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The Importance of Transmission Line Efficiency, Capacity and Reliability - CTC Global

Learn about the importance of Transmission Line Efficiency, Capacity and Reliability and how CTC Global helps achieve this. Contact CTC Global at www.ctcglobal.com

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The Importance of Transmission Line Efficiency, Capacity and Reliability - CTC Global

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  1. The Importance of Transmission Line Efficiency, Capacity and Reliability www.ctcglobal.com April 2020

  2. Introduction CTC Global is an ACCC conductor manufacturing company that was founded to develop, certify and deploy advanced technologies to improve the efficiency, capacity, reliability and resiliency of the electric power grid. Our primary product is high-capacity, low-sag CTC Global ACCC Conductor solutions. www.ctcglobal.com

  3. Importance of transmission line efficiency  Replacing conventional ACSR conductor with CTC Global’s ACCC conductor is less expensive than switching incandescent light bulbs to modern LED light bulbs. www.ctcglobal.com

  4. A new type of bare overhead conductor  The conductor could carry twice the current of a conventional conductor without exhibiting excessive conductor sag, while improving transmission line efficiency. The team essentially replaced steel core strands, used to strengthen most types of overhead conductors, with a composite core made up of high-strength carbon and glass fibers.

  5. The composite core conductor The coefficient of thermal expansion nearly ten times less than steel. This allowed the ‘new’ conductor to carry very high levels of current during peak load and/or emergency conditions without sagging into underbuilt lines, trees or other structures. www.ctcglobal.com

  6. Increasing line capacity offers several advantages It can alleviate grid congestion allowing the grid operator to access the least expensive source of energy; it can improve grid reliability should an adjacent line fall out of service; and it can open up existing pathways to enable the distribution of renewable energy without having to build additional lines. www.ctcglobal.com

  7. CTC Global’s composite core is so much lighter than its steel counterpart, that it allows the conductor to utilize 28% more aluminum without a weight or diameter penalty. The added aluminum content (and quality) reduces the electrical resistance of the conductor which serves to reduce line losses by 25 to 40% or more depending upon load level. www.ctcglobal.com

  8. Why CTC Global ACCC Conductor  Improved efficiency reduces fuel consumption, associated emissions and life cycle costs.  A line loss calculator using IEEE 738 methodology (and certain operating assumptions) estimates that the use of CTC Global’s ACCC composite core conductor will reduce line losses by 30% compared to the steel core conductor of the same diameter and weight that it replaced (Drake size). www.ctcglobal.com

  9. Contact Us  Website:www.ctcglobal.com Phone: +1 949 428 8500 Fax: +1 949 428 8515 Email: info@ctcglobal.com Thank You

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