Mechanical Engineering Division (MED)
The Mechanical Engineering Division has got unique facilities and expertise in testing and evaluation of transmission line towers and accessories like conductors, insulator strings, vibration dampers, and spacer dampers etc up to 800 kV as per national and international standards. Offers consultancy services for evolving optimized tower designs, up-grading/up- rating of existing transmission lines are also undertaken. Expertise is also available to investigate and specific R & D activities in these areas.
Expertise:
In house design & proof checking of transmission line towers & communication towers, monopoles, guyed masts, substation structures and substation buildings, any type of power related structures and their foundations as per National / International standards. Testing & evaluation of transmission line towers, monopoles, guyed masts & tower like structures, Vibration aspects & performance evaluation of overhead conductors and associated hardware as per National / International standards. Feasibility studies on Up-gradation/Up-rating of existing transmission lines. Failure analysis of transmission line towers/accessories. Finite Element Analysis of transmission line components/hardware.
Contact Details
Dr. Selvaraj M
Joint Director / HOD
Mechanical Engineering Division
Phone :+ 91 80 2207 2475
Mob: +91 9449851236
E-Mail : medblr@cpri.in /
msraj@cpri.in
Facilities Available/Laboratories
Consultancy Projects
Transmission Line Towers:
1. Designed & Developed 66 kV D/C Compact tower with insulated cross arm using polymer composite material first time in India.
2. Design of 110 kV D/C Narrow Base tower base width of 2m.
3. Design Checking/Approval of 765 kV S/C type “A” tower with Quad Conductor for PGCIL.
4. Design Checking/Approval of 400 kV D/C type “DA, DB, DC & DD/DE” tower with Quad Conductor for L& T Chennai.
5. Design Checking/Approval of 220 kV D/C type “DD” Cable Termination tower for KEI Industries Limited.
6. Approved/Designed more than 5000 Transmission Line Towers to various Electricity Boards/Power Utilities across the Global/India.
Foundation of Transmission Line Towers:
1. Design of Pile Foundation for 110 kV D/C type “NB3, NB30 & NB60” tower for Kerala State Electricity Board Limited.
2. Design of Open Foundation for 220/110 kV M/C type “GLA, GLB, GLC & GLD” tower in Wet, Dry, Fully Submerged, Partially Submerged, Black Cotton & Dry Fissured Rock type of Soils/Rocks for Kerala State Electricity Board Limited.
3. Design Checking/Approval of Open Foundation for 132 kV M/C type “MD2, MD15, MD30 & MD60” tower in Wet, Dry, Fully Submerged, Partially Submerged, Black Cotton & Dry Fissured Rock type of Soils/Rocks for Chattisgarh State Power Transmission limited.
4. Design Checking/Approval of Pile foundations for 220 kV D/C type tower for Associated Power Structures Private Limited.
5. Design Checking/Approval of Pile foundations for 220 kV D/C type tower for KEC International Limited.
6. Approved more than 3800 Open Foundations, 600 Raft Foundations and 600 Pile Foundations to various Electricity Boards/Power Utilities across the Global/India.
Transmission Line Pole Structures:
1. Design Checking/Approval of 220 kV M/C dual monopole with V- Shape cross arm configuration (Pole height 68.3M) first time in India.
2. Design Checking/Approval of 220 kV M/C H- type dual monopole (Pole height 69.9M) first time in India.
3. Design Checking/Approval of 400 kV D/C type “PB, PC, & PD” Pole for TS TRANSCO.
4. Design Checking/Approval of 66 kV D/C type “PDCT1 & PDCT2” Cable Termination Pole for Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited.
5. Design Checking/Approval of 220-66 kV M/C type “PM” pole for Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited.
6. Design Checking/Approval of 6m height street pole for Supreme & Co. Private Limited..
7. Approved more than 300 Transmission Line Poles to various Electricity Boards/Power Utilities across the Global/India.
Foundation of Transmission Line Pole Structures:
1. Design Checking/Approval of Caisson Foundation for 66 kV D/C type “DE” Cable Termination Monopole for Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited.
Communication Tower:
1. Design Checking/Approval of 100m lattice Guyed mast (Basic Wind Speed -55 m/sec for Shah Infra Towers Private Limited, Davangere.
2. Design Checking/Approval of 20m, 30m, 40m, 50m , 60m, 70m, 80m, 90m, 100m, 110m & 120m height (Basic Wind Speed -200Kmph) triangular tubular towers for Ramboll India Private Limted, Hyderabad.
3. Design Checking/Approval of 40m height (Basic Wind Speed -47 m/sec) triangular tubular tower for PrincipleACS Hyderabad.
4. Design Checking/Approval of 60m height (Basic Wind Speed -40 m/sec) triangular tubular tower for PrincipleACS Hyderabad
5. Design Checking/Approval of 50m height (Basic Wind Speed -40 m/sec) triangular tubular tower for PrincipleACS Hyderabad.
6. Approved more than 250 Communication Towers to various Electricity Boards/Power Utilities across the Global/India.
Foundation of Communication Tower:
1. Design Checking/Approval of Strip foundation for 30m & 40m height triangular tubular tower (Basic wind speed – 180 & 200 Kmph) for Ramboll India Private Limited, Hyderabad.
2. Design Checking/Approval of Strip foundation for 40m height triangular tubular tower (Basic wind speed – 200 Kmph) for RailTel Corporation of India..
3. Design Checking/Approval of Strip foundation for 30m height triangular tubular tower (Basic wind speed – 200 Kmph) for PrincipleACS, Hyderabad.
4. Approved more than 500 foundations for communication towers to various Electricity Boards/Power Utilities across the Global/India.
Communication Pole Structures:
1. Design Checking/Approval of 40m height monopole (Basic Wind speed – 40 m/sec) for PrincipleACS Hyderabad.
2. Design Checking/Approval of 30m & 40m height monopoles (Basic Wind speed – 180 & 200 Kmph) for Ramboll India Private Limited, Hyderabad.
3. Design Checking/Approval of 40m height stepped monopole (Basic Wind speed – 40 m/sec) for PrincipleACS Hyderabad.
4. Approved more than 50 communication pole structures to various Electricity Boards/Power Utilities across the Global/India.
Foundation for Communication Pole Structures:
1. Design Checking/Approval of foundation for 40m height monopole (Basic Wind speed – 40 m/sec) for ProncipleACS Hyderabad.
2. Design Checking/Approval of Isolated mono pier foundation for 30m & 40m height monopole (Basic Wind speed – 180 & 200 Kmph) for Ramboll India Private Limited, Hyderabad.
3. Approved more than 50 foundations for communication monopole structures to various Electricity Boards/Power Utilities across the Global/India.
R & D projects
The research work carried out has the main objective of developing better designs of towers by the use of new configurations, new materials & new types of structures etc. Fatigue/vibration analysis of overhead conductors, vibration dampers, insulator strings etc.
Tower Testing Station :
- Feasibility studies of six phase transmission line (Mechanical Aspects)
- Standardization of transmission line towers
- Rationalization of steel sections for tower economy
- Investigation of failure of 11kV structures.
- Probability based design of transmission line towers
- Enhancement of foundation strength using micro piles
- Dynamic analysis of transmission line towers
- Design & development of telescopic mast
- Optimum design of tower foundation using Geo grid for weak soils
- 132 kV compact Pole
- Experimental determination of stresses during proto type tower testing
- Development of optimal bracing pattern for transmission line towers
Vibration Laboratory :
- Performance evaluation of vibration dampers
- Dynamic behavior of twin/quad spacer dampers
- Evaluation of self damping capacity of ACSR conductors
- Dynamic performance of conductors and line hardware
- Fatigue performance of insulators/strings
- Online monitoring and analysis of field vibration of transmission lines
- Evaluation of stress-strain curve for ACSR conductors
- Study of vibration performance of double tension insulator string subjected to wind induced motion
- Design & Development of 6-R dampers
- Self damping measurement of ACSR & AAAC Conductors