TY - GEN
T1 - Development and Testing of 10 kV/60Hz Modular Transformer to Study Strong Electric Field Impacts on Drones in Power Line Inspection Applications
AU - Rad, Shervin Salehi
AU - Kheirollahi, Reza
AU - Mostafa, Amr
AU - Zheng, Zilong
AU - Zhao, Shuyan
AU - Wang, Yao
AU - Zhang, Hua
AU - Friedman, Gary
AU - Lu, Fei
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 IEEE.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Multi-rotor drones (MR-drones) are increasingly used for power line inspection due to their accuracy and ease of use. However, they can be affected by the strong electric fields around transmission power lines, disrupting their positioning measurements and calculations and causing them to lose control. This paper presents an experimental study of a 10 kV modular transformer as a test setup to investigate impacts of strong electric fields on drones. The presented transformer includes eight 1.25 kV sub-module transformers, leveraging simplicity and scalability. Along with the design methodology and mathematical investigations, the practical difficulties are illustrated. To show the effectiveness of the presented high-voltage transformer, some preliminary experimental results are presented.
AB - Multi-rotor drones (MR-drones) are increasingly used for power line inspection due to their accuracy and ease of use. However, they can be affected by the strong electric fields around transmission power lines, disrupting their positioning measurements and calculations and causing them to lose control. This paper presents an experimental study of a 10 kV modular transformer as a test setup to investigate impacts of strong electric fields on drones. The presented transformer includes eight 1.25 kV sub-module transformers, leveraging simplicity and scalability. Along with the design methodology and mathematical investigations, the practical difficulties are illustrated. To show the effectiveness of the presented high-voltage transformer, some preliminary experimental results are presented.
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U2 - 10.1109/ITEC55900.2023.10187116
DO - 10.1109/ITEC55900.2023.10187116
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85168251426
T3 - 2023 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2023
BT - 2023 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2023
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2023 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2023
Y2 - 21 June 2023 through 23 June 2023
ER -