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High Power Transmission Line Cable Inspection

Coordinatore	ROBOTNIK AUTOMATION SLL    more  Organization address address: CALLE BERNI Y CATALA 53 BAJO IZQ city: VALENCIA postcode: 46019 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Rafael Cognome: Lopez Email: send email Telefono: +34 963383835 Fax: +34 963383580
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Spain [ES]
Totale costo	1˙181˙714 €
EC contributo	924˙000 €
Programma	FP7-SME Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs
Code Call	FP7-SME-2012
Funding Scheme	BSG-SME
Anno di inizio	2012
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2012-12-01   -   2014-11-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	ROBOTNIK AUTOMATION SLL  Organization address address: CALLE BERNI Y CATALA 53 BAJO IZQ city: VALENCIA postcode: 46019 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Rafael Cognome: Lopez Email: send email Telefono: +34 963383835 Fax: +34 963383580	ES (VALENCIA)	coordinator	221˙081.00
2	DTK ELECTRONICS OOD  Organization address address: TZARIGRADSKO SHOSSE BLVD 133 ET 2 of 205 city: SOFIA postcode: BG-1784 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Apostol Cognome: Apostolov Email: send email Telefono: 35929718511 Fax: 35929718512	BG (SOFIA)	participant	200˙673.00
3	DASEL SL  Organization address address: CL DOCTOR ESQUERDO 39 city: MADRID postcode: 28028 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Roberto Cognome: Giacchetta Email: send email Telefono: 34617408847 Fax: 34918706427	ES (MADRID)	participant	187˙786.00
4	"ALBATROZ - ENGENHARIA, INVESTIGACAO, DESENVOLVIMENTO E INOVACAO SA"  Organization address address: RUA DA SENHORA DO MONTE 32 / 6 city: LISBOA postcode: 1170 361 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Joao Cognome: Gomes Mota Email: send email Telefono: 351213000000	PT (LISBOA)	participant	187˙388.98
5	TWI LIMITED  Organization address address: Granta Park, Great Abington city: CAMBRIDGE postcode: CB21 6AL contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: David Cognome: Hamper Email: send email Telefono: 441224000000	UK (CAMBRIDGE)	participant	50˙825.01
6	BRUNEL UNIVERSITY  Organization address address: Kingston Lane city: UXBRIDGE postcode: UB83PH contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Teresa Cognome: Waller Email: send email Telefono: +44 1895 266206	UK (UXBRIDGE)	participant	46˙622.00
7	INNORA PROIGMENA TECHNOLOGIKA SYSTIMATA KAI YPIRESIES AE  Organization address address: IOANNOY METAXA 59 KARELAS 59 city: KOROPI ATTIKIS postcode: 19400 contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Xenia Cognome: Bania Email: send email Telefono: +30 6977 467158 Fax: +30 2106 779888	EL (KOROPI ATTIKIS)	participant	29˙624.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'There are many thousands of miles of high power line transmission cables dispersed around Europe. Some are installed in remote areas where it’s difficult to serve. Furthermore, line cables operate in severe conditions. The cables are subject to many environmental and operation factors such as moisture, voltage stress, omitting jacking and structural imperfections. These factors are the main reasons for inducing defect within the cable structure. A common type of defect that has been identified as water trees, which are the resultant of elevated voltage stress combined with the moisture ingress into the cable structure. Hence, there is a need for Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) inspection technique that can detect common types of defects. The most widely used NDT techniques to detect defects in cables are visual inspection and helicopter missions. Visual inspection done by experienced teams of personal on foot, this usually takes a lot of time and effort and in some situations it is impossible to conduct due to the lack of accessibility. The helicopter missions can be used in such situation; however, it’s a very costly, tedious and difficult task, especially for the pilot since the helicopter needs to fly at minimum distance to the power lines. The possibility of strong side winds additionally turns this task into a dangerous situation. It is proposed to use Long Range Ultrasonic Testing (LRUT) as an NDT technique. LRUT can be used to inspect for defects/corrosion for many metres (up to 300m) from limited points of access. This technique will be used to identify the presence and the location of the defect (including areas where accessibility is an issue). This development will have a significant positive impact on the power industry as it enables just-in-time maintenance, reduction in the operation and maintenance costs, improving safety by reducing or eliminating helicopter line inspection and improve the quality of visual inspection practices commonly used today.'