A novel water droplet size parameter for calculation of icing on power lines

Jian Zhang; Qing He; Lasse Makkonen

doi:10.1016/j.coldregions.2018.01.021

A novel water droplet size parameter for calculation of icing on power lines

Jian Zhang, Qing He, Lasse Makkonen

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Abstract

Collision efficiency is an important parameter for an icing prediction model. It mainly depends on wind velocity, conductor diameter and water droplet diameter. However, water droplets have a spectrum of sizes, which makes the task of calculating the overall collision efficiency time consuming. Therefore, some representative droplet sizes have been used, such as the median volume diameter. In this paper, a novel representative droplet diameter is presented for the calculation of the collision efficiency. The results are compared with those using the median volume diameter and the entire droplet size spectrum. The results show that this parameterization provides a more stable approximation than the median volume diameter when the collision efficiency changes, and is more appropriate when the collision efficiency is small. Mathematical explanation for this is given, and the limitation of this method is discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	65-70
Number of pages	6
Journal	Cold Regions Science and Technology
Volume	149
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2018.01.021
Publication status	Published - Feb 2018
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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Keywords

ice accretion
collision efficiency
water droplet diameter
size spectrum
median volume diameter

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Zhang, J., He, Q., & Makkonen, L. (2018). A novel water droplet size parameter for calculation of icing on power lines. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 149, 65-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2018.01.021

Zhang, Jian ; He, Qing ; Makkonen, Lasse. / A novel water droplet size parameter for calculation of icing on power lines. In: Cold Regions Science and Technology. 2018 ; Vol. 149. pp. 65-70.

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Zhang, J, He, Q & Makkonen, L 2018, 'A novel water droplet size parameter for calculation of icing on power lines', Cold Regions Science and Technology, vol. 149, pp. 65-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2018.01.021

A novel water droplet size parameter for calculation of icing on power lines. / Zhang, Jian; He, Qing; Makkonen, Lasse.

In: Cold Regions Science and Technology, Vol. 149, 02.2018, p. 65-70.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

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