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TECHNOLOGY
DBE 212
PREPARED BY GROUP ONE
GROUP MEMBERS
• Mumbere Ibrahim
• Kizito Elijah
• Zubeda Samsha
• Biira Samsha
• Ndoshire Andrew
• Jiga Brian Jackson
ELECTRICAL POWER
TRANSMISSION
DEFINITION:
BULK MOVEMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY FROM A GENERATING SITE, SUCH AS
A POWER PLANT, TO AN ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION.
OR
THE PROCESS BY WHICH LARGE AMOUNTS OF ELECTRICITY PRODUCED ARE
TRANSPORTED OVER LONG
DISTANCES FOR EVENTUAL USE BY CONSUMERS.
WHY ELECTRIC POWER TRANSFER?
• To distribute power to various different areas.
• To generate many potential power substations.
• .
Transmission helps to evaluate the significance of electricity to the public
Underground Utility
Work
THE ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM
• Electrical Cables
• High Voltage, Low Voltage
• Supervisory and Signaling Cables
• Cathodic protection (cabinets, cables, earthing conductors, cable shrouds)
• Communication Cables
• Phone lines
• Coaxial cables (e.g. data cables)
• Broadband cables
• Tram traction cables and trolley wires
• Railway supply cables and traction wires
METHODS OF POWER TRANSMISSION
Segmented Copper
Conducto r
Paper Insulation
Metallic Shield
• The other type is a solid dielectric cable which requires no fluids or gas and is a more recent
technological advancement
Underground Solid cable, cross-linked polyethylene cables left to right: 345 kV, 138 kV, 69
kV, and distribution
OVERHEAD POWER TRANSMISSION
• An overhead power line is a
structure raised above the ground
level to transmit and distribute
electric power along large
distances.
• It consists of one or more conductors
suspended by towels or poles
OVERHEAD EVALUATION
ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• Relatively cheap • Open to people
• Fault finding is easy • Low insulation levels
• Easy fault eradication • They interfere with the geography
of the area
UNDERGROUND
ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• Transmission lines are sets of wires, called conductors, that carry electric power from
generating plants to the substations that deliver power to customers.
• At a generating plant, electric power is “stepped up” to several thousand volts by a
transformer and delivered to the transmission line.
• At numerous substations on the transmission system, transformers step down the power to a
lower voltage and deliver it to distribution lines. Distribution lines carry power to farms, homes
and businesses.
• The type of transmission structures used for any project is determined by the characteristics of
the transmission line’s route, including terrain and existing infrastructure.