Electric Power ›› 2022, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (5): 94-101.DOI: 10.11930/j.issn.1004-9649.202004059

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Temperature and Efficiency Analysis of Line Laser in Removing Tree Barriers for Overhead Lines

XU Xin1, FANG Chunhua1, ZHI Li1, DING Can1, DONG Xiaohu2, CHENG Sheng2, SUN Wei1, TAO Yuning1   

  1. 1. College of Electrical Engineering and New Energy, Three Gorges University, Yichang 443002, China;
    2. State Grid Hubei Electric Power Co., Ltd. Maintenance Company, Wuhan 430000, China
  • Received:2020-04-09 Revised:2021-08-06 Online:2022-05-28 Published:2022-05-18
  • Supported by:
    This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Influence Mechanism and Regulation of Large Suspended Potential Conductor on Switching Impulse Discharge Characteristics in Air Gap, No.51807110)

Abstract: Overhead line tree barriers may cause line tripping faults and are a major hidden danger to line operation. It is a safe and effective way to remove the tree barriers under the transmission lines by high energy laser. By taking six types of typical trees as the research objects, finite element models are established to analyze the temperature distribution characteristics and burning efficiency of these trees under point and line laser cauterization, and point and line cauterization experiments are conducted respectively. The results show that the temperature of the tree surface decreases sharply from the the laser spot center to the spot edge, and the thermal effect is only obvious in the center of the burning area, and the temperature rising rate at the spot center slows down with the heating time. Within the same time period, compared to other five tree types, Paulownia has the highest temperature, reaching 1259.20 °C at maximum in 15 s. When the output power of laser is the same, the point laser and line laser have an average burning speed of 0.37 mm/s and 5.45 mm/s, respectively. The experimental results show that the line laser is 6.53-8.45 times faster than the point laser in average burning speed, which indicates that the line laser has a significantly higher burning speed than that of point laser. The research results can provide an important basis for application of line laser in clearing tree barriers.

Key words: point laser, line laser, tree barrier, burning efficiency, transmission line