TRANSMISSION TOWER

R.Saravanan, PGET, L&T, UAE

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 Power in UAE..?

 Production capacity – 18.74 GW. (lack in peak seasonal times)

 Lack of natural gas

 Gulf Cooperation Council – UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia & Oman
 GCC began region-wide power grid – demand

 UAE has no spare power capacity

 Phase 3 of GCC grid to southern system of UAE

 In Dec’2009 $20 billion contract to Korean Electric Power – 4 nuclear reactors

 1st reactor may 2017 – each reactor 1400 MW

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 Electric power transmission..?
 The bulk transfer of electrical energy, from generating power
plants to substations
 Power is usually transmitted through overhead power lines
 Underground power transmission has a significantly higher cost
and greater operational limitations - urban & sensitive areas

Overhead Power lines..?

 An electric power transmission line suspended by
towers
 It is the lowest-cost method of transmission for large
quantities of electric energy (most of insulation by air)
 The bare wire conductors on the line are generally
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 Transmission tower..?
• Tall structure usually a Steel lattice tower, used to
support an overhead power line
• Electricity pylon – UK & parts of Europe
• Ironman – Australia
• Hydro tower in parts of Canada

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OWER TOWER ELECTRICAL LOAD
DESIGN ANALYSIS & FOUNDATIO STUB
CALCULATIO
MENTRY TYPES CLEARANCES PARAMETER DESIGN N SETTING
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TOWER GEOMENTRY

EXTENSIONS

BRACINGS

ANATOMY

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 Adopted in firm  Hybrid design  Augered footing with
cohesive soils  Large uplift force are more than one bulb is
 Undercut on the pads to be resisted used to increase the
 Experience shows that  SBC is low uplift capacity
this type of footing  35m long under
develop resistance to reamed to 2.5 times
uplift 2 to 3 times that dia of shaft
given footing without  Clayey black cotton
undercut soils & medium dense
sandy soils

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 In usa ,canada  Suitable in areas with
 Steel corroded, rock out crop
periodic excavation &  Based on uplift, the
maintanence anchor be single bar
 Medium dry sand, clay or group of bars
or sandy caly soils (no welded to tower leg
special precautions  Vertical bars below
necessary) stub angle form cage
 The steel is treated for footing
with one coat of  Grouted to a depth of
bituminous paint & about 50 times dia
top coat of asphalt into the rock
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 Special circumstances
 River crossing towers
& towers on
embankments
 The raft at bottom
makes the foundation
substantially rigid to
minimize differential
settlement
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 Pyramid chimney type foundation
Raft foundation
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 Stub-setting
 Important steps in tower
erection
 The stubs are set with the help
of stub setting templates
 Excavated pits are lean
concreted to correct level
 Stubs are placed on lean
concrete pad
 Alignment is carried by four
plumb bobs hung from centre of
the horizontal bracing
 If any pit over excavated by
mistake, the extra depth should
be filled by concreting
 After the stub is set, the heel
distance of four faces of the
tower and two diagonals should
be checked
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