Certified Drone Pilot

Power

Power Preface

SKYMAP GEO-INFOMATIC is a Geospatial service and consultancy Service provider in Uttar Pradesh, India.

SKYMAP uses state-of-art world class technologies and best practices such as Drone Based Aerial Survey, Construction Monitoring, Assets Mapping For Power Project.

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Energy companies face a wide range of challenges when it comes to inspecting their assets. Using uavs as a substitute for helicopters and rope climbers has several advantages. A drone makes sure that power line asset inspection is 100% covered, reaches areas which are not easily accessible, has a capability of hovering around the targeted object and provides accurate digital information for follow-up tasks. In additions, uavs reduce the safety risk of working at heights and minimize the contract of ground crews with live wires.

Power line planning and assembly

  1. New infrastructure planning surveying
  2. Pre-construction surveying
  3. Structural installation monitoring
  4. Post construction and pre-handover inspection

Periodic structural inspection

  1. Pylon top inspection (beam, insulator, overhead ground wire, conductor, etc.)
  2. Pylon body inspection (waist, main leg, diagonal, horizontal member, etc.)
  3. Pylon base inspection (foundation settlement, etc.)
  4. Overhead conducting cable inspection

Power line management

  1. Vegetation growth monitoring
  2. Post storm damage analysis
  3. Hazardous nearby elevated structure surveying
  4. Erosion inspection on sloping areas
Solutions

Close – up inspection

  1. Periodic main components inspection
  2. Environmental impact monitoring on structures (e.g. corrosion and rusting)

High – resolution imagery

  1. Fast situation assessment and unreported hazard detection
  2. Live monitoring of risky and complex operations

Thermal inspection

  1. Cracks and structural fracture identification
  2. Detection of defect components through heat dissipation

Mapping

  1. High – quality elevation maps for infrastructure planning
  2. 3d conceptual model for proposed new sites

Defect identification

  1. Minimum distance measurement between cables and obstacles or vegetation
  2. Tension compliance inspection for powerline cables
Benefits

Safety

  1. Limited personnel exposure to live powerlines – lower risk of fatal accidents
  2. Improvement of safety performance – reduction of working at heights

Reporting

  1. Customized solution – pre-defined customer requirements
  2. Digital evidence of identified irregularities- automated reporting

Cost

  1. Reduction of expensive conventional methods- fewer helicopters and working platforms
  2. Opportunity for cost reduction- live inspection on running assets