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| ACCC® Conductor Update: May 2018 |
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AEP Completes 15th ACCC Conductor Installation in Texas
Following AEP's award winning 240 mile 345 kV live line (energized) ACCC reconductor project in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, and, in the wake of Hurricane Harvey - which severely damaged an existing 24 mile 345 kV ACSR line near Rockport, American Electric Power completed their 15th ACCC conductor installation earlier this month.
With the support of Engineering Company Tech Serv and Installation Contractor KV Power, AEP installed new steel H-frame structures and vertically bundled Drake size ACCC conductor. A helicopter (Source Helicopters) was used to pull in pilot lines between the structures at ~1,100 ft spans. In addition to crossing two highways, the line also crossed the San Antonio River.
David Pearce and Robert Seekell, two of CTC Global's Master Installers provided installation support for the ACCC conductor produced by General Cable. AFL provided hardware for the project and Wagner Smith tensioners were used during the installation.
The newly reconstructed line will offer greater capacity, improved reliability and corrosion resistance while also serving to reduce electrical line losses by an estimated 30 percent. Reduced line losses not only reduces fuel consumption and associated emissions, it also frees-up generation capacity that is otherwise wasted. CTC Global applauds AEP's commitment to building a more robust, resilient and efficient power grid throughout AEP's service territory.
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CTC Global and IMSA Host ACCC Conductor Workshop in South America
CTC Global and IMSA held a workshop last month to cover all aspects of the high-performance, energy-efficient ACCC conductor. Topics included the overall improved efficiency, capacity, reliability and resilience message; a number of case studies that demonstrated how improved strength and sag can be used to reduce upfront capital costs on new lines; a review of hardware and ancillary components; CTC Global's CCP design software; and installation methods in varied conditions.
The turnout was very strong and the attendees offered many outstanding questions. All in all, it was a highly productive event. A special thanks go to IMSA's Fernando Cofman, Jorge Garcia and Patricio Garavaglia, as well as CTC Global's Carlos Fornazzari and Roberto Aastrup.
If you are interested in having CTC Global provide your organization with a similar event please contact jsylvia@ctcglobal.com
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CTC Global Attends 18th Annual African Utility Week Exposition
Wynand DeLange, CTC Global's VP of Business Development in the region, and other members of the CTC team, had the opportunity connect with a multitude of industry professionals in different sectors from all over Africa.
Mr. DeLange commented on the success of the event stating: "The ability to discuss the importance of ACCC conductor with key African utility professionals on such a large scale will certainly support further deployments of ACCC conductor in Africa."
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PGCB Visits CTC Global to Witness Factory Acceptance Testing
Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) visited CTC Global to witnesses Factory Acceptance Testing for four significant ACCC Conductor Projects in Bangladesh.
The program was led by CTC Global's Senior Engineer, Mr. Tom Parsons with support of a team of QC technicians and Vice President of Engineering, Mr. Bill Webb. PGCB was represented by Chief Engineer (PD), Mr. Mahbub Ahmed, General Manager (P&A), Mr. Abul Khair Chowdhury, Superintending Engineer Grid Circle, Mr. MD. Moksedur Rahman, and Superintending Engineer Planning, Mr. Muhammad Nuruzzaman, who witnessed the tests during their weeklong visit to CTC Global's facility.
In addition to touring CTC Global's factory and discussing upcoming projects, the PGCB team witnessed core testing consisting of torsion tests, shear tests, tensile tests, glass transition (Tg) temperature tests and many others. CTC's Quality Control Lab did an outstanding job of completing nearly 200 tests successfully with 100% first time right performance.
CTC Global was pleased and honored to serve PGCB during this, their fourth factory visit. PGCB has selected the ACCC conductor for several projects due to its high capacity, energy efficiency, reliability and cost effectiveness.
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CTC Global's Newly Expanded Irvine Campus Includes a Larger Shipping Dock
Our newly expanded campus in Irvine, California incudes a larger shipping dock where finished and tested ACCC core reels are prepped for shipping. The batch you see in the photo below is heading to South Asia for a handful of new projects.
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T&D World: Belgium pioneers the use of high-temperature, low-sag conductors to increase transmission system load transfer: Elia owns the transmission system in Belgium as well as 94% (ownership and user rights) of the high-voltage distribution network. The 150-kV to 380-kV transmission system is a key link between the electricity markets in northern and southern Europe... READ MORE
T&D India: CTC Global is highly committed to serve India: US-based CTC Global Corporation has developed and owns the rights to the highly efficient ACCC conductor technology. CTC caters to the Indian market with strategic tie-ups with Sterlite Power and Apar. CTC Global is expanding its footprint in India with projects from both government and private entities. We have Dave Bryant and Hitesh Mundhada jointly speaking on CTC Global's journey in India on the road ahead. An interview by Venugopal Pillai. READ MORE
Global Renewable News: How to Improve the Economic Viability of Renewable Resources: Leveraging modern conductors can improve the economic viability of renewable resources projects and enable the power grid to handle added electrical current. Renewable energy resources are often located miles away from local demand centers. Wind farms, for instance, are generally found far from city limits, located on windy mountaintops or rural, prairie lands. READ MORE
Wire & Cable India: More Power to India's T&D Structure through Pioneering ACCC Conductors: The development of cutting-edge ACCC® conductors by CTC Global incorporated highly evolved aerospace technology and materials science to create a new higher-strength, lighter-weight core that could incorporate additional conductive aluminum without a weight or diameter penalty, and be utilized to reduce thermal sag, increase spans between fewer structures, carry more current, reduce line losses and improve grid reliability. READ MORE
T&D India: The SCS certification can drive better adoption of ACCC conductors: SCS has assessed that ACCC conductors developed by CTC Global can reduce CO2 emissions by 27-31 per cent vis-à-vis ACSR conductors. Tell us more about how the underlying tests were performed. How long did the entire... READ MORE
Power Networks: Composite conductor cuts transmission connection time: Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has utilised an innovative composite conductor to cut the grid connection time for Beinneun wind farm by two months. READ MORE
T&D World: Energized Rebuild: The energized reconductor project in the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV) that finished in November 2015 is a landmark achievement for American Electric Power (AEP) and the utility industry. By capitalizing on innovative technologies from across the industry, AEP solved an immediate need to provide reliable electricity to its customers in the LRGV and simultaneously addressed future load growth. READ MORE
Electric Energy T&D: Shedding Light on the Importance of Transmission Line Efficiency, Capacity and Reliability: Following the Western Energy Crisis of 2000 and the Major East Coast Blackout of 2003, a group of engineers from California got together to design a new type of bare overhead conductor that could carry twice the current of conventional without exhibiting excessive conductor sag. READ MORE
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Looking for ACCC Hardware? Check out our Supplier Parts Database
CTC Global added a new Hardware Supplier Parts Database to our website. The database will help you find all of the hardware components you need to install ACCC conductor. The database shows which hardware manufacturers offer the parts you might need in your particular region while offering many options.
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Check out CTC Global's Blog
In addition to our monthly newsletter and social media posts, CTC Global also posts articles on the Company's BLOG SITE. If you haven't checked it out, please do when you have free time. You will find an interesting array of project details, industry trends and efficiency discussions and much more. We also do our best to respond to posted comments.
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To help Transmission and Distribution planners, engineers, policy makers, grid operators, technicians and others take full advantage of the ACCC conductor's attributes, CTC Global has published a 250 page Engineering Manual.
It offers a very comprehensive set of design guidelines, case studies, figures and facts about conductors and composite materials, and includes links to additional resources and FAQ's
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Free Engineering Software
CTC Global created CCP software to help system planners and engineers compare the ampacity, line losses, thermal and ice load sag, and economic aspects of nearly any conductor type and size, so the numerous advantages of the ACCC conductor can be fully realized.
The user simply selects the conductor types and sizes from drop down menus and enters the appropriate values & assumptions highlighted in the yellow boxes. The program is fully functional and uses standard industry formulas (such as IEEE 738-2006). Outputs are readily comparable to Sag10®, PLS CADD™ and other similar programs.
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As most of you know, CTC Global has completed well over 500 projects in 46 countries with the help of several authorized conductor and hardware manufacturing partners along with many great installation crews and contractors.
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