Overhead Electric Power Lines

Surajit Chattopadhyay (Ph.D., CEng, FIE(I), MIET) is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering in Ghani Khan Choudhury Institute of Engineering and Technology, India. His interests include power line installation, electric power quality, fault diagnosis, protection and signal analysis. He has authored/co-authored 3 books and more than 130 research articles in international and national journals and conferences, edited 1 book and received many awards and best papers' recognition. He is a member of the IET Communities Committee, South Asia, and former hon. secretary (2013-16) and YP-chair (2012-13), IET Kolkata Network.Arabinda Das (Ph.D., CEng, FIE(I), FIETE) is a professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Jadavpur University, India. His research interests are power transmission, distribution, fault diagnosis, protection and power quality. He has published more than 85 research articles in the field of electrical machines and power systems in national and international journals and conferences and received the Railway Board Prize, the Union Ministry of Energy - Department of Power Medal, the Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Medal from The Institution of Engineers (India), among other awards.

• Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Transmission line fundamentalsChapter 3: Line support, foundation and mechanical sagChapter 4: CoronaChapter 5: Overhead line insulatorChapter 6: ConductorChapter 7: Earthing and earth wireChapter 8: Lightning and surge protectionChapter 9: Insulation coordinationChapter 10: Route selection, commissioning, operation and maintenance