OPGW LIVE LINE INSTALLATION METHODOLOGY. Tito B. Galacio, PECE

OPGW Live‐Line Installation Methodology
OPGW LIVE‐LINE
INSTALLATION METHODOLOGY
Tito B. Galacio, PECE
March 28, 2015
OBJECTIVE
At the end of the session the participants
should be able to identify the Special Equipment
and the different methodology used in the
OPGW Live‐Line Installation.
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COURSE OUTLINE
 Overview of OPGW Installation
 Optical Cable Type and Structure
 Advantages of Overhead Line versus Underground Cable
 Identification and Description of Special Equipment
 OPGW Live‐Line Installation Methodology
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OVERVIEW OF OPTICAL FIBER CABLE
INDEX TERMS
 Construction Works for Transmission Line
 Energized Line
 Ground Wires
 OPGW Cable
 OHGW Cables
 OPGW Installation in Alive‐Lines
 Overhead Transmission Line
 All‐Dielectric Self‐Supporting (ADSS)
 Optical Phase Conductor Cables (OPCC)
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OVERVIEW OF OPTICAL FIBER CABLE
INDEX TERMS
OPGW Stands For
 Optical Ground Wire
 Optical Fiber Composite Overhead Ground Wire
 Optical Power Ground Wire
OHGW Stands For
 Overhead Ground Wire for electrical applications
 Simply a Grounding Wire with no embedded fiber optic
cable
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OPTICAL CABLE TYPE AND STRUCTURE
OPTICAL CABLE TYPE AND
STRUCTURE
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OPGW STRUCTURE
 A tubular structure with one or more optical fibers in it
 Surrounded by layers of steel and aluminum wire
 Fluid Filled (FF) Cable
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TYPES OF OVERHEAD OPTICAL FIBER CABLES
 Self‐supporting Fiber Optic Cable (ADSS)
‐ a non‐metallic cable which supports its own weight
without the use of lashing wires or messenger
‐ could be for all types of lines: electric lines, overhead
distribution lines for railways, etc.
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 Lashed Fiber Optic Cables
‐ Optical cables lashed to the ground wire or the phase
cable on the electric lines.
‐ Ex. OPGW (usually installed on normal voltage and
extra high voltage power lines)
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 Optical Phase Conductor Cables (OPPC)
‐ Composite optical phase cables used as an alternative
telecommunications solution when there is no existing
Optical Ground Wire in the high voltage electric lines
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OVERHEAD LINE VS. UNDERGROUND CABLE
 Underground (Buried) Cable
‐ The technology involves restrictions for land owners
(legal disadvantage)
‐ Irreversible ecological damage (ecological disadvantage)
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 Impact of Underground (Buried) Cable
‐ When burying cables, the soil must be exchanged
‐ cable routes need to be kept free from deeply
rooted plants
‐ underground cables radiate heat which has an effect on
soil humidity
‐ The laying of underground cable also requires the
construction of cable jointing structures every 500 to
700 meters
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 Overhead Line
‐ Overhead lines make up a large part of the
interconnected system
‐ Ensure low‐loss transmission at 138 kV to 750 kV extra‐high
voltage thus guarantee reliable energy supply
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IDENTIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION
OF SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
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TRACTION MACHINE / MOBILE UNIT
This Mobile Unit is
used to deliver guide
rope suspended with
existing Overhead
Ground Wire (OHGW)
by self‐driven machine
from one steel tower to
the next steel tower/s
using supporting roller
system.
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RECOVERY MACHINE
This Recovery Machine used to recover the guide and pulling rope upon
completion of installation of OPGW and retrieving the existing OHGW.
It prevents of supporting rollers and tighten the guide rope to prevent
touching with live conductor, it has a serving brake when the guide
rope is being drawn back by the winch.
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SUPPORTING ROLLER‐ 2 WHEEL
This Supporting Roller is a two guide wheel block, set at 10 meters (applicable to
5/8” dia. Existing OHGW) or 15 meters (applicable to 3/8” dia. Existing OHGW)
interval distance and attached to the 16mm (for 5/8” OHGW) or 12mm (for 3/8”
OHGW) diameter guide rope. It is used to rotate the ground wire with new
OPGW cable and can resist the influence of wind direction.
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GROUNDING ROLLER
This Grounding Roller is a two guide wheel block. It is used to protect
workers from induction. Install after every 150 meters interval
distance supporting rollers or minimum of two (2) pcs Grounding
Rollers per span whichever is applicable.
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WIRE STRETCHING ROLLER
This Wire Stretching Roller is
designed to smoothly guide
and lessen friction during
stringing works to prevent
damage to the OPGW cable.
This tool with 5 rollers can turn
up to 90 deg and installed
inside the steel tower.
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EARTHING ROLLER
This Earthing Roller is designed to protect worker from
possible electric induction from the existing live high
voltage cable.
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SINGLE BLOCK ROLLER: 18 “ DIA.
This 18 inches single block roller is installed at
corner runs of OPGQ to met the allowablw
bending radius of the OPGW.
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GUIDE ROPE: 14MM DIA.
It is the guide rope that maintain the interval of two wheel roller
by connecting to the center of the supporting roller.
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PULLING ROPE: 16MM DIA.
Rope used to string OPGW & to
remove existing Overhead Ground
wire.
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MID SPAN AND DEAD END STOCKING
This Mid‐Span and Dead End
Stocking are used to strongly grasp
and temporarily connecting OPGW
to Pulling Rope and OPGW to
OPGW to avoid damaged to the
cable. Gripping power is increased
as much as the tension applied is
increased. It has 3,000.00 kgs.
Working load.
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SWIVEL
This Swivel prevents the OPGW from loosing and twisting.
Hence, it prevents the OPGW and pulling rope from being
tangled. It has 3,000.00 kgs working load and weighs 1.50
kgs.
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TENSIONER
This Tensioner.
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PULLER
This Puller
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LIVE‐LINE INSTALLATION METHODOLOGY
LIVE‐LINE INSTALLATION
METHODOLOGY
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LIVE‐LINE STRINGING METHODOLOGY
This technology enhances the Installation of OPGW
cable on existing Transmission Line while maintaining
power supply on the existing transmission line or what
we call “OPGW LIVE‐LINE INSTALLATION”.
This method requires Special Equipment and proper
safety measures.
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THE GENERAL METHOD OF INSTALLATION
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WHY LIVE‐LINE INSTALLATION?
Advantages:
‐ No Outage Required ‐ 100% Full Live Line, Both Circuit Live
‐ Live Line Work Capability ‐ 66KV ‐ 500 KV
‐ Excellent Work Performance ‐ 1 Drum (3‐5 km) / 2 Days
‐ Protection of OPGW ‐ Low Tension (70‐100kgf) No twisting
‐ Safety Procedure ‐ Low Tension (70‐100 kgf)
‐ Easy Access ‐ No Big machine Required
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 Tension stringing method
 The installation of OPGW using tension stringing method on live power transmission
lines is about unrolling the OPGW wire using puller and tensioner (see Figure 1).
 These devices shall have possibility to regulate tension on the wire and pulling speed
during wire installation. Furthermore these devices shall have hydraulic brake, which
automatically stops the puller and tensioner when tension set point is exceeded or when
the wire is broken. Controlling the tension on the wire and pulling speed, it is possible to
keep the stringing force at the same level and to keep safe electrical distance between
ground wires and phase wires.
 During OPGW wires installation on live power transmission lines, an isolating rope are
used because of their light weight. On each tower of the tension section the pulley blocks
are mounted, on which ground wire is lied. The ground wire, which is being replaced is
used as messenger line for the OPGW wire. In this case it
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 Note 1:
 It should be verified or checked if the existing line ground wire is in good condition, if there are no
damages to the wire and that this wire will endure stringing force applied during replacement
execution.
 Isolating rope is pulled out from the last tower on the tension section to the puller and lied onto the
pulley block at the tower where it is jointed to the existing ground wire with cable stocking. From
the other side of the tension section OPGW wire is clamped to the existing ground wire with anti‐
twisting device and lied onto the pulley block.
 This makes possible simultaneously remove existing ground wire and install OPGW. Once the OPGW
is on place, there is sagging procedure performed on the whole tension section. Next step is to
clamp the OPGW wire at the tower using special equipment made for this purpose To ensure high
level of safety during project installation, especially in sections crossing important objects as routes
or other power transmission lines the cradle block stringing method is used. This method is based
on the installation of pulleys (cradle blocks), which are positioned on the existing ground wire every
several meters. The pulleys used are usually vertical double pulleys or single pulley blocks. Vertical
double pulleys are having 2 disks, each in separate chamber and sides, which may be opened. The
upper disk of the double pulley is lied onto the existing ground wire, whereas lower disk is
supporting pulling rope [1]. Pulleys are used for OPGW installation on the whole tension section but
especially this method is used to secure important spans where above described tension stringing
method is used as well as ground wire replacement in one span .
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 Although the installation of OPGW (Optical Ground Wire) in existing
transmission line has often been carried out by power transmission
companies worldwide, power system operators has been imposing
restrictions to the planned outages of the transmission lines. Because
of this, the Power Transmission Companies have opted for the OPGW
stringing with energized transmission lines. A quite safe and
productive methodology called “Carrier” was adopted .
 The method consists in using a self‐propelled carrier that slides on
existing grounding wire, while pulling an aramid rope and positioning
several double pulleys. The OPGW gets strung by pulleys and then
replaces the existing ground wire. This paper describes the
experience of several OPGW stringing, including methodology and
tools used, advantages and main results achieved. Additionally, it
shows how team training was conducted and security measures
undertaken.
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 The stringing of OPGW (Optical Ground Wire) in existing overhead
transmission lines (OHTL) have been often used in many power
transmission companies worldwide. In the conventional method, the
replacement of an existing ground wire by OPGW required planned
outage of the transmission line. However, the electric system
operator imposes a series of restrictions to disconnect the
transmission lines. For that reason, transmission companies have
opted for OPGW installation in energized transmission lines. In order
to avoid disconnecting lines while meeting the transmission
companies´ needed to replace the existing ground wire by the OPGW,
a very safe and productive energized line methodology called “Carrier
Method” has been applying
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