Container based by-pass module for electric power lines
AssigneePrysmian S.p.A.
InventorManuel Mauri Lopez
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Abstract
A by-pass module for power lines includes a container having a housing space, three reels rotatable around rotation axes and housed into the housing space, single phase link for each reel having a first end termination and a second end termination, each single phase link being wound on a respective reel for being unwound from the first end termination, a driving unit for each reel designed for rotating the reel in an unwinding direction allowing the relevant single phase link to be unwound from the reel, and in a winding direction allowing the relevant single phase link to be wound on the reel.
Claims14
A by-pass module for an electric power line comprising:
- a container having a housing space;
- at least one reel rotatable around a rotation axis and mounted into the housing space of the container;
- a single phase link wound on the reel and comprising a cable length, a first end termination and a second end termination;
- and
- a driving unit for the reel designed for rotating the reel in an unwinding direction, and in a winding direction, wherein the driving unit engages at least one flange for rotating the reel around the rotation axis and further comprises at least one motorized roller contacting a rim of the flange.
A method for operating a by-pass of an electric power line comprising:
- providing a by-pass module comprising a container having a housing space, at least one reel rotatable around a rotation axis and mounted into said housing space, one single phase link wound on the reel and comprising a cable length, a first end termination and a second end termination, and a driving unit designed for rotating the reel in an unwinding direction and in a winding direction, wherein the driving unit engages at least one flange for rotating the reel around the rotation axis and further comprises at least one motorized roller contacting a rim of the flange;
- disposing said container;
- moving at least one sidewall of the container for accessing said reels and operating said driving units for unwinding the single phase link;
- and
- electrically connecting each end termination of the single phase links to two points of the power line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.