MP Power Transmission company has adopted the Drone technology for patrolling of its 220KV Extra High Voltage transmission lines.
The grand success of pilot project has paved the way to use this technology. In its first phase the patrolling of 220KV EHV tower and associated lines will be carried out through Drone and later on the technique will be extended for patrolling of 400KV and 132KV EHT lines. As informed by MPPTCL top officials, during a press conference held at Jabalpur.
In the first phase MPPTCL will collect the data by carrying out the patrolling of 2850 Kilometer line length and covering about 10,000 towers through top patrolling. The collected data will be analyzed at micro level through artificial intelligence software. This work will start from October’22 and will be completed by March’23.
The use of Drone will help in effective patrolling of towers located in tough geographical terrains. At the same time during the line fault the data, video and photographs of the tower received through patrolling will help in quick analysis of the fault, thereby ultimately reducing the time of breakdown. The Drone patrolling will also help in monitoring of even minor defects which can be attended during preventive maintenance of lines.
MPPTCL is transmitting the power through 39572 CKT KMs of EHV lines using 79915 No. EHV towers
