Influence of Ambient Temperature on the Reliability of Overhead LV Power Lines with Bare Conductors

Abstract

The article presents a study on the influence of weather factors (ambient temperature) on the operational reliability of overhead low-voltage power lines with bare conductors. A method for determining the average failure intensity, average failure duration, average renewal intensity, and failure rate of overhead low-voltage power lines with bare conductors as a function of ambient temperature is presented. Based on many years of observations of power lines operated in electric power distribution networks in Poland, the empirical values of the above-mentioned reliability indicators were determined. An analysis of empirical distribution compliance with the assumed theoretical model was also carried out. The reliability studies conducted showed that the highest failure intensity of the considered power lines occurred at temperatures commonly found in Poland.