CTC Global Software Helps Utilities Improve the Efficiency, Capacity, and Reliability of the Grid

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CTC Global Software to helps Utilities Improve
the Efficiency, Capacity and Reliability of the
Grid


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Dec 2020
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Introduction

• CTC Global is an ACCC conductor
  manufacturing company that was founded to
  develop, certify and deploy advanced technologies
  to improve the efficiency, capacity, reliability
  and resiliency of the electric power grid.
• Our primary product is high-capacity, low-sag
  CTC Global ACCC Conductor solutions.

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Challenged by an increase in demand for
affordable electricity

• Many system planners and transmission engineers
  are being asked to find economical ways to reduce
  grid congestion and improve grid reliability. 
• In many cases, grid congestion costs the
  utilities and the customers they serve tens to
  hundreds of millions of dollars annually.
  Restrictions on new line permitting and advances
  in conductor and related technologies have
  changed the options available to planners and
  engineers trying to solve these problems until
  the introduction of CTC Global Software, however,
  there have been limited design tools available
  that can help illustrate the differences between
  multiple conductor solutions.

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Grid congestion

• Grid congestion is often described as a condition
  where existing lines are no longer capable of
  importing power from less expensive and often
  remote sources of generation, forcing utilities
  to develop and use more expensive, local sources
  of generation. An example of this was in 2004 in
  the western US where congested transmission lines
  in California were unable to carry low-cost
  hydroelectric power from the northwest to the
  southwest.

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Transmission conductors propensity to sag 

• In addition to grid congestion, which is
  typically a function of a transmission
  conductors propensity to sag as it heats up
  because of its electrical resistance and thermal
  properties, congested transmission lines also
  impact grid reliability. 
• Should an adjacent line fail or be taken out of
  service, the lines that remain in service can
  quickly become overloaded. This can lead to a
  cascading outage, as was observed in the eastern
  US in 2003. Current North American Electric
  Reliability Corp. (NERC) initiatives may be
  further tightening acceptable conductor sag
  limits as it has become apparent, in many cases,
  that aged conductors and ever-changing
  under-build may compromise safe clearances.

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The CTC Globals ACCC conductor

• CTC Globals ACCCconductor can carry twice the
  current of a conventional aluminum conductor
  steel reinforced (ACSR) conductor.
• In either case, under any load condition, the
  ACCCconductors added aluminum content and
  decreased resistance reduces line losses by 25 to
  40 percent or more.
• The ACCCconductors high strength, low
  coefficient of thermal sag, superior self damping
  and resistance to cyclic load fatigue, corrosion
  resistance and other attributes can help improve
  project economics on new and reconductoring
  projects in any environment. 

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The CTC Global Software CCP program 

• It enables system planners and transmission
  engineers to input their operating parameters
  such as load factor, voltage, line length,
  ambient conditions, anticipated growth rate and
  other assumptions compare a number of conductor
  types and sizes calculate ampacity, conductor
  temperature, tension and sag compare line
  losses, generation capacity savings and emission
  reductions and assess other important economic
  parameters.

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Contact Us 

• Website www.ctcglobal.com
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• Fax [phone]
• Email info_at_ctcglobal.com
• Thank You