Odisha: Thermal Scanning Helps Maintain Steady Power Supply By TPCODL

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 pandemic and Cyclone Yaas posed big challenges for power distribution company, TPCODL, which stood strong and kept the supply flowing.

Thermal scanning through ‘Thermal Imaging Cameras’ was carried out to study the health condition of  equipment and carry out regular planned maintenance of its vast network to provide reliable supply to its consumers.

The thermal imagining cameras were used to detect hotspots or areas of concern where a failure is about to happen due to overheating of the equipment/network. The hotspots are detected well in advance and appropriate preventive measures are carried out which helps in preventing possible disruption of power supply, stated a release by TPCODL.

Condition-based Maintenance for 33 kv and 11 kv network has been initiated in 3 divisions of Bhubaneswar. A total of 2174 distribution transformers and 1054 km line length of 11 KV feeder were thermal  scanned.

Thermal scanning helped in identifying 1,780 hotspots with temperature greater than 100 degree Celsius which were immediately taken up for corrective action by respective maintenance teams. This has enabled in preventing equipment failure and improving reliability.

The areas identified for thermal scanning was done keeping essential services such as COVID Hospitals, oxygen Plants, vaccination centres, quarantine centres in mind as the top priority followed by other important services.