Course description
In Transmission Line Design (Volume I) - Planning, you'll learn ...
- Transmission line siting considerations
- The purpose, preparation, content and utility of transmission line plan-profile drawings
- Methods to reduce the risk of cascading transmission line structures due to broken wires
- Considerations when placing underbuild distribution or communications circuits on transmission lines
Overview
Credit: 4 PDH
Length: 64 pages
This 4-hour course is the first in a series of courses on the design of medium voltage electrical transmission lines. This first course addresses the factors to consider when locating a transmission line, including the preparation of plan and profile drawings and the evaluation of transmission loading.
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Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 25 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
Training content
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- The process of transmission line siting
- Permits, easements, licenses, franchises, and authorizations that commonly need to be obtained for transmission lines
- How to develop and use plan and profile drawings
- How to develop a sag template
- The loading issues related to transmission lines
- The NESC loading zones
- Extreme ice and wind loads
- The applicable strength factors for line design
- The factors related to distribution underbuild
- How underbuild will influence maximum spans
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