Comparative Study of Transmission Line Tower and Mopole Tower

Nowadays, population is increasing day by day and consequently, the use of electricity has been also increased. It is becoming difficult to cater increasing demand of energy since the use of electrical gadgets is escalating day by day. There are various sources to get energy like transmission of generated electricity to people by transmission tower. Because of this approach, the use of electricity has been increased and hence, the construction of transmission tower is also increasing. The construction of transmission tower requires a lot of space. One energy transmission tower requires approximately 25 m² land space and because of this it has become extremely pivotal to find a structure that requires less space. The use of monopole tower has become imperative because it requires less space as compared to transmission tower. While transmission tower is a structure made of one truss, Monople tower is a structure made of tubes. In this comparative study Transmission line tower and Monopole tower has to be compared for minimum space, weight and cost by evaluating axial force, displacement and weight of tower. In this present research a study on 132kv suspension tower with different configuration is compared with monopole tower for same configuration and loadings. Modelling and Analysis of the tower is done using STAAD.Pro V8i software using IS 802 ( Part1 / Sec 1 ): 2015 and CBIP manual.

Index Terms— Comparative Study, Cost Cutting, Energy Supply, Energy Demand, Land Problems, Monopole Tower, Transmission Tower.