2014
Safe Flight Envelope for Overhead Line Inspection
Safe Flight Envelope for Overhead Line InspectionBy Sandra Antunes 1,2,3, Kouamana Bousson1,21Aerospace Science Department, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal2LAETA-UBI/AERO.G - Associated Laboratory for Energy, Transports and Aeronautics, Portugal3Albatroz Engineering, Lisbon, PortugalAbstract A supervision control based on flight and essential external sensors… Continue reading →Read more »
Sharing the transmission grid with storks and other birds
Sharing the transmission grid with storks and other birdsBy J. Gomes-Mota 1, F. Azevedo2, L. Campos Pinto3, N. P. Silva1, J. Casaca31Albatroz Engineering, 2FCT/UNL-Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 3REN-Rede Eléctrica Nacional, S.A.PortugalAbstractSharing over-head lines [OHL] with birds requires significant efforts and third party engagement before… Continue reading →Read more »
Risk based maintenance and lifetime management of overhead lines
Risk based maintenance and lifetime management of overhead linesby N. Pinho da Silva1, J. Casaca2, F. Azevedo 3, J. Gomes-Mota1, L. Campos-Pinto21 Albatroz Engenharia, 2 REN - Rede Eléctrica Nacional, 3 CENTRIA-FCT-Universidade Nova de Lisboapresented at "Innovation for Secure and Efficient Transmission… Continue reading →Read more »
2015
Field trials with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles on Transmission Grids
Field trials with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles on Transmission GridsBy J. Gomes-Mota1a, R. Oliveiraa, S. Antunesa,baAlbatroz Engineering, bUniversidade da Beira InteriorPortugalAbstractThe authors used their experience on the design of role equipment for helicopters dedicated to over-head line [OHL] inspections, aeronautics and… Continue reading →Read more »
Non-Destructive Structural Cable Inspection of Overhead Transmission Lines
Non-Destructive Structural Cable Inspection of Overhead Transmission Linesby V. Almeida, J. Gomes-Mota, S. MatiasAlbatroz Engineering, Portugalacepted to publication at the International Conference on Condition Monitoring, Diagnosis and Maintenance - CMDM 2015, 5-8 de October, 2015, Bucarest, Romania, cmdm2015.orgAbstractOver-Head Lines’ (OHL) cables… Continue reading →Read more »
Multilayer visualisation and spatiotemporal correlation for risk based asset management
Multilayer visualisation and spatiotemporal correlation for risk based asset management.by F. AZEVEDO1, J. GOMES-MOTA2, S. CORDEIRO2, J. CASACA3, L. CAMPOS PINTO31 Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2 Albatroz Engenharia, 3 REN - Rede Eléctrica Nacional.presented at ERIAC Conference - Encuentro Regional Iberoamericano de Cigré, Argentina, 17-21… Continue reading →Read more »
Implementation of Line inspection systems alternatives to the helicopter
Implementation of Line inspection systems alternatives to the helicopterby J. Gomes-Mota, R. Oliveira, S. Antunes,Albatroz Engenharia presented at ERIAC Conference - Encuentro Regional Iberoamericano de Cigré, Argentina, 17-21 May 2015, ERIAC .Distinguished as "best technical contribution" at the B2 Studies Committee - Overhead Lines, from a… Continue reading →Read more »
LiDAR-based Inspection Data Analysis to Calculate Vegetation Approximation Rate to OHLs
LiDAR-based Inspection Data Analysis to Calculate Vegetation Approximation Rate to OHLsby Rita Lopes1, Sandra Cordeiro1, Francisco Azevedo2, João Gomes Mota1 1 Albatroz Engenharia, Portugal, 2 NOVA Laboratory for Computer Science and Informatics, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa,… Continue reading →Read more »
2012
OHL Assessment and Risk Evaluation Based on Environmental and Inspection Data
OHL Assessment and Risk Evaluation Based on Environmental and Inspection Databy F. Azevedo1, J. Gomes-Mota, L. Campos Pinto2, N. Machado2, S.A.B. de Almeida de Graaff31 CENTRIA, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2 REN - Rede Eléctrica Nacional , 3 TenneT TSO B.V.presented… Continue reading →Read more »
Long term assessment of critical factors affecting the reliability of transmission grids
Long term assessment of critical factors affecting the reliability of transmission gridsby J. Gomes-Mota, F. Azevedo1, L. Campos Pinto2, J. Casaca21CENTRIA, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2REN - Rede Eléctrica Nacionalpresented at 12th International Association of Energy Economists Conference, IAEE,… Continue reading →Read more »
How environment factors impact line performance
How environment factors impact line performanceField results from Southwest Europeby J. Gomes-Mota, Ana Brantes, Luís Campos Pinto1, Francisco Azevedo21 REN - Rede Eléctrica Nacional, 2 CENTRIA, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia Universidade Nova de Lisboapresented at International Conference on Environment and Electrical… Continue reading →Read more »
2013
Advances in Vegetation Management to improve Reliability
Advances in Vegetation Management to improve Reliabilityby J. Gomes-Mota, F. Azevedo1, J. Casaca2, V. Almeida, N. Pinho da Silva, L. Campos Pinto21CENTRIA, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2REN - Rede Eléctrica Nacionalpresented by Vítor Almeida at… Continue reading →Read more »
Automatic detection of stork nests on VHV towers
Automatic detection of stork nests on VHV towersby João Fernandes1, Maria Paula Queluz1, Tomás Brandão2, Francisco Azevedo3, João Gomes Mota31IT/IST/Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, 2IT/ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa,3Albatroz Engenharia, Lisboapresented at ConfTELE 2013, Castelo Branco, Portugal, 8-10 May, 2013. AbstractThis paper proposes a method… Continue reading →Read more »
2010
Over-Head Line real-time tracking for automatic inspection or user interface enhancement
Over-Head Line real-time tracking for automatic inspection or user interface enhancementby João Gomes-Mota, Tiago Gusmãopresented at CARPI 2010 - 2010 1st International Conference on Applied Robotics For the Power Industry, Montreal, Canada, 5 a 7 de Outubro, 2010, carpi2010.org .AbstractPower line… Continue reading →Read more »
2011
Unified Status Evaluation for Reliability Assessment of Over-Head Power Grids
Unified Status Evaluation for Reliability Assessment of Over-Head Power Gridsby João Gomes-Motapresented at International Conference on Condition Monitoring, Diagnosis and Maintenance - CMDM 2011, Bucharest, Romania, 19 a 23 September, 2011, cmdm2011.org . AbstractPower line inspections tend to require more equipment and perform… Continue reading →Read more »
Desenhando uma família de sistemas de inspecção de linhas desde o peão até ao helicóptero tripulado (PT)
Desenhando uma família de sistemas de inspecção de linhas desde o peão até ao helicóptero tripuladopor João Gomes Mota (Comité de Estudos B2)artigo em Português apresentado no XIV ERIAC - XIV Encontro Região Ibero-Americana do CIGRÉ, Ciudad del Este, Paraguai,… Continue reading →Read more »
Caracterização Ambiental da rede de transmissão portuguesa a partir de dados de inspecção de linhas (PT)
Caracterização Ambiental da rede de transmissão portuguesa a partir de dados de inspecção de linhas por F. Azevedo1, J. Gomes-Mota2, L. Campos Pinto3, J. Casaca3 (Comité de Estudos C3) 1 CENTRIA, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia Universidade Nova de Lisboa,… Continue reading →Read more »
2008
Challenges and Benefits of Integrated Over-Head Line Inspections
Challenges and Benefits of Integrated Over-Head Line Inspectionsby J. Gomes-Mota, Décio Bentopresented at 2008 CIGRE Canada Conference on Power Systems, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 19 to 21 of October, 2008. AbstractAt first glance, over-head powerline maintenance inspections appear to be identical all over the world.… Continue reading →Read more »
Geographical Information Tools for Overhead Lines Preventive Maintenance
Geographical Information Tools for Overhead Lines Preventive Maintenanceby J. Gomes-Mota1, Miguel Ramos1, A. Matos-André 21Albatroz Engenharia 2LABELEC (Grupo EDP)presented at CIGRÉ08 - Session 42 (Studies comity B2) Paris, France, 25 to 29 of August, 2008. AbstractOverhead line inspections produce data that is inherently… Continue reading →Read more »
2009
Multi -Challenges and Benefits of Integrated Over-Head Line Inspections
Multi -Challenges and Benefits of Integrated Over-Head Line Inspectionsby Artur Matos André1, José Matos2, João Gomes-Mota31LABELEC SA (Grupo EDP), 2EDP Distribuição (Grupo EDP), 3Albatroz Engenharia SApresented at CIRED09 - Session 20, paper 0848, Prague, czech republic, 8 to 11 of June, 2009. AbstractThe long experience… Continue reading →Read more »
2006
Taking Accurate Measurements of High Voltage Installations with Laser Range Scanners and GPS
Taking Accurate Measurements of High Voltage Installations with Laser Range Scanners and GPS by J. Gomes-Mota1, A. Vale2, A. Matos-André1, M. I. Ribeiro2 1LABELEC/EDP Group, 2Institute for Systems and Robotics/Instituto Superior Técnico presented at CIGRÉ06 – Session 41 (Study Committee… Continue reading →Read more »
Detection and classification of clearance anomalies on over-head power lines
Detection and classification of clearance anomalies on over-head power lines por Alberto Vale, João Gomes-Mota, Albatroz Engenharia, Lisbon, Portugal publicado no CONTROLO2006, a 7ª Conferência Portuguesa em Controlo Automático, Lisboa, 11-13 Setembro 2006. Nota CONTROLO é uma conferência bianual organizado… Continue reading →Read more »
2007
Prototipo para la Monitorización de la Infraestructura Ferroviaria utilizando Sensores Lidar, Imagen de Video y GPS: Primeros Resultados (ES)
Prototipo para la Monitorización de la Infraestructura Ferroviaria utilizando Sensores Lidar, Imagen de Video y GPS: Primeros Resultados por F. Goméz Bravo1, A. Vale2, J. Gomes-Mota2 1 Departamento de Ingeniería Electrónica, Sistemas Informáticos y Automática.Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad de Huelva. Carretera… Continue reading →Read more »
Integração, Flexibilidade e Tempo Real: Critérios Críticos no Desenho de uma Solução de Inspecção de Linhas (PT)
Integração, Flexibilidade e Tempo Real: Critérios Críticos no Desenho de uma Solução de Inspecção de Linhas por João Gomes Mota, Carlos Silva artigo em Português apresentado no XII ERIAC, XII Encontro Região Ibero-Americana do CIGRÉ, Foz do Iguaçu, Brasil, 20… Continue reading →Read more »
LIDAR Data Segmentation for Track Clearance Anomaly Detection on Over-Head Power Lines
LIDAR Data Segmentation for Track Clearance Anomaly Detection on Over-Head Power Lines by Alberto Vale, João Gomes Mota presented at DECOM2007, IFAC Workshop Technology Transfer in Developing Countries: Automation in Infrastructure Creation – TT, Ýzmir, Turquia, 17 and 18 May, 2007.… Continue reading →Read more »