The book contains all essential fundamentals of high- and extra high voltage overhead lines and underground cables. Its main contents are as follows:
Fundamentals and history of high-voltage and extra-high-voltage transmission
Design and structure of power supply networks
Introduction to network planning and operation
Design of overhead lines and underground cable routes
· Approval procedures and environmental impact assessment for projects
Characteristics of cables and overhead lines in the network, basics of grid calculations, examples
Overhead line components such as supports, conductors, insulators, fittings
· Tower foundations, tower erection and conductor stringing
Uprating and upgrading of overhead lines
Cable construction and fittings, gas-insulated lines (GIL)
Cables for high-voltage direct current transmission (HVDC)
Cable laying metho