Automated Condition Rating of Power Transmission Infrastructure

Increasing dependence on electricity has given an extra weight to the importance of power transmission line reliability. Service reliability can be improved with proper monitoring techniques and maintenance procedures. Improved condition assessment techniques can help avoid unexpected component failures of power transmission lines by assisting in assessment of current physical state of the system or components compared to its original condition. Driving line patrol, bucket truck inspection and helicopter inspection are some of the conventional condition inspection strategies in use at present. Despite of the popularity of these techniques, they have certain shortcomings due to extensive time consumption, high cost, lower defect detection accuracy, requirement of skilled labor, and high risk. TO BE CONT’D

Faculty Supervisor:

Rehan Sadiq

Student:

Hewa Godella Waththage Tharindu Prabatha

Partner:

Aeriosense Technologies

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Energy

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