New Generation of Inspection Robot for Transmission Lines using Renewable Energy

For link power generations to industrial centers transmission lines must cross hundreds of kilometers. There are a large number of line sleeves, pylons, tension insulators in this way. The line sleeves on power transmission line connect two conductors while the transmission line is constructing. However, the line sleeves sometimes cause transmission line break down, because the line sleeves are deteriorated and decayed by natural factors such as firelight, acid rain and etc. When the transmission line is broken, the economic loss is huge. Therefore the line sleeves on power transmission lines should be inspected periodically to prevent power failure, to speed up inspection since 2002, over 20 inspection robots have been developed in the world. One of the most important factor in the transmission line robot was robot’s energy, this paper proposed a new generation of inspection robot for transmission lines which consist of propeller aircraft engine and photovoltaic (PV) array for feeding the electric servo motor and brushless DC motor. Propeller engine not only makes forward force but also by cooling PV array can be increased efficiency.

کلیدواژه ها:

Brushless DC Motor ، Conductors ، Inspection Robots ، Propeller Aircraft Engine ، Photovoltaic Array ، Servo Motor ، Transmission Line