line connecting busbars of said transmitting and receiving substations;

a source for melting ice which forms on said overhead power transmission line connected, during ice melting, to at least one disconnected phase of said main overhead power transmission line;

an insulated conductor connected, during ice melting, to at least one disconnected phase of said main overhead power transmission line at opposite ends thereof;

an additional overhead power transmission line leading from said busbars of said receiving substations of said main overhead power transmission line;

an insulated conductor of said additional overhead power transmission line, ends of which are connected, during ice melting, to one disconnected phase of said additional overhead power transmission line, said insulated conductor of said additional power transmission line being grounded between said receiving substations of said main and additional overhead power transmission lines or at said receiving substation of said additional overhead power transmission line.

16. A high-voltage network comprising:

a transmitting substation;

receiving substations;

a main overhead power transmission line connecting busbars of said transmitting and receiving substations;

a source for melting ice, which forms on said overhead power transmission line, joined, during ice melting, to at least one disconnected phase of said main overhead power transmission line;

an insulated conductor connected, during ice melting, to at least one disconnected phase of said main overhead power transmission line at the opposite ends thereof;

an additional overhead power transmission line leading from said busbars of said receiving substation of said main overhead power transmission line;

an insulated conductor of said additional overhead power transmission line, ends of which are connected, during ice melting, to one disconnected phase of said additional overhead power transmission line;

another additional overhead power transmission line leading from the sectionalized busbars of an additional substation;

an insulated conductor one end of which is grounded and another end of which is connected, during ice melting, to at least one disconnected phase of another additional overhead line leading from said busbars of said additional substation.

17. A device in a high-voltage network for automatic actuation of a circuit for melting ice which forms on overhead power transmission lines, comprising electrical circuit means composed of a series-connected short circuiter and a separator through which insulated conductors are connected during ice melting to at least one disconnected phase of a power transmission line, and at least one voltage sensor which controls said short circuiters and separators in response to a voltage of a specified value applied to said at least one voltage sensor.