Abstract
Dynamic Line Rating (DLR) Systems for high
voltage overhead transmission lines have been installed by
three utilities over the past five years. These 'DLR systems
utilize the Power Donut"" to measure load and conductor
temperature at several locations over the length of the
circuit. The effective wind acting on the conductor at each
site is determined in real-time by a dynamic heat balance
and used to compute the normal, LTE and STE ratings
a.each minute. The lowest ratings of all locations def"me the
~ircuit's ratings and are sent to SCADA as analog signals.
This method Is known as the Conductor Temperature
Model (CTM) as opposed to the Weather Model (WM)
which calculates ratings using weather data only. These
first DLR installations have also measured weather
parameters at each ground station location to allow a
comparison of the two methods. Data from the latest of
these systems is presented and the behavior of the real time
ratings are discussed.
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