Distribution Feeder Caused Wildfires: Mechanisms and Prevention Conference Paper

abstract

• Drought conditions in the United States in recent years bring increased attention to the age-old issue of power line-caused fires. It has long been known that power line faults and failures can cause wildfires through multiple mechanisms. Failure mechanisms of various apparatus and operational conditions that result in wildfire ignition are reviewed. Case studies of faults and failures from operating utility systems are presented, along with a discussion of how these faults and failures represent competent sources of ignition for wildfires. Methods of preventing power line-caused wildfires are discussed. 2012 IEEE.

name of conference

• 2012 65th Annual Conference for Protective Relay Engineers

authors

• Russell, B. Don

published proceedings

• 2012 65th Annual Conference for Protective Relay Engineers

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Russell, B. D., Benner, C. L., & Wischkaemper, J. A.

citation count

• 24

complete list of authors

• Russell, B Don||Benner, Carl L||Wischkaemper, Jeffrey A

publication date

• January 2012

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

keywords

• Prevention

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/cpre.2012.6201220

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9781467318419

start page

• 43

end page

• 51

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1109%2Fcpre.2012.6201220