IEEE 738-2012 - IEEE Standard for Calculating the Current-Temperature Relationship of Bare Overhead Conductors

Standard

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Standard Details

A method of calculating the current-temperature relationship of bare overhead lines, given the weather conditions, is presented. Along with a mathematical method, sources of the values to be used in the calculation are indicated. This standard does not undertake to list actual temperature-ampacity relationships for a large number of conductors nor does it recommend appropriately conservative weather conditions for the rating of overhead power lines. It does, however, provide a standard method for doing such calculations for both constant and variable conductor current and weather conditions.

Sponsor Committee	PE/T&D - Transmission and Distribution
Status	Active
Corrigendum	738-2012/Cor 1-2013
Board Approval	2012-10-19
History	Published Date:2013-12-23

Additional Resources Details

PAR	Approved PAR
Historical Base Standard	738-2006

Working Group Details

Working Group	738_WG - Conductor Working Group P738
Working Group Chair	Jerry Reding
Sponsor Committee	PE/T&D - Transmission and Distribution
Society	PE - IEEE Power and Energy Society
IEEE Program Manager	Michael Kipness
Existing Standards	Superseded 738-1986 - IEEE Standard for Calculation of Bare Overhead Conductor Temperature and Ampacity Under Steady-State Conditions The purpose of this standard is to present a simplified method of calculating the current-temperature relationship of bare over-head lines when given the weather conditions.
	Active 738-2012/Cor 1-2013 - IEEE Approved Draft Standard for Calculating the Current-Temperature Relationship of Bare Overhead Conductors - Corrigendum 1 Technical corrections are addressed in this corrigendum. (NOTE: This corrigendum was not published as an individual standard. It was incorporated into IEEE Std 738-2012 at the time of publication)