High Voltage Overhead Lines and Underground Cables

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 methods and monitoring.- Comparison of the technical properties of cables and overhead lines.- Partial undergrounding.- Comparison of the total costs of cables and overhead lines.- Future developments in power transmission.- Application of Artificial Intelligence in grid operation and -maintenance.