Review of Wildfire Management Techniques—Part I: Causes, Prevention, Detection, Suppression, and Data Analytics

Jazebi, Saeed; León, Francisco de; Nelson, Albert

doi:10.1109/tpwrd.2019.2930055

Cited by 89 publications

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“…However, they can be effectively detected by fuses and relays or be mitigated by fast circuit breakers and fault current limiters (FCLs). On the other hand, high-impedance faults due to their low current amplitude are extremely challenging to be detected with existing technologies, so they are a major driver of devastating large-scale wildfires caused by power grids [20,21,49].…”

Section: B Timely Detection Of Fire-inducing Faultsmentioning

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“…However, there is a limited number of review papers on wildfire management in relation to power systems. The most relevant review work was presented in an informative two-part paper in [20,21]. In [20], a review on different fields of science and industrial projects related to wildfire issues was presented.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The most relevant review work was presented in an informative two-part paper in [20,21]. In [20], a review on different fields of science and industrial projects related to wildfire issues was presented. In [21], available technical solutions to minimize or prevent wildfires caused by power networks were reviewed.…”

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Three Lines of Defense for Wildfire Risk Management in Electric Power Grids: A Review

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Wildfires pose a significant challenge to the natural and the built environments, as well as the safety and economic wellbeing of the communities residing in wildfire-prone areas. The electric power grid is specifically among the built environments most affected by, and contributing to, wildfires. In this paper, we propose a three lines of defense (3LD) framework for wildfire risk management in electric power infrastructure and review the literature from this lens. An overview of the physics and phenomenology of the wildfires as it relates to power grids is presented, and the logic for the proposed 3LD framework is discussed. The reviewed literature based on the 3LD theme includes the most relevant and emerging research work on wildfire prevention as the first line of defense, wildfire mitigation and proactive response as the second line of defense, and wildfire recovery preparedness as the third line of defense. This study reveals that while the state of the art, to a large extent, stands comprehensive in various aspects of power system resilience and wildfire risk management, there is a gap in the literature in addressing this emerging risk in a holistic, interdisciplinary approach.

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Three Lines of Defense for Wildfire Risk Management in Electric Power Grids: A Review

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“…Fig.9 shows that the region has been carrying out studies on wildfire prevention in the power grid actively in the past three years. A series of outstanding achievements have been achieved in the aspects of wildfire prediction on transmission lines, satellite wide-area monitoring, distributed monitoring and wildfire disposal technology in the power grid [15]. Due to accurate prediction, reliable monitoring and efficient wildfire suppression, the number of wildfire trip-out times is decreasing, which marks a breakthrough in wildfire prevention technology and guarantees the safe and stable operation effectively.…”

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Fault Statistics and Analysis of 220-kV and Above Transmission Lines in a Southern Coastal Provincial Power Grid of China

Chen

2020

IEEE Open J. Power Energy

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Because the causes of transmission line faults are not known clearly at present, this paper proposes fault classification for transmission lines, and analyses the characteristics of different faults. Using the transmission line faults data of southern coastal provincial power grid from 2007 to 2018, this paper analyses the influence and distribution of transmission line faults affected by lightning, typhoon, wildfire, foreign object and external damage. These five faults are the main factors affecting the safe and stable operation of transmission lines in this region. According to the different fault classification and statistical rules, the design standards for important transmission lines should be improved. Considering the factors of micro-topography, micro-meteorology and engineering cost, the inspection and maintenance of existing lines should be strengthened. The statistics and analysis will be helpful to the research, development and application of new theories, new technologies and new equipment in disaster prevention and reduction from the aspects of disaster prediction and monitoring.

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“…In Hunan power grid of State Grid of China, the proportion of fire caused faults was 16.04% of the total faults of 220 kV and above power transmission lines from 2005 to 2014 [24], and the proportion was 6.02% from 2007 to 2018 in Southern Coastal Provincial power grid of China [25]. In the United States, there were about 100,000 wildfires each year [26]. There have been many huge fires in the United States in recent years, such as Washington big fire in 2014, California huge fire in 2016 and so on.…”

Section: Characteristics Of Transmission Line Firementioning

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Control strategy for large‐scale fires near power transmission lines and its application

Chen

et al. 2020

IET Generation Trans & Dist

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To prevent fires causing the power transmission lines trip, a control strategy including the methods of fire forecasting, fire monitoring and fire extinguishing for large-scale fires under power transmission lines is proposed. A water mist fire extinguishing method for transmission lines with high-voltage was presented to ensure the fire extinguishers safe. Compared with conventional measures of fire risk evaluation and fire detection, the proposed control strategy can proactively control the fires to ensure the transmission lines run continuously, rather than passively stop running to avoid the fire. The timeliness of fires rescue for power grid is analysed statistically, and the control strategy for fires near transmission lines is presented and discussed. The proposed strategy had been widely used in Hunan province power grid of State Grid in China. After the applications, the average fire tripping number of transmission lines with the voltage levels of 220 kV and above each year was reduced by 64.6% during the period of 2015 to 2019 compared to previous five years, and there was no transmission line trip due to fire during the Qing-ming high-fire periods from 2015 to 2020, which proved the effectiveness of the proposed method. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Review of Wildfire Management Techniques—Part I: Causes, Prevention, Detection, Suppression, and Data Analytics

Cited by 89 publications

References 57 publications

Three Lines of Defense for Wildfire Risk Management in Electric Power Grids: A Review

Three Lines of Defense for Wildfire Risk Management in Electric Power Grids: A Review

Fault Statistics and Analysis of 220-kV and Above Transmission Lines in a Southern Coastal Provincial Power Grid of China

Control strategy for large‐scale fires near power transmission lines and its application

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