Mettlen–Lavorgo powerline
Template:Short description Template:Infobox power transmission line The Mettlen–Lavorgo powerline, also called the Lukmanier powerline, is the 400 kV three-phase alternating current high voltage electric power transmission line over the Lukmanier Pass in Switzerland, from Mettlen substation (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".), next Inwil, about Script error: No such module "convert". south of Hochdorf, to Lavorgo substation (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".), next Lavorgo, about Script error: No such module "convert". south of Faido. Trees falling on the line in 2003 caused a major blackout in Italy.[1]
History
The powerline was built in 1948–1949. In 2006, 17 transmission towers between Sisikon and Ingenbohl and in 2008, 28 transmission towers between Arth and Küssnacht am Rigi were replaced.[2]
On 28 September 2003, during a storm, two trees hit the powerline in Brunnen, causing a major blackout in Italy.[1][3][4] The loss of power affected most of all peninsula; nearly 50 million people remained cut-off for up to 18 hours.[1]
Description
On the Script error: No such module "convert". long section from Mettlen to Amsteg it shares the pylons with the Gotthard Powerline. After Amsteg the Lukmanier Powerline runs on its own track.
On the section between Mettlen and Amsteg 160 pylons are used with two level and three level arrangements of the conductors. For the Script error: No such module "convert". long section between Amsteg and Lavorgo over the Lukmanier Pass 145 pylons for one circuit with one level arrangement of the three conductors are used. The mean height of the used pylons is Script error: No such module "convert"..
A unique aspect of this line is the Script error: No such module "convert". anchor pylon, which stands on Script error: No such module "convert". feet of concrete in the artificial lake of Santa Maria, canton Graubünden. This pylon was built in 1949 as a normal pylon. At the construction of the Santa María Dam it was replaced in 1957 by the existing pylon on concrete feet to protect the steel construction from the water and at wintertime from ice on the lake. This pylon carries one crossarm for one circuit. The mean span width of the line is Script error: No such module "convert"., the biggest span width between two pylons is Script error: No such module "convert".. As conductors bundles of two and three conductors of Aldrey (an aluminium-magnesium-silicon alloy) with a cross section of Script error: No such module "convert". are used. The diameter of each single conductor is Script error: No such module "convert".. As ground wire two steel ropes with a cross section of Script error: No such module "convert". are used.
In the Mittelplatten area, the culminating point, the powerline consists of the highest transmission tower in the Swiss power grid, stationed Script error: No such module "convert". above sea level. The steel lattice mast is Script error: No such module "convert". tall.[5]
Sources
- Elektro-Energietechnik 2, Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. sc. techn. Gerhard Schwickaardi, AT Verlag Aarau, 1979, pages 218–220
- Gerhard Schwickardi, Elektro-Energietechnik. Energie-Übertragung, Netze, Energieverteilung, Freileitungen, Kabelleitungen, Schaltgeräte, Schaltanlagen, Energie-Umformung, Messwandler, Transformatorenstationen, Unterwerke, Automatisierung von Schaltwarten, Band 2, Aarau, Stuttgart 1979 Template:ISBN
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